Europe Featured The Deeptech Dilemma Deeptech isn’t SaaS. It’s often slow, risky, physical and still underfunded in Europe. What’s behind the gap with the US? A rare cross-Atlantic perspective.
AI Strategy Chrome, Gemini Nano, and the Browser as AI Platform The AI race is moving into the browser. Experiments with local models helped me recognise Chrome’s Gemini Nano for what it is.
AI in Practice AI Fine-Tuning for Non-Engineers Compact AI models make fine-tuning possible for non-engineers. I tried it myself and learned how AI becomes portable, local and real.
Europe Wero: Europe’s new payment brand Wero is Europe’s bid for payment sovereignty: pay across borders with just an email or phone number, without relying on US networks.
Europe From Shopping Cart to Server Rack: How Lidl Builds a European Cloud From groceries to gigabytes: how Lidl’s parent turned its retail IT backbone into STACKIT, a sovereign cloud based in Germany and Austria.
AI in Practice Running GPT-OSS Locally: What OpenAI Just Made Possible (And What It Didn't) OpenAI released GPT‑OSS under an open licence. Here's what that really means, how I ran it on a Mac mini, and where you might start experimenting too.
AI Governance Model Cards, System Cards and What They’re Quietly Becoming What are AI model cards, and why are they becoming the documents regulators will turn to first? I read a few and it taught me more than I expected.
AI Governance From Benchmarks to Evals: How We Measure AI and Why It Matters Benchmarks score models. Evals test them in real workflows. This is your guide to understanding how we measure and trust AI performance today.
From Mini to Pro: My Experience Switching to the iPhone 16 Pro I swapped the nimble iPhone 12 mini for the powerful 16 Pro. It changed how I shoot, what I see and how fast I can get the camera out.
How I Tuned My Social Notifications into a Single, Silent Stream During the holidays, I rethought notifications. The result: one place, no noise, no rush. A calmer way to stay connected without being pulled in.
AI in Practice From API Users to Embedded Agents: How Systems Are Becoming Smarter From Within From passive APIs to embedded agents: systems now host autonomous, AI‑powered modules that live inside and act proactively rather than wait for calls.
AI Governance Review: Technofeudalism by Yanis Varoufakis Reading Varoufakis, I realised it’s not capitalism’s future I’ve been sensing shift but its absence. Something else has quietly taken its place.
Europe Digital Europe in Two Acts: DSA and DMA Europe’s DSA and DMA work in tandem. One governs digital content, the other digital competition. Together they form the EU’s Digital Services Package.
Europe Europe's DSA and the New Contours of Online Freedom The DSA marks a shift in digital governance. As platforms adjust and states assert control, the question becomes: what kind of internet are we building?
AI Governance What the UK's Online Safety Act Reveals DSA vs OSA: the EU regulates platforms, the UK regulates users. VPNs become more than privacy tools. They signal a shift in digital trust.
AI Governance Passports, Phones, and the Future of Identity Apple adds digital passports to Wallet—but this signals more than convenience. It blurs the line between what we carry and how we’re identified online.
AI in Practice Running a Local LLM on Your iPhone I explored how far mobile AI has come by running LLMs directly on my iPhone. No cloud, no upload. Here’s what I learned from testing Haplo AI.
AI Strategy When to Structure, When to Listen Standardisation helps machines, but messiness is often human. This post explores when it’s wiser to build better tools than to force better inputs.
Europe From Invoice to Payment: How It Actually Works in Europe Understand SEPA, EPC QR codes, and UBL invoices. A hands-on guide for anyone sending or receiving payments in euros within the Eurozone.
From ID to Account: A Shift from Services to Platforms Apple ID is now Apple Account. It sounds minor, but it marks a deeper shift: from services to platforms, from logins to identities that shape digital life.
AI in Practice Rules and Guesses: The Twin Engines Behind Smarter AI AI isn’t just smart, it’s a duet. One part rigid and logical, the other fluid and generative. Together, they form the neuro-symbolic systems behind real insight.
How a VPN Got Us a Better Hotel Deal On the road to San Marino, a forgotten VPN setting revealed how your virtual location can shape hotel prices and exposed the digital borders we live within.
USB-C: A Universal Plug with Many Faces I stumbled upon a small joy: my e‑reader now connects directly to my iPhone. That moment sparked a deeper look into the messy clarity of the USB‑C standard.
Connecting My Kobo Directly to an iPhone 16 Pro I connected my Kobo e‑reader to my iPhone 16 Pro with a USB‑C cable. It worked instantly. No adapter, no fuss but just a quiet moment of satisfaction.
Future of Work The Thermostat Effect: Why AI Feels Distant but Works Deep The dial’s been turned—but the room is only just starting to warm up. On Schmuki, ROI and Azhar’s $100T puzzle.
