The State of Tech, The European Edition of Tuesday 18 August 2026


OpenAI locks in giant Ohio AI data centre backed by $105 billion from Nvidia

Apple investor sues board over alleged AI training on pirated books and inflated stock buybacks

Hacker sells Fortune 500 data stolen from Microsoft Azure tenants including Vodafone and McDonald's

Coherent begins sampling silicon carbide substrates that cool AI chips 25% better

Mermaid Chart turns any browser into a shared workspace for plain-text diagrams

Polarsteps Plan builds multi-country trip itineraries without selling your data to advertisers