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FT Person of the Year: Elon Musk on.ft.com/3s5IleZ

Elon Musk: Interview with FT’s Person of the Year

The controversial Tesla chief executive has triggered a historic shift in the auto industry towards electric vehicles

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Cambridge Analytica probe finds no evidence it misused data to influence Brexit on.ft.com/3iFmB1g

Cambridge Analytica probe finds no evidence it misused data to influence Brexit

UK Information Commission concludes three-year investigation into digital marketing group

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Huawei draws Hong Kong-style blowback on.ft.com/2st6iAk

Huawei draws Hong Kong-style blowback

iPhone camera focus, WiFi passwords, Xbox Series X

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Bored Ape start-up set to make $300mn in metaverse land sales on.ft.com/3MBXoEj

Bored Ape start-up set to make $300mn in metaverse land sales

NFTs pioneer Yuga Labs plans to sell ‘deeds’ for up to 55,000 plots of virtual land in its Otherside game

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Nintendo profits soar 541% as consumers retreat to living rooms on.ft.com/30wgRRp
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Sony chief plays down threat to consoles from cloud gaming on.ft.com/3IWqGy5

Sony chief warns technical problems persist for cloud gaming

Promise of technology remains unfulfilled after more than a decade of development

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US presses Boris Johnson with new dossier on Huawei security risks on.ft.com/35Pldm7

US presses Boris Johnson with new dossier on Huawei security risks

‘Madness’ to use China telecoms group on UK 5G rollout, claim intelligence officials

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UK turns to ‘Five Eyes’ to help find alternatives to Huawei on.ft.com/304rmtR
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DeepMind develops AI to diagnose eye diseases on.ft.com/2BTAWBI
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Start-ups fall for Barcelona’s tech hub allure on.ft.com/2P3EOtH
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The great NFT sell-off: has the digital collectibles craze hit its peak? on.ft.com/3CvPLeN

The great NFT sell-off: has the digital collectibles craze hit its peak?

Value of digital tokens drops by almost 50 per cent, renewing doubts over hype-fuelled market

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Big Tech faces a moral reckoning in Ukraine on.ft.com/35Dhe27
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Facebook faces German ban on processing WhatsApp user data on.ft.com/2Rb5bSn
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Sony targets bumper PS5 sales as annual profits hit record on.ft.com/3vwBbix
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I’m leaving Apple — LoveFrom Jony Ive on.ft.com/2Ni5zvO

I’m leaving Apple — LoveFrom Jony Ive

Designer of iPod, iPhone, iPad to start new venture

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Web3 is yet to take off despite the hype on.ft.com/3xc25jv
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Ripple cryptocurrency surges as Japanese groups agree to use it on.ft.com/2CnLQRY

Ripple cryptocurrency surges as Japanese groups agree to use it

Market cap of crossborder payments currency reaches $76bn

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UK regulator threatens tech giants with algorithm audits to protect children ft.trib.al/RjRAiyd

UK regulator threatens tech giants with algorithm audits to protect children

Ofcom chief Melanie Dawes reveals she held meetings with US AI firms over Online Safety Act

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Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus to roll out new 5G device on.ft.com/31ASkID

Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus to roll out new 5G device

Shenzhen-based company also preparing to launch its first television set

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Sony sets 100m sales target for new PlayStation 5 console on.ft.com/3e2dyXo
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Apple’s grip on App Store loosened by US judge in Epic Games case on.ft.com/38UDTEX
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DeepMind computer teaches itself to become world’s best Go player on.ft.com/2kZO6tB

DeepMind computer teaches itself to become world’s best Go player

Google unit sees AI pass milestone as AlphaGo Zero dispenses with human wisdom 

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Mobile operators look to satellite technology to end ‘not spot’ plague on.ft.com/4jSw8D4

Mobile operators look to satellite technology to end ‘not spot’ plague

Race to bring satellite-connected phones to wider market heats up as some question bullish promises from operators

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Twitter launches ‘poison pill’ to thwart $43bn bid by Elon Musk on.ft.com/3Of0oYL

Twitter launches poison pill to thwart $43bn bid by Elon Musk

Defence comes a day after Tesla entrepreneur offered $54.20 a share in cash to buy social media platform

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Computer + ‘neural network’ = AI advance on.ft.com/2e7QB4S
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Marc Andreessen complains to Downing Street about Online Safety Act and UK tech minister on.ft.com/3UXErlr

Marc Andreessen complains to Downing Street about Online Safety Act and UK tech minister

