Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Artificial intelligence myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Japan’s TDK is claiming a breakthrough in optical technology that would process data 10 times faster than current electronics and solve a key bottleneck holding back the growth of generative artificial intelligence. The Apple supplier … Read more
Europe helped teach China to make cars. Now the tables are turning
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. ASML said orders of its chipmaking machines fell short of market estimates by almost €1bn, as chief executive Christophe Fouquet warned that Donald Trump’s tariff announcements had “increased uncertainty”. Shares of ASML have been hit … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. US product design software company Figma has filed for an initial public offering that will test investor appetite for tech listings as Donald Trump’s tariffs roil global financial markets. Figma on Tuesday said it had … Read more
India bets on ‘frugal innovation’ to catch up in global AI race
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Nvidia has said it expects to take a $5.5bn blow after the US clamped down on its ability to export artificial intelligence chips to China, sending the Silicon Valley behemoth’s shares sliding in … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Mark Zuckerberg acknowledged in emails that he considered separating Instagram from Meta, a US federal court heard on Tuesday in a high-profile antitrust trial that could lead to the break-up of the technology giant. In … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Hedge fund Elliott Management has built a position worth more than $1.5bn in technology group Hewlett Packard Enterprise, in its first activist campaign unveiled since President Donald Trump’s tariff policy upended markets. Elliott is yet … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Globalisation hangs on a simple, alluring idea: make things where doing so is cheapest, then ship them to and fro. But it only works if the second half of that scenario remains viable. If there’s … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Meta’s acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp helped give it “monopoly power”, the US Federal Trade Commission told a court on Monday at the start of a blockbuster trial that could force the $1.5tn tech giant’s … Read more