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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is the co-founder of Ethereum and chief executive and founder of Consensys, a blockchain software company The modern financial system is undergoing a foundational stress test. Decades of globalisation combined with increasingly fragile … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Prague said on Wednesday that state-sponsored Chinese hackers had targeted its foreign ministry’s unclassified communications network, the latest in a series of cyber attacks that have been blamed on Beijing. The Czech government said the … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Artificial intelligence chatbots, cloud storage platforms and financial systems all depend on data centres that operate round the clock. These facilities underpin the digital economy where even brief interruptions can have far-reaching consequences. That means … Read more
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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Climate change myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. A German court has thrown out a landmark climate lawsuit brought by a Peruvian farmer against power company RWE over the threat to his home from global warming, bolstering the argument of other major polluters … Read more
Y Combinator has been Silicon Valley’s pre-eminent start-up incubator for 20 years. But the organisation that helped launch Airbnb and Reddit only hired its first full-time lobbyist in 2023. These days, Big Tech companies are constantly fighting lawsuits and regulators over complaints of anti-competitive behaviour. But when Luther Lowe started calling foul over Google’s treatment … Read more
Saudi Arabia’s new state-owned artificial intelligence company will seek investment from top US tech companies and will launch a $10bn venture capital fund as it leads the kingdom’s effort to become a global AI hub. Tareq Amin, chief executive of Humain, told the Financial Times he was in talks with American groups including OpenAI, Elon … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Climate change myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The global average temperature is expected to rise to close to 2C above preindustrial levels in the next five years, the World Meteorological Organization has forecast. Scientists expect a range of knock-on effects from such … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Climate change myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Devastating tornadoes destroyed thousands of homes in Missouri and Kentucky earlier this month, casting a spotlight on how climate-related disasters might affect home lending across the US. A new report by climate risk rating firm … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In 2000, the fresh-faced British sailor Iain Percy crushed the competition in Sydney Harbour to win the first of two Olympic gold medals. He went on to manage the Artemis Racing team, skimming over the … Read more