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After the fires — a drive through the LA Palisades

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. As Europe scrambles to beef up its defences and assemble a security force for a postwar Ukraine, Turkey — with Nato’s second-largest standing army and a booming defence industry — has been seen as a … Read more

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Followers of markets may have noticed it is tin hat time. Many are reading the headlines and banking their substantial profits from the past few years. Who can blame them? The early weeks … Read more

How to cure ‘premature enumeration’

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Nvidia’s market capitalisation of roughly $3tn has occasionally made it the biggest company in the world. Founder Jensen Huang, a man rarely short of self-confidence, hinted this week at plans that could make it even … Read more

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Cyber Security myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The writer is president of encrypted messaging service Signal Imagine a government telling a car company to secretly weaken the effectiveness of the brakes on all the cars it sells, recklessly endangering the safety of … Read more

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is co-chair of the Invest in Women Taskforce and head of Barclays Business Bank There’s only one thing worse for the UK’s female entrepreneurs than the current dismal level of investment in their … Read more

Hugues Oyarzabal, one of Europe’s most accomplished surfers and among the first to record spectacular feats from inside the curl of a wave using digital cameras, died on Feb. 21 at his home in Biarritz, France. He was 39. His parents, Charles and Lucette Oyarzabal, said he had taken his own life. Friends told The … Read more

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. For a tech industry intoxicated by advances in artificial intelligence, the idea that fully humanoid robots will soon be stalking the earth hardly seems a stretch. Elon Musk recently predicted a $10tn market for Optimus, … Read more

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US & Canadian companies myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Most hostile merger approaches end with a handshake and a friendly transaction. Investors in the target ultimately want the cash premium, and if a buyer is keen enough to embark on a public … Read more