Europe gets serious about ditching US tech
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This week European soveregnity and ditching US tech became more real with ISAR Aerospace's launch, OneWeb satellites, a Mistral funding round and more, AI rearchers say AI will kill us all soon, and Apple had its most interesting event in a decade.
Episode 317
This video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/tfc-4-new-ways-europe-ditches-us-tech
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Mistral raises: https://mistral.ai/news/mistral-makes-sovereign-open-weight-ai-to-frontier/
Switzerland ditches Microsoft: https://itsfoss.com/news/switzerland-replace-microssoft-pilot/
ISAR Aerospace launch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t48LdIl1Qmk
Eutelsat OneWeb satellites: https://www.eutelsat.com/media-press/media-centre/news/eutelsat-procures-a-further-oneweb-229-leo-satellites-airbus
AI will kill us all: https://x.com/hilbertspaess/status/2097476196791709843?s=20
Vincent Zhong's iPhone Duo hans-on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzoFNK_ttmI&t=281s
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Windows Patch Tuesday: https://www.theverge.com/tech/991178/microsoft-patch-tuesday-record-breaking-ai-notepad
Aviloo EV batteries study: https://aviloo.com/en/blog/buying-a-used-electric-car-why-the-odometer-reading-alone-says-nothing-about-the-battery
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0:00 Intro
0:23 Europe ditches US tech
1:54 AI will kill us all soon
2:53 Apple event
6:20 Release Monitor
7:01 The Brief Close description
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This week European soveregnity and ditching US tech became more real with ISAR Aerospace's launch, OneWeb satellites, a Mistral funding round and more, AI rearchers say AI will kill us all soon, and Apple had its most interesting event in a decade.
Episode 317
This video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/tfc-4-new-ways-europe-ditches-us-tech
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►►► News & product links ◄◄◄
Mistral raises: https://mistral.ai/news/mistral-makes-sovereign-open-weight-ai-to-frontier/
Switzerland ditches Microsoft: https://itsfoss.com/news/switzerland-replace-microssoft-pilot/
ISAR Aerospace launch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t48LdIl1Qmk
Eutelsat OneWeb satellites: https://www.eutelsat.com/media-press/media-centre/news/eutelsat-procures-a-further-oneweb-229-leo-satellites-airbus
AI will kill us all: https://x.com/hilbertspaess/status/2097476196791709843?s=20
Vincent Zhong's iPhone Duo hans-on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzoFNK_ttmI&t=281s
If a line starts with "*" it's an affilate link. I earn a commission if you buy through it.
iPhone Duo: https://www.apple.com/iphone-duo/
iPhone 18 Pro & Pro Max: https://www.apple.com/iphone-18-pro/
*Airpods 5: https://geni.us/z1AAi
*Apple Watch Series 12: https://geni.us/Bld0Yo
*Apple Watch Ultra 4: https://geni.us/NuM9fv
Xiaomi 18 Fold: https://www.mi.com/shop/buy/detail?product_id=25299
Huawei Mate XT 2: https://consumer.huawei.com/cn/phones/mate-xt-2-ultimate-design/?utm_medium=hwdc&utm_source=corp_banner2_mate-xt-2-ultimate-design=phones
*Insta360 Luna Pro: https://www.insta360.com/sal/luna-series?utm_source=AffiliateCenter&utm_medium=copylink&utm_term=INR1HE2
Swiftkey dicatation Rambler: https://www.androidauthority.com/swiftkey-ai-voice-mode-3709656/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Android password manager: https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/platforms/android/switch-password-managers/
Suno V6: https://suno.com/blog/introducing-v6
Hunter Biden LAPTOP coin: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/09/09/hunter-biden-s-laptop-memecoin-debuts-at-usd1-6-billion-market-cap
Trump phone price hike: https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/993242/trump-phone-t1-price-hike
Automattic MAtt Mullenweg suspended: https://www.404media.co/wordpress-automattic-ceo-matt-mullenweg-put-on-leave-of-absence/
Windows Patch Tuesday: https://www.theverge.com/tech/991178/microsoft-patch-tuesday-record-breaking-ai-notepad
Aviloo EV batteries study: https://aviloo.com/en/blog/buying-a-used-electric-car-why-the-odometer-reading-alone-says-nothing-about-the-battery
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Music by Edemski: https://soundcloud.com/edemski
Stock assets: Getty Images
0:00 Intro
0:23 Europe ditches US tech
1:54 AI will kill us all soon
2:53 Apple event
6:20 Release Monitor
7:01 The Brief Close description