Venture capitalist’s intervention comes amid backlash to sweeping new internet legislation

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Uruguay’s tech scene nears critical mass on.ft.com/3t2BFuT
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How to launch a coronavirus app in one week on.ft.com/3qQ6XW0

How to launch a coronavirus app in one week

As Covid-19 cases started mounting in Uruguay, a software developer took on the challenge of his career

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US quantum computing company IonQ to buy Oxford university start-up on.ft.com/4kTD6qP

US quantum computing company IonQ to buy Oxford university start-up

Acquisition of Oxford Ionics for $1.1bn shows advances in processing are kick-starting dealmaking

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Spotify draws up plans to join NFT digital collectibles craze on.ft.com/365CopQ

Spotify draws up plans to join NFT digital collectibles craze

Job ads fuel excitement in crypto and music industries over potential of NFTs to boost artists’ earnings

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Podcast: ‘Africa should not copy and paste Silicon Valley’ on.ft.com/2DaWD5A
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Harnessing technology to challenge inequality on.ft.com/2zVBjis

Harnessing technology to challenge inequality

The disconnect between tech and the real world must be fixed to solve society’s problems

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TikTok sued on behalf of millions of European children over data concerns on.ft.com/3n5iIq1
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Travis Kalanick sells more than $500m of Uber stock on.ft.com/2qHppWe
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Tech companies are the new investment banks on.ft.com/2nX37e2

Tech companies are the new investment banks

The much-lauded overseas ‘cash’ pile is actually a giant bond portfolio

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Uber’s quest to become the west’s first super-app on.ft.com/2Jj7Fa5

Uber’s quest to become the west’s first super-app

Ride-hailing app seeks to follow the example of WeChat and Gojek by spreading its tentacles

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Hong Kong anti-doxing bill to allow blocking of social media access on.ft.com/2V6aHan

Hong Kong privacy law change will let government block social media

Business fears impact of legislation that targets posting of personal information online

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PlayStation launch in UK descends into chaos on.ft.com/3pLLInF
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African payments company makes rare purchase of US fintech on.ft.com/38SMXhk

African payments company makes rare purchase of US fintech

Deal by MFS Africa is further evolution of continent’s rapidly growing fintech scene

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Is gaming finally becoming accessible to disabled players? on.ft.com/3qkkiFZ
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Chinese bloggers claim Tesla threatened them with defamation suits on.ft.com/2TlByi4
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Web3 is just a fresh serving of the same old crypto nonsense on.ft.com/3uI1qo0

Web3 is just a fresh serving of the same old crypto nonsense

Instead of guarding the internet from exploitation, the technology adds an extra layer of financialisation

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Elon Musk becomes Twitter’s largest shareholder on.ft.com/3DDGxxp
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Universal Hydrogen to start testing fuel cells in passenger jet on.ft.com/3aCMuwV

Universal Hydrogen to start testing fuel cells in passenger jet

Los Angeles start-up quintuples valuation with investors including Tencent and GE Aviation joining

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OpenAI to take cut of ChatGPT shopping sales in hunt for revenues on.ft.com/3GvkzCV

OpenAI to take cut of ChatGPT shopping sales in hunt for revenues

Artificial intelligence start-up has shown brands a prototype of its new checkout feature

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Brussels agrees new law on single standard charger in blow to Apple on.ft.com/3Nrsyz1

Brussels agrees new law on single standard charger in blow to Apple

Move to adopt USB-C follows more than a decade of discussions between regulators and tech groups

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Start-up incubator Y Combinator backs its first weapons firm ft.com/content/17f16071-87e0…

Start-up incubator Y Combinator backs its first weapons firm

Investment in maker of ‘low-cost cruise missiles’ a sign of Silicon Valley’s shifting stance towards the arms industry

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UK spy agencies push for curbs on Chinese ‘smart cities’ technology on.ft.com/3tzml9Y
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Epic and Unity rev their engines for the next era of entertainment on.ft.com/2Cng4cs

Epic and Unity rev their engines for the next era of entertainment

Two rival developers of 3D graphics tools step up financing efforts as they look beyond video games

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Apple plans to scan US iPhones for child abuse imagery on.ft.com/3jt2xl0
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Vodafone joins forces with Google Cloud for data analytics push on.ft.com/3xF2glb

Vodafone joins forces with Google Cloud for data analytics push

Latest example of telecoms working with tech sector to reduce costs and unlock value of data

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China tech/Tsinghua Unigroup: self-sufficiency too important for chipmaker to exemplify it on.ft.com/3ASXySt
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SoftBank sits on $4bn trading gains on Masayoshi Son’s US stock options bet on.ft.com/3lWnLZ2

