The State of Tech - The European Edition of Monday 20 April 2026
Chinese humanoid robot finishes half-marathon in 50 minutes, outpacing human competitors by 10 minutesGoogle teams up with Marvell to design custom AI inference chips, breaking Nvidia dependencyKazakhstan becomes preferred data centre destination as Europe freezes new permits due to grid constraintsGerman aerospace centre DLR flight-tests AI-controlled morphing wings for fuel efficiencyGoogle deploys Gemini AI to combat AI-generated phishing, voice clones, deepfakes across Gmail & PixelIndia launches $1B+ AI governance initiative & chip manufacturing push to rival US, China tech dominance