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Beijing backs brain implant push to rival Elon Musk’s Neuralink  

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Financial Times · 02/17/2026 20:15 EDT

Looser regulation and new investment are helping groups such as NeuroXess accelerate trials of ‘brain-computer interfaces’ Read more ›

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Nvidia secures multibillion-dollar Meta deal as it battles chip rivals

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Financial Times · 02/17/2026 16:15 EDT

Social media group will purchase millions of chips even as it tries to develop its own AI hardware Read more ›

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Danaher strikes $10bn deal for medical device maker Masimo

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Financial Times · 02/17/2026 09:35 EDT

Acquisition by US life sciences manufacturer makes it a market leader in production of pulse oximeters Read more ›

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Japan’s largest toilet maker is undervalued AI play, says activist investor

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Financial Times · 02/17/2026 02:02 EDT

Toto should make more of its sideline in the chip supply chain, Palliser urges Read more ›

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Perhaps we should all be banned from social media

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Financial Times · 02/17/2026 00:00 EDT

Focusing only on under-16s obscures the lack of internet safeguards for everyone else Read more ›

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From cats and dogs to Erdős: AI groups chase progress through maths

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Financial Times · 02/17/2026 00:00 EDT

OpenAI, Google DeepMind and Anthropic seek to use advanced maths to show how capable AI models really are Read more ›

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Software isn’t dead, but its cozy business model might be

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Financial Times · 02/17/2026 00:00 EDT

Companies must rethink their charging policy to reflect tasks completed rather than number of users Read more ›

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Danaher closes in on a nearly $10bn deal for med tech company Masimo

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Financial Times · 02/16/2026 23:03 EDT

Device maker is in a long-running intellectual property dispute with Apple Read more ›

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EU privacy watchdog opens probe into X over sexualised AI images

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Financial Times · 02/16/2026 19:01 EDT

‘Large-scale’ inquiry is latest sign of how regulators are scrutinising the group’s Grok chatbot Read more ›

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Software group Pinewood plummets after AI sell-off scuppers £575mn deal

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Financial Times · 02/16/2026 09:11 EDT

Apax Partners abandons offer for FTSE 250 company over ‘challenging market conditions’ Read more ›

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Souping up data centres could give industrial firms an extra AI boost

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Financial Times · 02/16/2026 09:05 EDT

Rethinking the boiler rooms of artificial intelligence lacks glamour but is big on impact Read more ›

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Getir founders sue Mubadala for $700mn over break-up of assets

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Financial Times · 02/16/2026 00:00 EDT

Entrepreneurs behind food delivery start-up sue Gulf sovereign wealth fund in London Read more ›

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Are Anthropic’s new AI work tools game-changing for professionals?

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Financial Times · 02/15/2026 23:00 EDT

Adaptable plug-ins must compete with bespoke products already used by lawyers and consultants Read more ›

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OpenAI hires OpenClaw founder Peter Steinberger

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Financial Times 2 place · 02/15/2026 19:15 EDT

The viral open source project enables users to create personal AI agents Read more ›

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The great software stock meltdown

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Financial Times 3 place · 02/15/2026 06:00 EDT

Sell-off may be overdone, but companies need to move faster to respond to AI Read more ›

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Investors reluctant to ‘buy the dip’ after AI scares

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Financial Times · 02/15/2026 00:00 EDT

Sectors including wealth management and trucking have been hit with sudden share price declines Read more ›

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Uber enters 7 new European markets in food delivery push

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Financial Times 3 place · 02/15/2026 00:00 EDT

Ride-hailing company plans to step up competition to DoorDash-owned rival Wolt in Norway and Finland Read more ›

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India seeks to broker consensus on global ‘AI commons’

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Financial Times · 02/14/2026 21:00 EDT

New Delhi to focus on wielding emerging technology for social ends at global summit Read more ›

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Amazon’s Andy Jassy bets on $200bn AI spending drive to revive AWS

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Financial Times 3 place · 02/14/2026 02:29 EDT

Shake-up follows fears tech giant missed early AI boom as Microsoft and Google challenge cloud business Read more ›

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Here’s the stupid thing about romance scams

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Financial Times 1 place · 02/14/2026 00:00 EDT

If anyone should be ashamed of this crime, it’s the social media platforms Read more ›

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