Five eye-popping gadgets for the home

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Sights fantastic A well-established trend in domestic lighting is to use smartphone apps to manage complex LED set-ups, fine-tuning their colour and intensity to create violet bathrooms, cerise utility rooms and “scenes” that can change by … Read more

Nato acquires AI military system from Palantir

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Nato has acquired an AI-powered military system from Palantir, the US software company chaired by Donald Trump-backer Peter Thiel and with strong Pentagon connections. The alliance’s choice comes amid rising anxiety among European … Read more

Topgolf founders tap investors for high-tech version of game of pool

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Travel & leisure industry myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The founders of Topgolf and Puttshack have raised $34mn of seed capital from investors, including billionaire Blackstone executive David Blitzer and the Daily Mail’s investment arm, for a venture aiming to invigorate the … Read more

RSA brand to disappear from UK insurance sector

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UK insurance industry is to lose one of its best-known brands after the Canadian owner of RSA, formerly known as Royal & Sun Alliance, decided to rename the business. Intact Financial Corporation, Canada’s largest … Read more

Why security hangs on Arctic ice lows

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Visual and data journalism myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Arctic sea ice continued its run of record lows for the fourth consecutive month in March, culminating in the lowest maximum extent in the 47-year satellite record, according to a report by the … Read more

Modern Workplace: Disability

Progress on disability employment is at risk under Trump policies; accessible transport is a route to more pay and out of worklessness; Rosie Jones on the curse of ableism and discrimination; how quotas push Chile ahead of Ireland and improve job prospects for more