Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Renault has been asked by the French government to manufacture drones in Ukraine, as unmanned aircraft systems have become a central pillar of Kyiv’s defiance of Moscow’s military aggression. The French carmaker would collaborate … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Artificial intelligence myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Nvidia’s Jensen Huang has warned that the UK lacks the digital infrastructure it needs to capitalise on its potential in artificial intelligence, as Sir Keir Starmer pledged another £1bn to expand Britain’s computing power for … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Warner Bros Discovery will split its business into two publicly traded companies, with one focused on its streaming and studios business and the other on its television network businesses, including CNN and Discovery. The US … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Private equity group Advent International is closing in on a £4.4bn acquisition for industrial group Spectris, in the latest potential takeover of a London-listed company. The US buyout firm and Spectris said they were in … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. US quantum computing company IonQ has agreed to buy a UK technology start-up spun out of Oxford university in a $1.1bn all-stock deal as breakthroughs in the sector spark early signs of dealmaking activity. Maryland-based … Read more
Can Tim Cook save Apple from the trade war? Has Mark Zuckerberg really been a fan of Donald Trump all along? And is the bromance between Elon Musk and the president really over? In a new season of Tech Tonic, Murad Ahmed explores the relationships between Trump and some of the titans of the tech … Read more
Can Japan hold on to its ‘indispensable’ companies?
Professor Juliet Brodie of London’s Natural History Museum has devoted her professional life to seaweeds. “When I started my research more than 40 years ago, there was very little interest in seaweeds, which were regarded as a minor part of marine environments,” she says. Four decades later, ocean scientists are beginning to recognise the vital … Read more
