How a billionaire’s dream for a Florida railway went south
Brightline East, the brainchild of Wes Edens, is mired in complex debt negotiations
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OpenAI admits AI ‘agent’ caused major cyber breach by itself
AI lab’s advanced models escaped testing ‘sandbox’ to hack Hugging Face
Donald Trump taps Big Tech critic as chief of DoJ antitrust division
Adam Candeub authored a Project 2025 chapter calling for a sweeping shake-up of US competition enforcement
Japan’s trains are getting much faster as the country embraces moonshots
505km per hour rail project has taken on symbolic importance
Zelenskyy replaces top Ukraine general after mass protests
President chooses 43-year-old Mykhailo Drapatyi to replace Oleksandr Syrsky in generational shift in Kyiv’s military leadership
Meta's unwinding of Manus shows even forced deals have merits
Disposal of Chinese agentic AI start-up has left the Facebook owner better off than it might seem
Andy Burnham backs away from costly increase to income tax allowance
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.
Axing UK science department risks slower policymaking, say tech leaders
Tim Bradshaw, Ashley Armstrong, Chris Smyth and Jim Pickard in London
Six foolish mistakes for the UK’s new chancellor to avoid
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.
Why the world trusts China more than America
Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world
National Grid taps into US AI power boom
The UK utility company is investing $1.75bn in a developer focused on supplying power to data centres
How does she get that glow?
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.
Nearly 100 US troops injured in 2 weeks since Iran war resumed
Pentagon says most soldiers suffered ‘minor concussions’ and have returned to duty
Tom Hayes says UBS’s ‘Project Chocolate’ probe shows he was targeted from outset
Trader nicknamed ‘Tommy Chocolate’ argues bank’s rate-fixing investigation was stacked against him
The wealthy Londoners betting on a luxury retirement
Riverstone is pioneering club-like housing schemes for asset-rich over-65s
Gary Stevenson may have been Citi’s most profitable trader… in developed market foreign exchange
My testy exchange outside a London pub with a self-proclaimed currency trading legend
China weighs tighter export controls on AI models and chips
Beijing consults companies on ways to stop west acquiring its advanced technologies and star start-ups
Pointers for Burnham on what Britain really wants
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.
The Fall of America’s Farm Superpower
The US is on the verge of losing its status as the world’s leading agricultural exporter
Investors bet on AI drug discovery despite approval gap
US specialist venture firm Dimension Capital raises $800mn fund to back AI-designed medicines
