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The FT’s Cristina Criddle on discovering she’d been surveilled by the controversial social media company

The evaporation of TPG’s $450mn investment shows what can happen when Wall Street collides with an uncontrollable creative industry

Big Four auditor’s work for SVB, Signature and First Republic comes under scrutiny in aftermath of their collapses

The investment model of private equity has become too popular

Amateur Kellin Pelrine exploited weakness in systems that have otherwise dominated board game’s grandmasters

I’ve invested in more than 50 artificial intelligence start-ups. What I’ve seen worries me

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

With the proliferation of smart speakers, turning spreadsheets into sound could be the next big thing in data presentation

Soaring executive pay is prompting resistance from those who believe business should play a role in shaping a fairer, more equitable society

The executive will take over a thriving brand in her biggest operational role yet

Rich citizens fearing high taxes and personal safety move capital out of country and arrange residences overseas

After demo, no one knows if Ernie can compete with ChatGPT.

The libertarian professor is on a mission to inform and educate so that people can make themselves more productive

Demographic changes and deglobalisation will keep inflation higher than policymakers were used to pre-pandemic

Links between traditional insurers and new players are critical for both

Shall I compare thee to a catastrophe? The nation’s favourites — with a twist

We don’t know when. We don’t know who will get there first. But Q-day will happen — and it will change the world as we know it

Researchers say their quantum computer has calculated an impossible problem for ordinary machines

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?

Moscow’s initial hopes of lightning-fast victory foundered in face of fierce opposition and its own shortcomings

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

Top brands abandon social media platform as billionaire owner berates chief executives who have curbed spending

FT writers nominate awe-inspiring places to get your literary fix, from Mumbai to Buenos Aires

See if you can save the planet from the worst effects of climate change

Boris Johnson has exposed the costs of Britain’s addiction to humour

Consumer prices rose 1% during month and 8.6% from a year ago, adding more pressure on Fed to cool the economy

Around 16 per cent of US stocks are held by index trackers and ETFs vs 14 per cent by actively managed funds