SoftBank up $4bn on founder’s aggressive US stock options bet

Masayoshi Son’s high-risk strategy has proved controversial within Japanese tech investment group

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Sony and Microsoft look to match the hype with PS5 and Xbox launches on.ft.com/3eif0Fp
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OpenAI and Meta ready new AI models capable of ‘reasoning’ on.ft.com/4aqvYh2
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AI chipmaker Graphcore raises $222m as it takes on Nvidia on.ft.com/3nXeksW

AI chipmaker Graphcore raises $222m as it takes on Nvidia

Latest funding round values four-year-old UK start-up at $2.5bn

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Veloce merges esports and racing outfits for Extreme-E challenge on.ft.com/3i3PV1g

Veloce merges esports and racing outfits for Extreme-E challenge

UK group seeks to attract younger audience for launch of off-road electric competition

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If It’s Smart, It’s Vulnerable by Mikko Hypponen — cyber space and how to defend it on.ft.com/3QTI73Z

If It’s Smart, It’s Vulnerable by Mikko Hypponen — cyber space and how to defend it

The master coder and superb communicator provides a refreshingly jargon-free introduction to the history of hacking

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$97bn knocked from Tesla valuation as Twitter takeover looms on.ft.com/3LhIcfa

Tesla valuation slides more than $125bn after Elon Musk’s Twitter deal

High volume of shares traded on fears carmaker’s CEO will sell down stake to finance purchase

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Cruise’s San Francisco robotaxis seize initiative in race for autonomy on.ft.com/3QD7NCy
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Bangalore keeps its crown as India’s high-growth tech hub on.ft.com/375wZ2m

Bangalore keeps its crown as India’s high-growth tech hub

Investment is flowing south into the city’s start-ups, giving it the edge above Mumbai and New Delhi

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Sony rules out moving into hybrid gaming consoles on.ft.com/2r7BSxG
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Google to limit ad tracking across apps on Android on.ft.com/3gQ7eEF
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Ex-Apple engineer brings Silicon Valley tactics to European defence tech on.ft.com/3U5IwUq

Ex-Apple engineer brings Silicon Valley tactics to European defence tech

Drone start-up Delian Alliance Industries mimics vertically integrated approach taken by Tesla and Apple

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What the death of coffee shops tells us about Silicon Valley on.ft.com/35fvrQj
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40% of Europe’s artificial intelligence start-ups have no AI on.ft.com/2EvZ68T
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Concentrated power in Big Tech harms the US on.ft.com/3jeeVEo
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Huawei’s fall hits growth of Sony’s chip business on.ft.com/3vm2XNW

Huawei’s fall hits growth of Sony’s chip business

US-China trade war radically changes smartphone market structure

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Apple’s mixed reality headset is a hedge against future disruption on.ft.com/3C6I27v

Apple’s mixed reality headset is a hedge against disruption

Virtual world venture makes sense ahead of a technology revolution that could threaten the iPhone empire

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Microsoft strikes deal with Mistral in push beyond OpenAI on.ft.com/3T9MjAr

Microsoft strikes deal with Mistral in push beyond OpenAI

Tech giant unveils partnership with French AI start-up as regulators probe $13bn alliance with ChatGPT maker

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AI’s awfully exciting until companies want to use it: Rightmove edition on.ft.com/3JNMkYU

AI’s awfully exciting until companies want to use it: Rightmove edition

‘Hello, I need the biggest business transformation project you have. No, that’s too big . . .’

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Trump picks Musk ally David Sacks as crypto and AI tsar on.ft.com/4igmsRX

Trump picks Musk ally David Sacks as crypto and AI tsar

Ex-PayPal executive and VC investor hosted Silicon Valley fundraiser for president-elect

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Uber adds planes and trains to automobiles in renewed ‘super-app’ push on.ft.com/3K9omSO

Uber adds planes and trains to cars in renewed ‘super app’ push

Ride-booking group aims to become a broader travel hub as part of plan that was delayed by the pandemic

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The AI we could have had on.ft.com/3XIUhTN

The AI we could have had

In the late 1960s, a secret US lab was dedicated to mapping the edges of computing

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Galactic Britain boldly goes into space on.ft.com/3F7dB1o
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Man beats machine at Go in human victory over AI on.ft.com/3Khq1Zr
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IBM pulls adverts from X after report finding they ran next to Nazi content on.ft.com/3sByYX4

