Google DeepMind and Fei-Fei Li’s $1bn start-up World Labs are among the leading AI groups arguing that so-called “world models” — systems designed to navigate and recreate the physical world — could ...

Discarded boxes and crumpled packing paper have become a permanent feature of modern life, mushrooming into mini-mountains in halls and spare rooms in the run-up to Christmas.

Investors were transfixed all year by the steady escalation in the amount of capital being thrown at AI data centres. Morgan Stanley had predicted spending would grow 20-25 per cent. By last month, ...

What is the best place to buy a luxury watch? In China, more and more high-end shoppers are turning to social media. That is an opportunity for luxury brands seeking younger customers. For social ...

Fabricio Bloisi said he was “willing” to invest more in the food delivery sector as part of Prosus’s goal of creating a $100bn European tech champion, at a time when US rival DoorDash has just bought ...

The FT does not use generative AI to voice its podcasts This is a repeat of an episode published on The Rachman Review, a sister podcast of the FT News Briefing, on Nov. 20, 2025 View our ...

Rise of teenage sensation Luke Littler has fuelled interest in world championships at London’s Alexandra Palace ...

Gideon and guests look back at 2025 as well as forward to the year ahead in an FT Live discussion for the Global Boardroom. Donald Trump set the tone of world politics this year from his tariff wars ...

Ali Khalpey, head of Middle East at Cantor, said the slowdown came after a “very strong run” and investors were now “looking back and taking stock of where valuations were . . . It’s no longer ‘let’s ...

The Ballad of the Last Guest, expertly translated by Krishna Winston, conjures the spirit of both writers: Handke’s protagonist Gregor Werfer shares his first name with the hero of Metamorphosis; ...

Once the residence of French kings, the Louvre was first turned over to public displays in 1793, during the revolution. The last major overhaul transferred a wing once inhabited by the finance ...

A conservative politician backed by Donald Trump was on Wednesday declared the winner of Honduras’ presidential election, capping weeks of wrangling over the result that involved allegations of fraud.