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Two of Asia’s biggest social media markets have joined the growing list of countries imposing restrictions on access for under-16s. Indonesia, south-east Asia’s largest economy, and Karnataka, the state at the heart of India’s technology sector, announced bans on social media use for children under the age of 16 on Friday. Indonesia’s digital affairs minister … Read more
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Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world The White House is debating whether to allow Tencent, the Chinese tech and gaming company, to maintain stakes in popular video game groups as Donald Trump prepares to meet Xi Jinping in China … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Artificial intelligence myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The UK is launching a state-backed research lab for “blue-sky” work in AI, as part of a broader push to leverage Britain’s research base and overseas scientists, and gain greater technological autonomy from the US. … Read more
A trip to Stanford University more than two decades ago inspired the then-aerospace engineering student Helmut Schönenberger that Germany needed to emulate the Californian school’s hub for innovation. In 2002, after dedicating his doctoral thesis to that subject, Schönenberger set up the Technical University of Munich’s entrepreneurship centre UnternehmerTUM alongside BMW heiress Susanne Klatten. In … Read more
Ask anyone in Stockholm to account for why Sweden has achieved so much as an incubator of tech groups from Skype to Spotify and they might give you a history lesson. In the 1990s, the Swedish government liberalised its tax regime, invested heavily in fibre-optic internet and launched the Hem-PC-reformen campaign, which allowed employers to … Read more
Europe’s climate technology start-ups have gained renewed strategic importance as the continent’s leaders react to wider geopolitical change, even as some data appears to show waning appetite for green investments. Some early stage businesses have taken a hit from a year of upheaval since US President Donald Trump’s return to the White House. But others … Read more