Eating avocado toast in London’s old urinals

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In a dark, damp underground chamber in south London, a council worker is trying to explain why a century-old public toilet could be the ideal setting for a flower shop. Torchlight darts across rusty taps … Read more

How should I start investing?

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. I’m a 25-year-old graduate with limited savings, but a strong desire to start investing. Should I prioritise building an emergency fund or begin investing small amounts into a diversified portfolio? What percentage of my anticipated … Read more

Why China is suddenly flooding the market with powerful AI models

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Retaliation seemed certain. When the US tightened its grip on advanced artificial intelligence technologies in January — blocking China’s access to advanced AI chips and locking proprietary models behind trade barriers — the response appeared … Read more

What should Reeves and Starmer say and do next?

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. It is hard not to feel sorry for Rachel Reeves. She is trying to be both responsible and pro-growth. But she is presiding over a stagnant economy with high indebtedness and a set of fiscal … Read more

Google’s $32bn cloud deal rests on hazy assumptions

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. For a company that made its fortune dishing up answers, Google is surprisingly coy when the questions relate to its own finances. The search-engine giant is paying $32bn to acquire cyber security company Wiz, reanimating … Read more