US AI air defence in Europe, Korea chip exports up 259%

The State of Tech, The European Edition of Sunday 1 November 2026


US forces in Europe deploy AI systems built to fight off mass missile and drone attacks.

South Korea's October exports hit a record 115 billion dollars, powered by surging chip sales.

Meta has reportedly built a humanoid robot prototype called Max with Chinese startup Fourier.

US cyber agency flags actively exploited flaws in GitLab and Cisco firewalls, with a deadline today.

Microsoft PowerToys adds a free toolbox of small time-savers to any Windows computer.

Google's NotebookLM turns your own documents into an AI assistant that cites its sources.