The second sentence is “Do not think that I am very much impressed by that as a boxing title, but it meant a lot to Cohn.” Even to my teen-age self, this was a weird sentence. The “much” seemed unnecessary, there only to call attention to itself, to the fact that someone was speaking. But … Read more
Autonomous vehicle startup Waabi has raised $1 billion and struck a partnership with Uber to deploy self-driving cars on the ride-hailing platform — the company’s first expansion beyond autonomous trucking. The funding consists of an oversubscribed $750 million Series C round co-led by Khosla Ventures and G2 Venture Partners and roughly $250 million in milestone-based … Read more
Richard Linklater’s Nouvelle Vague has topped the nominations for the 51st edition of France’s César awards. Linklater’s ode to the French new wave Nouvelle Vague was nominated in 10 categories, including for Best Director and Best Film. Carine Tardieu’s family drama The Ties That Bind Us, Dominik Moll’s Case 137 and Stéphane Demoustier’s The Great … Read more
Team, I’m heartbroken by the events in Minneapolis, and my prayers and deepest sympathies are with the families, with the communities, and with everyone that’s been affected. This is a time for deescalation. I believe America is strongest when we live up to our highest ideals, when we treat everyone with dignity and respect no … Read more
Bitcoin (BTC) is attempting to break the resistance at $90,000 on Wednesday, as traders expect volatile price swings before and after the US policy decision on interest rate cuts. Key takeaways: The odds of the US Federal Reserve leaving interest rates unchanged today are 100%. BTC price may drop as low as $65,500 if the … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Google has forced UK television measurement groups Barb and Kantar to suspend a new “landmark” service that compares YouTube channel viewership with other TV channels and streamers. The US tech group sent a legal “cease … Read more
Google is expanding its push into AI-powered learning by adding full-length practice tests in Gemini for the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE), India’s nationwide engineering exam used to shortlist candidates for the country’s top technical institutes and taken by millions of students each year. Google said students can take full-length mock exams for the JEE within … Read more
Aave now controls 51.5% of the DeFi lending market share, the first time any protocol has crossed the 50% threshold since 2020. The milestone arrives not through competitor collapse but through steady accumulation: Aave’s $33.37 billion in total value locked sits atop a $64.83 billion lending category that has consolidated around a single liquidity hub. … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: Golden Globe nominee Alma Pöysti (Fallen Leaves) is starring in Theatre of War, a Nordic limited series based on Kjell Westö’s novel ‘Dusk 41.’ She’ll be joined by Jakob Öhrman (Raptures), Tyra Wingren (To Cook a Bear), Saga Sarkola (Memory of Water) and Germany’s Merlin Rose (Das Boot) in the multi-lingual series, which is … Read more
Bitget appointed former Bitpanda chief legal officer and prior KuCoin EU head Oliver Stauber as CEO of Bitget EU to lead the exchange’s Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation (MiCA) expansion and set up its new European headquarters in Vienna. The entity, which applied for a MiCA license in Austria in 2025, expects regulatory approval in … Read more