The State of Tech, The European Edition of Friday 8 May 2026


Microsoft report: Global AI adoption gap widens, UAE leads at 70.1%, Global South lags at 15.4%

Chip manufacturing race becomes geopolitical: US, Asia, Europe pour billions into fabs & data centres

IMF flags AI-powered cyberattacks as inevitable threat to global financial stability

NVIDIA & IREN partner on five-gigawatt AI infrastructure deployment across global pipeline

Tech giants offer direct investment to SK Hynix for memory chip production capacity

Shanghai launches cross-border data pilot, brands itself as AI governance hub