Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is a contributing columnist, based in Chicago Winter is getting shorter in the US Midwest, threatening the beloved cold-weather culture of skiing, ice fishing, dog sledding and ice roads. But now Midwesterners are … Read more
Workers laid off by Meta in its recent cull that publicly targeted low performers were quick to fight back. Conscious of the potential stigma of being labelled in this way, affected employees took to LinkedIn to bemoan their former employer and bat for their reputation. Many insisted they were in fact high performers; some even … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world The US has threatened to retaliate against any international levy imposed on ships for their carbon emissions amid crunch talks to agree such a measure this week. Washington has urged other members of … Read more
US President Donald Trump’s announcement of “reciprocal” tariffs caused havoc in the markets, notably hitting Big Tech stocks such as Apple. The company lost more than $300bn in market value the next day, and its path forward is complicated. The FT’s San Francisco correspondent Michael Acton explains why the iPhone maker is vulnerable, and what … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Elon Musk’s Starlink is in a fight with Canada’s top telecoms group over accessing millions of dollars in subsidies, as the country’s growing anti-US sentiment puts the billionaire’s satellite business under further scrutiny. Bell and … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Agriculture myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The writer is a science commentator There is more to rice than meets the fork. The grain, harvested from a semi-aquatic grass, is a staple food for over half of the world’s population. Many countries in … Read more
At the headquarters of China’s pioneering robot maker Unitree, visitors are invited to push and kick the G1 — a 1.3-metre-tall, silver humanoid — to test its balance. The Hangzhou-based group is demonstrating the strength of its effort to transform the nascent industry to build humanlike machines. The robots are powered by open-source software that … Read more
Christopher Bishop has been at the forefront of Microsoft’s artificial intelligence applications for some time since he runs the company’s AI for Science research unit, which applies the powerful technology to the natural sciences. Bishop sees the mission of the lab, which was founded in 2022, as accelerating scientific discovery using the technology. His team … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Sir Philip Green has failed in his attempt to challenge the use of British parliamentary privilege in the House of Lords to link the former Topshop owner to allegations of sexual misconduct in 2018. Green, … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Private equity firm Bain Capital is nearing a deal to buy US healthcare software company HealthEdge, in a transaction that would value the business at about $2.6bn including debt, according to people familiar with the … Read more