Europe’s Leading Start-Up Hubs 2026

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Earlier this year, the Financial Times — with its research partner Statista and its colleagues at start-up media brand Sifted — published its second ranking of the best support schemes for new businesses across Europe. … Read more

Professionals are losing control of their work

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Artificial intelligence myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The slogan “take back control” taps into something deep in the British electorate — or so politicians seem to believe, since it continues to pop up in speeches almost a decade after it was first … Read more

‘Crazy’ data rules hit German plans to boost army reserve

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Strict data protection laws are hindering Germany’s efforts to swell the ranks of the armed forces of Europe’s largest nation, its reservists’ association has warned.  Patrick Sensburg, head of the Reservist Association of the German … Read more

the European industrial groups powering the AI boom

Four of Europe’s oldest industrial groups have added more than €150bn to their market caps on the back of soaring demand for data centres driven by the boom in artificial intelligence. European makers of everything from switches to smart meters are providing the servers and infrastructure that power data centres for large language models and … Read more

In cyber attacks, humans can be the weakest link

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Social engineering used to refer to large-scale campaigns to alter the attitudes or behaviour of a population. These days, cyber specialists use it to mean something else: manipulating individuals into performing actions or divulging information … Read more