The conflict in Ukraine has turned into the world’s first fully fledged drone war. The remote-controlled flying machines are now used by both sides for transporting supplies, surveilling the enemy and carrying out attacks. John Thornhill visits Kyiv to learn more about how the war has sparked a boom in Ukrainian defence tech that has … Read more
Ofcom will this week unveil codes of practice to prevent children from accessing adult content on platforms such as X and Meta under the Online Safety Act, which has emerged as a potential flashpoint in UK-US trade talks. Britain’s media regulator will tell social media, search and gaming services that they need either to remove … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world More than half of nearly 1,500 business leaders of medium and large companies plan to relocate their operations within five years to better access renewable sources, a survey carried out across 15 countries … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. I get my bearings on a mountainside path studded with spruces and shrubs. Down to the right is the Lago di Braies in Italy’s South Tyrol, deep blue in the centre but verging on green … Read more
Donald Trump’s new tariffs are set to pummel the renewable energy industry, threatening to push up prices, disrupt supply chains and undercut US ambitions to lead the artificial intelligence revolution, clean-technology executives said. The duties of 10 per cent to 49 per cent on electrical components, battery storage and other equipment from China, south-east Asia … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When Sage Group’s shares surged 19 per cent in November as it announced its full-year results, it said something about how unreliable the UK’s largest software company had become. It raised its dividend and announced … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Big Tech myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The writer is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences In 1913, Woodrow Wilson warned: “If monopoly persists, monopoly will always sit at the … Read more
Defence tech is booming in the US. Start-ups building drones, missiles and AI systems are competing with established companies for a piece of the US defence budget. Are these new participants the future of the defence industry? John Thornhill hears from investors and founders, and we visit the neighbourhood of El Segundo in Los Angeles, … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The US Federal Trade Commission has sued ride-hailing app Uber, saying it made “false or misleading” claims about its subscription service, in the latest sign that Donald Trump’s administration is embracing an aggressive stance against … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The United Arab Emirates aims to use AI to help write new legislation and review and amend existing laws, in the Gulf state’s most radical attempt to harness a technology into which it has poured … Read more