Secretary of state Marco Rubio delivered a classified briefing on the administration’s Iran plans to congressional leaders on Tuesday, hours ahead of Donald Trump’s State of the Union address. Democrats left the meeting calling for clarity on Trump’s war aims. “The president made the representation that Iran’s nuclear programme was completely and totally obliterated last … Read more
Wayve’s self-driving tech has attracted a diverse set of investors in the company’s latest $1.2 billion funding round, including three automakers, top venture and institutional firms, and returning backers Microsoft, Nvidia, and Uber. Everyone, it seems, wants a piece of the U.K. startup, which is now valued at $8.6 billion. The funding round illustrates the … Read more
But there are two categories of nonprofessionals whose place in the history of the art strikes me as particularly exalted. The first is directors who act, whether in their own films or those of others. I don’t mean performers who go on to direct themselves, such as Charlie Chaplin, Jacques Tati, Orson Welles, John Cassavetes, … Read more
MatX, a chip startup founded by two former Google hardware engineers, has raised a $500 million Series B led by Jane Street and Situational Awareness, an investment fund formed by former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner. The company’s goal is to make its processors 10 times better at training LLMs and delivering results than Nvidia’s GPUs. … Read more
Ryan Emberley/amfar/Getty Images Samuel L. Jackson may be the Frisco King, but Taylor Sheridan will reign over the words he speaks. Paramount+ announced Tuesday that Sheridan — creator of the “Tulsa King” universe — will write all eight episodes of its upcoming spin-off “Frisco King,” starring Jackson. “We … Read more
Wayve’s self-driving tech has attracted a diverse set of investors in the company’s latest $1.2 billion funding round, including three automakers, top venture and institutional firms, and returning backers Microsoft, Nvidia, and Uber. Everyone, it seems, wants a piece of the U.K. startup, which is now valued at $8.6 billion. The funding round illustrates the … Read more
The editors who made it to Milan from New York City not only escaped the great blizzard of 2026 for 50 degree weather, they’re also getting to witness some fashion history. Not only is Maria Grazia Chiuri going back home to Fendi, but we’ll also have a week of fun shows from Jil Sander, Prada, … Read more
Crypto asset manager Bitwise has acquired the staking services company Chorus One, which oversees more than $2.2 billion in staked assets and could help Bitwise expand its portfolio of crypto staking products. Bitwise said on Tuesday that 50 of Chorus One’s employees will join Bitwise Onchain Solutions, where several billion dollars’ worth of crypto assets … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. UK self-driving start-up Wayve has raised $1.2bn in new funding from investors including automakers Mercedes-Benz, Stellantis and Nissan, as it gears up to launch its first robotaxi service in London later this year. The deal … Read more
The mid-10s has been back in a big way, especially the embellished denim, bomber jackets, and crayon color palettes of 2016. Design duo Marta Marques and Paulo Almeida were defining the era with their then-5-year-old London labelMarques’Almeida They had won the LVMH prize, were dressing Rihanna, and brought their spring 2017 collection to East London’s … Read more