Altair Media
Bridging Technology, Society and Human Values in Europe
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What Is ASML Becoming?
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
For decades, ASML was viewed primarily as a technology company. Today, it increasingly occupies a position that extends beyond markets and products. In this series, Altair Media explores how ASML became one of the world’s most strategically important enterprises—and what that may mean for the future of Europe and the global technology economy.
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PhotonDelta and Europe’s Photonics Ecosystem
Tuesday, June 9, 2026
As artificial intelligence, cloud infrastructure and advanced communications continue to scale, photonics is emerging as a critical enabling technology. This briefing explores how PhotonDelta is helping build a European ecosystem that could become strategically important to the future of digital infrastructure.
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The Black Box Bank
Wednesday, June 3, 2026
ABN AMRO proudly reports that 85 percent of its employees now use artificial intelligence in their daily work. For investors, this signals efficiency and progress. For society, it raises a more difficult question: as banks become increasingly automated and opaque, who remains responsible for transparency, accountability and the human beings behind the data?
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When Markets Play by Different Rules
Wednesday, June 3, 2026
Europe’s challenge is no longer simply competing with foreign companies. It is increasingly competing with state-backed industrial ecosystems. As strategic industries shift from products to infrastructure, Europe faces difficult questions about resilience, sovereignty and the future of open markets.
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Europe’s Semiconductor Reset
Saturday, May 23, 2026
As Chips Act 2.0 reshapes Europe’s industrial strategy, the semiconductor debate is shifting beyond mega-fabs and subsidies toward ecosystems, infrastructure and technological indispensability. This series explores how Europe is repositioning itself inside the global technology system through cooperation, specialization and strategic interdependence.
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The New European Economy
Thursday, May 21, 2026
As digital platforms increasingly control visibility, logistics, payments and customer relationships, Europe faces a deeper economic question: can it remain globally competitive while preserving local ownership, regional resilience and democratic control over the infrastructure of everyday economic life?
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The European Architecture
Sunday, May 17, 2026
Europe is entering a new phase of technological and societal transformation. The European Architecture explores how infrastructure, finance, AI, culture and democratic legitimacy can be reconnected in a human-centred vision for Europe’s digital future and long-term social resilience.
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Who Protects the User?
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
As platform finance replaces visible institutions with interfaces, support systems and computational enforcement, Europe faces a deeper question beyond crypto itself: how do democratic societies preserve responsibility, care and accountability inside financial infrastructures that increasingly operate beyond human visibility?
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The Capital Gap
Tuesday, May 5, 2026
Europe leads in quantum research, but scaling requires sustained capital. Between early breakthroughs and industrial deployment lies a funding gap—one that determines not just growth, but who ultimately owns the future of the technology.
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Europe Chooses Control Over Code
Tuesday, May 5, 2026
As Europe seeks independence from American tech giants, institutions like De Nederlandsche Bank are making deliberate trade-offs—accepting less mature technology today in exchange for greater control tomorrow.
