Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the UK employment myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Chatbots could be called in to help settle disputes between workers and their employers, as the UK’s state-funded conciliation body seeks ways to meet rising demand for its services within a tight budget. Acas chief … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world If it takes a village to raise a child, it takes an entire industrial and financial ecosystem to build a state-of-the-art semiconductor plant. Just ask the world’s leading chip company Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. AT&T is back in the M&A game. Compared with some of the US telecoms giant’s previous efforts, its shareholders seem more enthusiastic. On Tuesday, AT&T said it would buy $23bn worth of spectrum licences from … Read more
This article is an on-site version of our FirstFT newsletter. Subscribers can sign up to our Asia, Europe/Africa or Americas edition to get the newsletter delivered every weekday morning. Explore all of our newsletters here Good morning and welcome back to FirstFT Asia. In today’s newsletter: Nvidia’s latest results The Chinese gadget maker taking on … Read more
Nvidia reported another quarter of strong growth on Wednesday in the face of market jitters about demand for artificial intelligence and how its China chip business will navigate geopolitical tensions between Washington and Beijing. Booming sales of its AI chips have helped Nvidia withstand the hit to its business in China, and propelled it to … Read more
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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. Elon Musk’s xAI has sued Apple and OpenAI alleging they broke antitrust rules by thwarting competition in artificial intelligence, opening a new front in the billionaire’s feud with the two companies. Apple struck a deal … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world President Donald Trump has threatened tariffs and export controls on countries whose taxes, rules or laws on tech companies “discriminate” against the US. In a post on his Truth Social platform late on … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Wall Street’s faith in the artificial intelligence boom that has powered US equities markets to record highs will be put to the test on Wednesday when $4tn chipmaker Nvidia unveils its hotly anticipated quarterly earnings … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Two of Japan’s largest media groups are suing artificial intelligence search engine Perplexity over alleged copyright infringement, joining a growing list of news publishers taking legal action against AI companies using their content. Japanese media … Read more