EU AI Act Amended: Deepfake Ban, Extended Deadlines

The State of Tech, The European Edition of Monday 29 June 2026


European Parliament rewrites the AI Act: high-risk deadlines extended, deepfake abuse tools banned outright

China retakes the supercomputing crown with a fully homegrown machine, ending nearly a decade of US dominance

Bank for International Settlements warns the AI investment boom could end in a global economic bust

WIRobotics opens its humanoid robot simulator to researchers and developers worldwide

Darktable: the free, open-source photo editor that gives you serious raw processing without a subscription

Kiwix lets you download entire offline knowledge libraries, from Wikipedia to medical guides, for use anywhere