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High prices, limited apps and comfort issues expose difficulty of turning futuristic hardware into a mass-market product

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. “Several” people have been killed and many others injured in a blaze at a bar in an upmarket Swiss ski resort, with an investigation under way to determine the cause, local police have said. Police … Read more

It’s January, the excesses of the festive season are behind us, and with a long wait until payday, you may be vowing to turn over a new leaf with your finances. But where to start? Finding the headspace to make smart choices with your money is tough enough at the best of times. The rising … Read more

The number of women barristers appearing in UK Supreme Court cases has not changed for 17 years, highlighting the struggle to improve gender diversity at the top of the legal industry. Female barristers made up 23 per cent of advocates presenting cases at the UK’s highest court in 2025, up from 21 per cent in … Read more

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Warren Buffett has handed over Berkshire Hathaway’s reins after six decades at the helm, in one of the most consequential corporate successions of a generation. Berkshire vice-chair Greg Abel, 63, took charge as chief executive … Read more

Zohran Mamdani, the new mayor of New York City, is pressing ahead with plans for higher taxes on millionaires, brushing off warnings they will trigger an exodus of the wealthy from America’s financial capital. Dean Fuleihan, incoming deputy mayor, acknowledged that “new revenues” would be required to balance New York’s budget and deliver on Mamdani’s … Read more

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Technology sector myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Consumers should prepare for price increases this year, of as much as 20 per cent for smartphones, computers and home appliances, analysts and manufacturers have warned, as artificial intelligence demand drives up the cost of … Read more

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Sir Keir Starmer has admitted he is frustrated with the pace of change in Britain but would defeat the “division offered by others” as the prime minister issued a veiled attack on Nigel Farage’s Reform … Read more

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world The US has imposed sanctions on four oil traders operating in Venezuela, as Donald Trump ratchets up pressure on Venezuela’s strongman leader Nicolás Maduro. The US Treasury department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control … Read more

It was a covert military shipment docking at a Yemeni port that finally brought simmering tensions between Gulf heavyweights Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates dramatically into the open. Riyadh had for weeks been unsuccessfully using diplomatic channels to pressure a UAE-backed Yemeni faction to withdraw from provinces it had seized next to the … Read more