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Palantir, protests and shedding light on ‘spy tech’

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Financial Times · 09/07/2022 11:00 EDT

It’s important to hear more, not less, from the people running big data Read more ›

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Assassin’s Creed: Tencent determines fate favouring Ubisoft brotherhood

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Financial Times · 09/07/2022 07:56 EDT

A hostile takeover offer is now unlikely Read more ›

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Microsoft invests in Travis Kalanick’s CloudKitchens start-up

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Financial Times · 09/07/2022 00:00 EDT

Software giant is first US backer of Uber known to have funded its co-founder’s latest venture Read more ›

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Musk suggested delaying Twitter deal over ‘world war three’ concerns

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Financial Times 2 place · 09/06/2022 19:24 EDT

Texts between billionaire entrepreneur and his bankers were revealed in Delaware court hearing Read more ›

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Tencent increases investment in French video games maker Ubisoft

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Financial Times · 09/06/2022 14:46 EDT

Chinese tech giant will invest alongside the founding Guillemot family Read more ›

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Fintech Freetrade struggled to find new backers at hoped-for valuation

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Financial Times · 09/06/2022 14:45 EDT

UK stock trading app turned to existing investors after £700mn price tag on company slipped in tough environment Read more ›

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India’s Silicon Valley hit by floods

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Financial Times · 09/06/2022 11:29 EDT

Widespread disruption after deluge in tech hub Bangalore blamed on infrastructure failings Read more ›

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Home insurer Hippo defends start-up sector despite mounting losses

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Financial Times · 09/06/2022 09:04 EDT

Sceptics underestimate ability of ‘insurtechs’ to innovate, says chief after group cuts 10th of its workforce Read more ›

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Travis Kalanick quietly expands kitchen venture across Latin America

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Financial Times 1 place · 09/06/2022 00:01 EDT

Uber founder has bought up local ‘dark kitchens’ but under a cover of intense secrecy that pervades his business style Read more ›

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How to retrain your TikTok algorithm 

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Financial Times · 09/06/2022 00:01 EDT

Instead of jokes, the app is serving me protein powder recommendations and gory surgery videos Read more ›

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BlackRock cracks down on director ‘overboarding’ in Big Tech

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Financial Times 1 place · 09/05/2022 23:00 EDT

Asset manager has voted against director reappointments in push to improve corporate governance Read more ›

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Irish regulator fines Instagram €405mn for failing to protect children’s data

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Financial Times 3 place · 09/05/2022 13:23 EDT

Ruling by Data Protection Commission relates to complaints that account settings defaulted to public Read more ›

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Tech regulation: change is coming, but it’ll take a while

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Financial Times 2 place · 09/05/2022 06:27 EDT

It remains unclear how far the US will go to hobble its most successful home-grown sector Read more ›

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Apple plans to double its digital advertising business workforce

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Financial Times 1 place · 09/05/2022 00:00 EDT

Move adds to industry concerns after tech giant launched privacy rules that make it hard to tailor ads to iPhone users Read more ›

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Swimply: Airbnb for swimming pools makes a splash

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Financial Times 2 place · 09/04/2022 02:00 EDT

Competitors, regulators and local authorities are also waiting to dive in Read more ›

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US ‘blockade’ set to turbocharge Chinese chip development

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Financial Times 1 place · 09/03/2022 20:00 EDT

Beijing expected to unleash new funding for its domestic semiconductor sector to come up with alternatives to US tech Read more ›

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Wall Street’s $1bn messaging ‘nightmare’

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Financial Times 1 place · 09/02/2022 07:44 EDT

SEC investigation sparks questions about how banks monitor communications in an era of disappearing messages Read more ›

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Separating quantum hype from quantum reality

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Financial Times 2 place · 09/02/2022 04:59 EDT

Are the sceptics too sceptical? Read more ›

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Apple overtakes Android to account for 50% of smartphones used in US

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Financial Times 1 place · 09/02/2022 00:00 EDT

Milestone was passed in quarter ending in June, says Counterpoint Research Read more ›

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Tencent divestment strategy sends chill through China’s tech sector

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Financial Times 2 place · 09/01/2022 19:01 EDT

The tech giant is shrinking its internet empire to appease regulators and investors Read more ›

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