Financial Times - Technology

What people in AI really think about regulation

The tribalism and fragmentation we are seeing in politics may be coming for business too

Schneider Electric to buy software group PTC for $23.7bn

Takeover is French conglomerate’s largest and enhances its products focused on manufacturers

A Chinese billionaire reckons with the limits of building AI across borders

One-time gaming tycoon Chen Tianqiao bet billions on a second act in agentic research but ran headlong into US-China trade tensions

Norway is first to propose temporary ban on AI glasses in public places

Law would prohibit use of the technology in parks, beaches, schools and kindergartens

What’s really going on with AI token price deflation?

Shipping groups seek counter-drone protection after wave of attacks

Incidents in conflict hotspots including the Middle East and Black Sea prompt surge of demand for specialist systems

Investors look to shelter portfolios from rising AI concentration risks

Fund managers see hedge funds and emerging markets assets as bulwarks against sudden shift in sentiment on artificial intelligence

How Renault went from driveshafts to drones

French carmaker turns mass-manufacturing expertise to new frontier of warfare

Google set to defend £1.2bn UK lawsuit over ‘excessive’ app download charges

British claim over Google Play Store is latest effort to challenge market power of Big Tech groups

Japanese and Korean shipbuilders deploy robots to take on China

US allies invest in ‘smart shipyards’ as Beijing’s dominance of industry alarms Washington

Zelenskyy asked Trump to block Russia and China’s Starlink rival

Ukraine’s president says he requested his US counterpart to impose sanctions on companies involved in developing ‘Rassvet’

Over 20 NHS trusts have ditched Palantir waiting-list tools, analysis shows

FT findings prompt fresh probe by statistics regulator into health service claims over controversial data project

Meet the new movie villains: Zuckerberg, Musk and Altman

Unflattering portraits await all three tech titans — but while filmmakers vilify AI, studios are investing in it hungrily

Chill out: Japan’s top vending machine maker now cools data centres

Fuji Electric reworks its refrigeration technology into energy-efficient cooling system for servers

Our healthy obsession with fitness trackers

Wellness wearables are more than fashion accessories, and that is good for all of us

No, AI is not similar to the Manhattan Project

What is singular and novel about the current threat is that it was born out of the private sector

Why Big Tech wants more economists

Burnham searches for UK alternative to Palantir

Prime minister’s ‘Buy British’ push triggers hunt to find replacement for controversial US tech group awarded health service and defence contracts