AI Governance The EU AI Act Changed While It Was Arriving The AI Act became applicable six days after an Omnibus changed part of its timetable. Some obligations arrived as planned, while others moved years into the future. I think that split exposes a tension built into the Act itself.
AI Governance Fable 5 Is Gone. The Switch Was Always There. Yesterday I was using Fable 5. Today it's gone. The US government's export control directive on Anthropic's models is the first time I've felt AI dependency as something physical.
Europe The Axis That Made the Chips The Netherlands built its first computer in Amsterdam in 1952, moved the thinking to Eindhoven, and produced ASML. That line is history. It is also a blueprint.
Europe When the Platform Becomes the Policy The EU is taking Meta to court over WhatsApp AI access. The Dutch government is quietly switching messengers. Both point to the same structural shift.
AI in Practice The Workspace You Already Have Knowledge workers have built informal AI workspaces from Claude, Gemini, and Google Drive. The gap isn't the tools. It's governance, sharing, and where the data lives.
Europe The EU Age Verification App Was Designed to Be Distrusted The EU Age Verification App is technically sound and communicated all wrong. It buried the upside, led with fear, and launched a framework as a product.
AI in Practice The article I couldn't write I tried to write about digital sovereignty. The piece kept splitting into three. That splitting, I think, is the actual story.
Europe Leuven's quiet superpower: imec Imec in Leuven just received the world's most advanced chip machine. The story of how a small Flemish city became a global semiconductor choke point starts in 1984.
Europe EU Inc.: between words and reality in Europe’s new company proposal EU Inc. sounds simple: 48 hours, €100, fully online. In reality, it marks a deeper shift in how Europe deals with its fragmented systems.
Future of Work Mapping AI Exposure Across the Dutch Labour Market From US model to Dutch labour market in an afternoon, using AI and public data. A small project that says something larger about data work.
Europe One European Company (EU-INC) The idea of a single European company keeps returning. Not because it’s easy, but because Europe keeps running into the same limits.
Quantum Computing Just eight European quantum computers? When the EU says it is building eight quantum computers, the number sounds precise. It isn’t. This piece explores why that question is harder than it looks.
Europe Why WhatsApp Channels Trigger the Digital Services Act WhatsApp did not become social media overnight. But Channels added public reach at EU scale. That single design shift is enough to activate the logic of the Digital Services Act.
AI Governance Exploring ISO 42001 and AI governance As I dive deeper into EU AI regulation, ISO 42001 keeps surfacing. This piece explores what it is, how certification works, and why it matters for vendors.
Europe The limits of “unlimited” mobile data Unlimited data rarely means the same thing twice. At home, abroad, or on eSIMs, the limits shift. This piece maps where they actually are.
Future of Work AI literacy: from definition to practice AI literacy rarely shows up as a skill gap. It appears when organisations need to justify decisions, manage risk, and remain accountable.
AI Governance The Hot Potato of Compliance From GDPR to the EU AI Act, a recurring pattern emerges: European regulation lands in procurement, spreading responsibility, caution, and friction.
Europe Understanding the layers behind digital payments A continuation of my exploration of digital payments, looking at how different layers relate and how the Mollie–GoCardless story helps illuminate the broader picture.
Europe How Money Moves A new payment feature raised a bigger question: how does money actually move today? From wallets and card networks to regulation, this is a map of a system most of us never see.
Europe Europe Fines X: The Moment the DSA Became Real I’ve been learning the DSA as it unfolded. With Europe’s first fine against X, the law steps out of abstraction and into the real world.
Europe Qivalis, a New Euro Stablecoin A new euro stablecoin from Europe’s major banks shifts stablecoins from the margins into the financial system and strengthens the euro’s digital foundations.
Europe Introducing the EU’s Digital Omnibus Proposal The Digital Omnibus Proposal signals a shift in Europe’s approach to data and AI governance. Early awareness matters for those building digital tools.
AI Strategy Finding My Place in Europe’s AI Future Policy is loud, practice is quiet. Europe’s future will be shaped by those who build working systems. Here is where I choose to look.
Europe Where deeptech really happens From AI to nuclear ships. A look at the heavy, slow innovation shaping Europe’s future and why it matters more than the tech we usually talk about.
Europe Signing the Future: How a Digital Incorporation Made eIDAS Real A first-hand look at how eIDAS and digital signatures replace paper rituals with cryptographic trust.
