Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. UK productivity growth has been in the doldrums for years. In November, the Office for Budget Responsibility finally gave up waiting for improvement and built long-term weakness into its official fiscal forecasts. Dead on cue, … Read more
On a recent evening, I heard a sentence I could not have believed a year ago that I would ever hear: “I refrained from liking a critical post about Trump. Just imagine if we want to go to the US again soon?” The words were my partner’s, and he sounded embarrassed. But rumors are circulating … Read more
Android users could get a recovery payout of up to $100 each in a proposed settlement Google filed in San Jose, California on Tuesday night. As Reuters reports, the $135 million settlement is for a class action lawsuit claiming that Google collected users’ cellular data without their permission, even while Google apps were closed, location … Read more
Financial technology company Dakota launched a stablecoin infrastructure platform as more enterprises look to adopt digital dollars without taking on the operational and regulatory burden of custody and compliance. Dakota will handle custody, compliance and settlement on behalf of its clients. CEO Ryan Bozarth told Cointelegraph that the company operates in the US as a … Read more
Rising costs of climate change Last year, the nonprofit Climate Central launched an online database to track the most costly weather- and climate-related disasters across the country. The effort was led by the same lead scientist who tracked those costs for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration—until the Trump administration axed the project in May. … Read more
At the 20th edition of Copenhagen Fashion Week, Paolina Russo and Lucile Guilmard — the designers behind London-based brand Paolina Russo — traveled back to the city where they made their runway debut two years earlier, feeling, in their own words, like the brand is more “grown up”. “Last time we were here, the brand was … Read more
The following interview was conducted on location in Fiji before filming began for “Survivor 50.” It had been over a decade since Stephenie LaGrossa Kendrick had competed on “Survivor.” After famously becoming a tribe of one in “Palau” and falling just short of the win in Guatemala, LaGrossa Kendrick returned for 2010’s “Heroes vs. Villains,” … Read more
The Corsair Galleon 100 SD didn’t just come out of the ether. The new full-size mechanical keyboard with a Stream Deck fused to its side is the result of a lot of things coming together over the years. Corsair’s gaming business is more refined than ever, and Stream Deck’s wide ecosystem of plug-ins makes the … Read more
Patreon will force creators to move away from legacy billing methods this fall to appease Apple’s newly revived subscriptions mandate. The migration will impact four percent of Patreon creators who still use first-of-the-month and per creation billing models, with Apple imposing a deadline to switch to subscription billing by November 1st, 2026. On its support … Read more
“So,” says Dakota Johnson, upon realizing that our conversation is being recorded, “I shouldn’t say anything naughty?” Throughout our time together, it can, in places, be difficult to decipher what the 36-year-old actress is getting at, because almost every answer is preceded by a pause, and followed by a giggle. What soon becomes clear, however, … Read more