Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When design software company Figma revealed its plans for a stock market listing this week, it felt like a throwback to an earlier era in the tech financing markets. Chief executive Dylan Field listed the … Read more
A scorching heatwave across parts of Europe this week has been linked to half a dozen deaths, fuelled wildfires in Greece and Turkey and piled pressure on the continent’s already stressed waterways. More than 1,500 people were evacuated as fire fighters battled to control fires on the Greek island of Crete on Thursday, while two … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UK government wants to sell anonymised public data. That makes sense. There’s lots of it and more is accumulating every minute. Totting up industry revenue, the European Commission projects that UK data companies will … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Food delivery company Glovo has caused outrage in Italy by offering gig workers bonuses for working in a blistering heatwave, forcing it to “temporarily deactivate” the scheme. In a message to their riders in Italy … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Technology myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. It’s every manager’s worst nightmare: hiring a remote employee who turns out to be a North Korean hacker intent on loading malware on to your network. But that’s what happened to the US cyber security company … Read more
Hi everyone! This is Cheng Ting-Fang, your techAsia host, saying hello from Taipei! I just returned from a short trip to Hong Kong, where I attended a gala dinner and awards ceremony. I am excited to share some wonderful news with you: Nikkei Asia won the top prize in technology reporting from the Society of … 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 The US Senate has voted down a proposed 10-year ban on states regulating artificial intelligence models, a significant defeat for Silicon Valley companies that had pushed the controversial plan. In the early hours … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The three largest developers of chip design software have said the US has removed recent restrictions on sales in China, as a trade deal between Washington and Beijing takes effect. Siemens, Synopsys and Cadence, which … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In December 2021, Bryan Kelly, head of machine learning at quant house AQR Capital Management, put his name to an academic paper that caused quite a stir. The Virtue of Complexity in Return Prediction — … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. As artificial intelligence becomes ever more capable, is any job secure? “I’ve sort of convinced myself that the safest job in the world is probably gardener,” the FT’s chief economics commentator Martin Wolf recently … Read more