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 minutes

Google teams up with Marvell to design custom AI inference chips, breaking Nvidia dependency

Kazakhstan becomes preferred data centre destination as Europe freezes new permits due to grid constraints

German aerospace centre DLR flight-tests AI-controlled morphing wings for fuel efficiency

Google deploys Gemini AI to combat AI-generated phishing, voice clones, deepfakes across Gmail & Pixel

India launches $1B+ AI governance initiative & chip manufacturing push to rival US, China tech dominance