IBM pulls adverts from X after report finding they ran next to Nazi content

Tech company’s move is the latest setback to Linda Yaccarino’s efforts to convince brands Elon Musk’s platform is safe

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OpenAI targets 1bn users in next phase of growth on.ft.com/49vrwOt

OpenAI targets 1bn users in next phase of growth

ChatGPT-maker aims for big boost from new AI products, Apple partnership and infrastructure investment

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Twitter buys machine learning start-up on.ft.com/28IwOI3

Twitter buys ‘small and mighty’ Magic Pony

Deal for machine learning start-up comes amid push to bolster video and live streaming capabilities

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WhatsApp explores ads in chat app as Meta seeks revenue boost on.ft.com/44Uerdi
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Refik Anadol on his immersive AI-generated art on.ft.com/3TnWCkA

Refik Anadol on his immersive AI-generated art

The Turkish artist’s work, currently on show at London’s Serpentine, uses artificial intelligence to create hallucinatory dreamscapes

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Industry turns to private 5G to speed digital change on.ft.com/3LcGGvb

Industry turns to private 5G to speed digital change

Some companies are creating their own networks to power the ‘Internet of Things’

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Video games face #MeToo moment on.ft.com/2Cw0M4K
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Lee Kai-Fu says artificial intelligence will accelerate drug discovery on.ft.com/3L5mjPK

Lee Kai-Fu says artificial intelligence will accelerate drug discovery

VC investor suggests AI will lower pharmaceutical costs but some critics dismiss its use in drug discovery as ‘hype’

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Why it is vital that you understand the infrastructure behind AI on.ft.com/3TWSPKl

Why it is vital that you understand the infrastructure behind AI

Adoption of artificial intelligence is booming, but without the right infrastructure — from chips to cooling — most companies risk falling behind

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Germany’s Marvel Fusion raises €113mn as nuclear fusion race heats up on.ft.com/4hN9M3u

Germany’s Marvel Fusion raises €113mn as nuclear fusion race heats up

EQT Ventures and Siemens Energy among new backers in Munich-based start-up’s latest funding round

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Elon Musk orders Twitter staff to work 24/7 on ‘blue tick’ charge on.ft.com/3DfitRS

Musk orders Twitter staff to work day and night on ‘blue tick’ charge

Initiative comes as advertisers warn new owner that keeping platform free of inappropriate content is ‘non-negotiable’

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Ubisoft hit by ‘toxic’ workplace complaints on.ft.com/2C0Zsa4
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Spain’s Cabify claims it is first profitable car-booking app on.ft.com/2OsKbly
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Apple looks to its first headset for next breakthrough product on.ft.com/3GTS7q8
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OpenSea admits NFTs insider trading incident on.ft.com/3tJle8G

OpenSea admits NFT insider’s trading incident

Popular platform for selling digital collectibles confirms a top executive traded items before they were promoted

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How the FBI’s Trojan Shield operation exposed a criminal underworld on.ft.com/3pyS0HE

How the FBI’s Trojan Shield operation exposed a criminal underworld

Messaging app honeypot trap yielded hundreds of arrests and marked breakthrough for agency

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OpenAI says it has evidence China’s DeepSeek used its model to train competitor on.ft.com/3Ef5qUB

OpenAI says it has evidence China’s DeepSeek used its model to train competitor

White House AI tsar David Sacks raises possibility of alleged intellectual property theft

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Hacking for humanity starts with solutions to the small problems on.ft.com/2V4ADkt
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Blockchain company Ripple says it has $15bn war chest on.ft.com/2wL9JQ7

Blockchain company Ripple says it has $15bn war chest

Group behind XRP cryptocurrency says it has signed up more than 100 customers

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Amazon battles for slice of online gaming market on.ft.com/3i2nZuk
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Big Tech groups say their $100bn AI spending spree is just beginning on.ft.com/4c9KV7g

Big Tech groups say their $100bn AI spending spree is just beginning

Tech stocks have been volatile as Microsoft, Meta, Amazon and Google report huge increases in AI investments

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The man who put Pokémon Go on the map on.ft.com/2a2Da95
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Boris Johnson’s patience wears thin over tracing app on.ft.com/2MP1sE5

Boris Johnson’s patience wears thin over tracing app

Downing Street steps up pressure to switch to technology developed by Google and Apple

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L’Oréal suspends advertising spending on Twitter on.ft.com/3zE3sIr

L’Oréal suspends advertising spending on Twitter

Some brands ‘quiet quit’ messaging platform after Elon Musk’s $44bn takeover

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