Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Artificial intelligence myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. A two-year-old Swedish artificial intelligence start-up that promises to make programming an app as easy as writing a few sentences is nearing a valuation of almost $2bn, in the latest sign of investor fervour for … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Climate change myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The EU’s heavy industry will be allowed to claim compensation for exports funded by the bloc’s carbon border tax in new plans covering polluters, as Brussels comes under pressure to weaken climate rules. The European … 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. NHS hospitals will be able to get access to medical innovations approved anywhere across the sprawling health service under government plans to save money and cut waiting times. Currently, each of the 215 NHS trusts … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Financial services myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Palmer Luckey, the billionaire co-founder of military tech group Anduril, is preparing to launch a US bank intended to fill the gap left by Silicon Valley Bank serving start-ups, including cryptocurrency businesses. To be named … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. German medical technology company Brainlab has postponed its planned stock market listing just two days before its scheduled debut, marking the latest setback for Europe’s struggling IPO market. Bookrunners had already signalled on Monday that … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Meta is looking to raise $29bn to fund its all-in push into artificial intelligence, turning to private capital firms to finance its build out of data centres in the US. Talks between the Instagram-owner and … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Microsoft has built an artificial intelligence-powered medical tool it claims is four times more successful than human doctors at diagnosing complex ailments, as the tech giant unveils research it believes could speed up treatment. The … Read more
Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has undergone a transformation, both physical and political. The skinny teenager who founded Facebook in his dorm room is now a muscular jiu-jitsu enthusiast who’s called US President Donald Trump a “badass” and wants to see more “masculine energy” in the workplace. Is this all an act? Is Zuckerberg doing … Read more
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