Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Eurozone inflation fell to 1.7 per cent in January, undershooting the European Central Bank’s 2 per cent target, as lower energy costs and a stronger euro kept a lid on consumer price rises. The annual … Read more
US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds recorded $561.8 million in net inflows on Feb. 2, ending a four-day streak of nearly $1.5 billion in outflows. Investors could interpret the number as a return of conviction after punishing outflows, but Jamie Coutts, chief crypto analyst at Real Vision, offered a different read. According to him: “Aggregate ETF … Read more
Elon Musk has hit back at a police raid on X’s French offices and investigation into accusations that his social media platform manipulates its algorithms and data feeds as well as concerns over the content produced by its AI tool Grok. Officers from France’s national cyber unit raided X’s French HQ in Paris on Tuesday … 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 will publish some messages about Lord Peter Mandelson’s appointment as UK ambassador to the US to head off a parliamentary ambush, as the government reels from revelations about the former cabinet minister’s … Read more
Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn and other local elected officials today called on LA 2028 Olympics committee chair Casey Wasserman to resign over a string of racy emails with Ghislaine Maxwell, who’s been convicted of sex trafficking for her role in a widespread sexual abuse scandal involving the late Jeffrey Epstein. Hahn, who is … 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 Nvidia’s sales of H200 AI chips to China are still awaiting final approval from Washington nearly two months after Donald Trump greenlit exports, as the US government conducts a national security review before … Read more
The biggest question heading into Apple TV press day was whether there would be a sequel to the biggest grossing sports movie of all-time and 4x Oscar nominee, F1. Taking a question from the audience, Apple’s SVP of Services, Eddie Cue, read it to Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali who responded, “Stay tuned.” “We’re going … Read more
Assets in spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs slipped below $100 billion on Tuesday following a fresh $272 million in outflows. According to data from SoSoValue, the move marked the first time spot Bitcoin ETF assets under management have fallen below that level since April 2025, after peaking at about $168 billion in October. The drop came … Read more
Earthly ambitions are not enough for Rheinmetall’s Armin Papperger — the boss of the German arms group is setting his sights on space. Papperger, who says the artillery and tanks specialist had “no clue” about satellites until a few years ago, is eyeing the German military’s planned €35bn in space technology spending over the next … Read more
Who does a press day at an airport hangar instead of a theater? Why, Apple does, and it was not until witnessing the tech giant’s setup at the Santa Monica Barker Hangar on Tuesday morning that the reason for the odd venue selection became clear. Apple fashioned a 120-degree surround screen inside the space — … Read more