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What happens when an online game dies?

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Financial Times 2 place · 07/04/2026 00:00 EDT

Games such as ‘Destiny 2’ are more than entertainment products. They are social spaces where friendships, identities and rituals are built Read more ›

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Uber hails first profit on horizon

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Financial Times · 09/21/2021 14:16 EDT

Fantasy football’s real deals, dangers of garage scientists, Apple’s iOS 15 Read more ›

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Mirakl raises $550m to expand online marketplaces

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Financial Times 3 place · 09/21/2021 13:00 EDT

French start-up backed by Silver Lake says its software connecting customers to merchants helps retailers compete with Amazon Read more ›

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Uber on course to post first profitable quarter

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Financial Times · 09/21/2021 07:01 EDT

Ride-hailing group spent more than a decade burning through billions of dollars in cash Read more ›

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SoftBank buys into $4bn fantasy football start-up

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Financial Times 3 place · 09/21/2021 02:09 EDT

French company Sorare raises $680m to expand its game, in which players earn NFTs of football cards Read more ›

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Sky plans to bring its own smart TVs to battle with streaming services

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Financial Times · 09/21/2021 00:27 EDT

Hardware launch would be one of broadcaster’s boldest moves since its $30bn purchase by Comcast Read more ›

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Phones, cars and the future: ‘I’m OK with boring as long as the battery lasts all day’

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Financial Times 3 place · 09/21/2021 00:00 EDT

As the iPhone settles into middle age, it is interesting to consider how the history of the car points the way ahead Read more ›

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Toshiba faces uphill struggle to win over restive investors

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Financial Times · 09/20/2021 19:01 EDT

Japan’s oldest conglomerate is under mounting pressure to deliver a radical plan for its future Read more ›

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Ted Lasso gives Apple human touch

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Financial Times · 09/20/2021 14:34 EDT

Big Tech’s buying spree, Coinbase drops Lend, DoorDash beer deliveries Read more ›

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DoorDash to offer alcohol delivery in effort to take on rivals

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Financial Times · 09/20/2021 09:15 EDT

App will launch rapid service to homes in 20 US states as well as Australia and Canada Read more ›

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SoftBank and Tencent invest in Indian used-vehicle platform Cars24

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Financial Times 2 place · 09/20/2021 00:10 EDT

Funding round doubles valuation of online car retailer to $2bn in less than a year Read more ›

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UK to develop AI strategy as part of tech sector push

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Financial Times 3 place · 09/19/2021 23:00 EDT

Nadine Dorries expected to announce plan to compete with rivals from US and China Read more ›

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Big tech companies snapping up smaller rivals at record pace

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Financial Times 3 place · 09/19/2021 16:30 EDT

‘Pac-Man’ buying spree comes as US regulators look to clamp down on anti-competitive acquisitions Read more ›

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M&S makes venture capital investment in digital push

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Financial Times · 09/19/2021 13:00 EDT

Retailer allocates more than £20m to tech fund focused on consumer industry start-ups Read more ›

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LinkedIn may be the nerdiest social network — but its strategy is working

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Financial Times 2 place · 09/19/2021 00:00 EDT

The platform has confounded its critics with a boom in new users and increased revenues Read more ›

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Robots have entered a new phase — and Cathie Wood is betting on it

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Financial Times 3 place · 09/18/2021 19:01 EDT

Despite Masayoshi Son’s doubts, Japan still has the ability to lead a tech-centric global industrial revolution Read more ›

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Big budget streaming services expected to dominate the Emmys

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Financial Times 2 place · 09/18/2021 14:41 EDT

Apple has its first bona fide hit in ‘Ted Lasso’ with 20 nominations Read more ›

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Smartphones: what the forecasts got wrong about saturation

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Financial Times 2 place · 09/18/2021 00:00 EDT

After years of contraction, shipments are expected to grow thanks to faster speeds and lack of alternative Read more ›

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Sinclair’s full-spectrum tech vision

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Financial Times 2 place · 09/17/2021 14:51 EDT

Dark side of Telegram, Navalny app dropped, Unistellar stargazing Read more ›

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Sir Clive Sinclair computing pioneer 1940-2021

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Financial Times 1 place · 09/17/2021 13:22 EDT

Tech leaders pay tribute to inventor of the ZX Spectrum gadget Read more ›

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Ben Chestnut and Dan Kurzius, the men who made MailChimp

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Financial Times 2 place · 09/17/2021 12:29 EDT

This week the pair, who took no venture capital, agreed to sell their email marketing business for $12bn Read more ›

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