Ever wondered if you can afford to take early retirement? Traditionally, you might have engaged a financial adviser to help explore your options. This week, I’ve been talking to one reader who’s been using ChatGPT instead. Unlike the 12mn Britons estimated to be in the “advice gap”, 58-year-old Jim can afford to pay for regulated … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Despite repeated predictions that the rise of mobile platforms, cloud gaming and high-performance PCs would make consoles obsolete, Nintendo has proved that hardware still matters. The record-breaking debut of the Switch 2 has reset the … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Technology sector myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Anne Wojcicki has been declared the winner of a bankruptcy auction for 23andMe, the genetics testing start-up she founded, prevailing over a rival bid from Regeneron Pharmaceuticals. TTAM Research Institute, a non-profit public benefit company … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Sony Music completed more than $2.5bn in song deals last year, buying up vast catalogues by artists from Queen to Pink Floyd in the face of rising competition from private equity-backed music investment firms. The … Read more
In the basement of a museum, there exists an imaginary world. It is called The Archive of All-in-All. Here, “it is always late at night and always raining outside”, says actor Hayley Atwell, who conceived the comforting, cocooning space – one of the immersive audio scenescapes available on the Sleep Worlds app, which launched fully in February … Read more
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This article is an on-site version of our Inside Politics newsletter. Subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every weekday. If you’re not a subscriber, you can still receive the newsletter free for 30 days Good morning. Israel carried out multiple strikes on Iran overnight, sending oil prices spiking and adding to … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Snap plans to relaunch its smart glasses to consumers next year, as the social media company rejoins a costly battle with Meta, OpenAI and Apple to create new artificial intelligence-powered wearable devices. The Los Angeles-based … Read more
Meta plans to invest $15bn in Scale AI in bid to catch up to rivals
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Artificial intelligence myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Nvidia chief Jensen Huang said Europe’s shortfall in computing power for artificial intelligence “will be resolved” soon, as the continent pushes to catch up with the US and China in the race to capitalise on … Read more