Microsoft unveils AI assistant with ‘memory’

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Microsoft has unveiled an upgraded version of its artificial intelligence assistant that remembers user preferences and take actions on their behalf, as the tech giant takes on rivals building AI-infused products designed to attract millions … Read more

Intangibles shine when tariffs hit the material world

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Deglobalisation is one response to tariffs. Dematerialisation is savvier. We are already replacing physical things with intangibles: streaming rather than buying DVDs; kids playing Roblox instead of amassing dolls. Getting a virtual update, whether for … Read more

how adaptability under Nadella is paying off

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded the company they called Micro-Soft 50 years ago this week, it was to sell a version of the Basic computer language for the Altair, the first proto-PC. Their … Read more