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Financial Times · 06/17/2026 00:07 EDT

This series features conversations between FT journalists and the technology industry’s leaders, innovators and thinkers. In the latest instalment, Luciana Lixandru, global co-lead of Sequoia’s early-stage investment business, talks about why it is time for ‘act two’ for Europe’s tech sector Read more ›

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Google: closure further impoverishes Russian tech, not Alphabet

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Financial Times · 05/19/2022 10:27 EDT

Investors need not sweat, but subsidiary’s bankruptcy will stunt access to independent media Read more ›

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Asia sell-off: clumsy policymaking has exacerbated China crisis

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Financial Times · 05/19/2022 05:29 EDT

Difficulties have been worsened by lockdowns resulting from the ineffectiveness of state-backed coronavirus vaccines Read more ›

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Smartphone makers cut back and Son changes tack

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Financial Times · 05/19/2022 04:18 EDT

The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times Read more ›

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Google’s Russian unit to file for bankruptcy after seizure of bank account

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Financial Times 2 place · 05/19/2022 03:25 EDT

US tech group says it has become ‘untenable for our Russia office to function’ Read more ›

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Asian shares tumble after US stocks suffer steepest daily drop since 2020

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Financial Times · 05/19/2022 00:52 EDT

Benchmark S&P 500 share index declined 4% on growth fears as European futures point to falls Read more ›

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Twitter deal leaves Elon Musk with no easy way out

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Financial Times · 05/19/2022 00:00 EDT

Strength of $44bn agreement comes into focus as Tesla chief executive appears to have second thoughts Read more ›

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Defiant Chinese netizens skirt lockdown censorship using blockchain

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Financial Times · 05/19/2022 00:00 EDT

Growing popularity of decentralised ledger technology presents fresh challenge for country’s censors Read more ›

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China’s supercomputing semi boost

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Financial Times · 05/18/2022 15:49 EDT

Tencent profits halved, Saudi Nintendo stake, Sony LinkBuds S Read more ›

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What the digital front lines in Ukraine say about the future of war

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Financial Times · 05/18/2022 11:00 EDT

And what that tells us about the merits of networked societies as opposed to autocracy Read more ›

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Tencent’s revenue growth hit by tech crackdown and Covid curbs

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Financial Times · 05/18/2022 08:52 EDT

Results come a day after China pledged ‘support’ for technology groups amid economic slump Read more ›

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Microsoft relaxes cloud terms to avoid full EU antitrust probe

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Financial Times · 05/18/2022 07:45 EDT

Licensing terms related to Azure services had come under scrutiny from rivals and regulators Read more ›

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Saudi Arabia’s PIF acquires 5% stake in Nintendo

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Financial Times · 05/18/2022 07:13 EDT

Sovereign wealth fund has already bought into Japan’s Capcom and Nexon Read more ›

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If Elon Musk does buy Twitter, free speech absolutism will not be enough

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Financial Times 2 place · 05/18/2022 00:00 EDT

The possible new owner of the platform will soon learn how hard it is to retain the trust of users Read more ›

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US rushes to catch up with China in supercomputer race

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Financial Times · 05/18/2022 00:00 EDT

World’s biggest economies battle to dominate advanced processing power that will effect defence and climate modelling Read more ›

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Twitter/Elon Musk: board must hold wavering tycoon to his word

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Financial Times · 05/18/2022 00:00 EDT

Billionaire’s grievances provide little justification to walk away from deal Read more ›

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Kwarteng warned on China takeover of UK semiconductor plant

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Financial Times · 05/17/2022 23:00 EDT

Report to say that sale of Newport Wafer Fab will undermine a strategic industry Read more ›

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China pledges support to tech companies after market rout

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Financial Times · 05/17/2022 21:29 EDT

Beijing’s top economic official holds meetings with executives and industry experts Read more ›

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Japan’s chip industry faces old challenge: scaling up production

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Financial Times · 05/17/2022 18:00 EDT

A boutique investment bank is working to set up a chip foundry to fill the gap Read more ›

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Twitter’s termite problem

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Financial Times · 05/17/2022 17:23 EDT

Tiger Global tech rout, Mastercard’s ‘pay with a smile’, Sonos Ray Read more ›

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UK cloud banking fintech Thought Machine doubles valuation to $2.7bn

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Financial Times · 05/17/2022 16:00 EDT

Unicorn brings Morgan Stanley on board as client and investor Read more ›

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