Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Media myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Netflix is facing a US government antitrust review into its nearly $83bn deal to buy Warner Bros Discovery, as Paramount continues to pursue a rival bid for the Hollywood media giant. Antitrust enforcers at the US … Read more
Anthropic achieved a breakout moment this week, as investors bet the start-up has cornered the market selling AI products to businesses, worth hundreds of billions of dollars in revenue. The AI lab has kept a lower profile than rivals OpenAI, Google and Meta, which have focused on consumer-facing products, instead pitching its models as tools … 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 is compiling a large arms sale of Patriot missiles and other weapons for Taiwan that Beijing has privately warned could jeopardise President Donald Trump’s state visit to China in April. The … 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’s allies have warned Labour MPs that an attempt to topple the prime minister would wreak havoc on the economy after days of turmoil that hit sterling and rattled investors fearful of a … Read more
Labour MPs agree that Sir Keir Starmer has suffered his worst week yet in Downing Street, following his admission that he appointed Lord Peter Mandelson as UK ambassador to the US despite knowing about the peer’s long-standing friendship with child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The scandal has fuelled questions about the prime minister’s ability to … 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 Donald Trump on Friday removed a social media post that included a racist meme depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes following fierce backlash, including from within the Republican Party. The US president … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Artificial intelligence myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The founder of cryptocurrency trading site Crypto.com has bought AI.com for $70mn, the highest price ever disclosed for a domain name sale, to launch a new entrant to the artificial intelligence race. Kris Marszalek, co-founder … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is a former Treasury permanent secretary As the official in charge of the UK Treasury during the global financial crisis, this week’s revelations about Peter Mandelson’s activities while business secretary at that time … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Shell has dropped EY as its auditor just weeks after the UK accounting regulator announced an investigation into the Big Four firm’s audit of the oil major. London’s third most valuable listed company said on … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Technology sector myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Tech has always needed its storytellers. By turning impersonal electronics into objects of high style and personal empowerment, Apple’s Steve Jobs once set the direction for an entire industry. These days, it also needs people … Read more