Secure ‘quantum messages’ sent over telecoms network in breakthrough

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Scientists have sent messages encrypted using principles of quantum physics over a 250km German commercial telecommunications network, in a milestone towards next-generation data security. Toshiba Europe researchers have used so-called quantum key distribution (QKD) cryptography … Read more

What would a US tariff on chips look like?

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is the author of ‘Chip War’ The US government will be “taking a look at Semiconductors and the WHOLE ELECTRONICS SUPPLY CHAIN”, President Donald Trump recently declared. Given his repeated promises to impose … Read more

Instagram’s co-founder testifies Mark Zuckerberg withheld resources

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom has accused Mark Zuckerberg of stifling the photo-sharing app in testimony that backs up antitrust regulators in a monopoly trial that could lead to Meta’s break-up. Systrom, a key witness called … Read more