US state department tightens cyber security after Marco Rubio impersonation

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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 Department of State has said it is tightening its cyber security after an imposter used artificial intelligence to impersonate secretary of state Marco Rubio and contact at least three foreign ministers. … Read more

US space industry sounds alarm over budget cut to collision alert system

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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. Hundreds of US space companies are sounding an urgent alarm over the government’s proposal to cut funding for a planned space traffic co-ordination system designed to prevent collisions in orbit. Seven trade organisations representing more … Read more

Apple names new chief operating officer

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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. Apple has promoted Sabih Khan to chief operating officer, putting him in charge of the company’s supply chain when the tech giant and its peers are navigating Donald Trump’s trade war. Khan, who joined Apple … Read more

CoreWeave sidesteps a future financial hole

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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. It’s barely three months since CoreWeave went public, and the US data centre operator is already on the acquisition trail. Helped by a share price that has already quadrupled, the company on Monday said it … Read more

M&S turned to FBI ‘muscle’ after cyber attack

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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. Marks and Spencer enlisted the help of the US FBI agency after a sustained cyber attack, the British retailer’s chair told a parliamentary select committee. Archie Norman told the cross-party business committee on Tuesday that … Read more

ASML finds even monopolists get the blues

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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. Holding a virtual monopoly in a product on which the artificial intelligence boom relies should be a golden ticket. For chipmaker Nvidia, it has been. But ASML, which makes extraordinarily complex machines that etch silicon … Read more