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The secret lives of MI6’s top female spies
For the first time ever, SIS officers reveal why women often make the best spies for our times
Silicon Valley start-ups race for debt deals in funding crunch
Tech founders seek creative financing solutions to sustain their businesses as venture capital dries up
Flying car, anyone?
Inside the increasingly perilous quest to get battery-powered aircraft off the ground
Financial Times on Big Data
Big data, Google and the end of free will — FT.com
For thousands of years humans believed that authority came from the gods. Then, during the modern era, humanism gradually shifted authority from deities to people. Jean-Jacques Rousseau summed up this revolution in Emile, his 1762 treatise on
Sonification: turning the yield curve into music
With the proliferation of smart speakers, turning spreadsheets into sound could be the next big thing in data presentation
Financial Times on Business
How to pay executives in the age of stakeholder capitalism
Soaring executive pay is prompting resistance from those who believe business should play a role in shaping a fairer, more equitable society
Delphine Arnault, an LVMH heir steps up at Dior
The executive will take over a thriving brand in her biggest operational role yet
Financial Times on Criticism
Feedback required: the science of criticism that actually works
It really is possible to get better at giving — and receiving — constructive criticism
Financial Times on Macroeconomics
The revolutions under way in macroeconomics
The view is spreading that the mainstream needs deep reform
Financial Times on Podcasts
Podcasts aren’t as smart as you think
The pod has replaced the TV drama as a way of not reading and feeling good about it
Financial Times on Poetry
An appeal for Brexit Day commemorative poetry answered
Shall I compare thee to a catastrophe? The nation’s favourites — with a twist
Financial Times on Russia
Inside Putin’s circle — the real Russian elite
As the west focuses on oligarchs, a far smaller group has its grip on true power in Moscow. Who are the siloviki — and what motivates them?
How Russia’s mistakes and Ukrainian resistance altered Putin’s war
Moscow’s initial hopes of lightning-fast victory foundered in face of fierce opposition and its own shortcomings
Financial Times on Science
US scientists boost clean power hopes with fusion energy breakthrough
Net energy gain indicates technology could provide an abundant zero-carbon alternative to fossil fuels
We must dismantle the barriers that GDPR creates for global science
There’s a chance to free medical innovation from the unintended consequences of the regulation
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The Climate Game — Can you reach net zero?
See if you can save the planet from the worst effects of climate change
Coronavirus mapped: the latest figures as the outbreak spreads
The countries affected, confirmed cases and number of deaths
Inside Trump’s coronavirus meltdown
What went wrong in the president’s first real crisis — and what does it mean for the US?
Covid-19: The global crisis — in data
Charts and maps shows paradoxes of a pandemic that has claimed a million lives
Could you make it as an Uber driver?
A news game based on interviews with dozens of Uber drivers
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Financial Times on Social Media
Elon Musk: ‘Aren’t you entertained?’
The Tesla chief talks to Roula Khalaf about moving to Mars, saving free speech via Twitter — and why ageing is one ‘problem’ that should not be solved
Twitter’s $5bn-a-year business hit as Elon Musk clashes with advertisers
Top brands abandon social media platform as billionaire owner berates chief executives who have curbed spending