A former Park Service ranger said Friday that U.S. Senate hopeful Tim Sheehy of Montana has been lying about a bullet wound that the candidate said came from fighting in Afghanistan — going public with an accusation that has nagged the Republican’s campaign for months. The claim from former ranger Kim Peach that Sheehy in fact shot […]
New research from cybersecurity company Group-IB shows that cybercriminals have been using phony trading apps to swindle unsuspecting individuals as part of a global “pig butchering” campaign. Pig butchering is a form of investment fraud where scammers persuade their victims into making large investments on fake trading platforms. The scheme—which is commonly associated with cryptocurrency and is […]
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The US is willing to provide up to $20bn as part of a G7 loan to Ukraine that will be repaid with profits generated by Russia’s frozen assets, according to three people familiar with […]
In the wake of California’s governor vetoing what would have been sweeping AI safety legislation, a Google DeepMind executive is calling for consensus on what constitutes safe, responsible, and human-centric artificial intelligence. “That’s my hope for the field, is that we can get to consistency, so that we can see all of the benefits of […]
Former President Donald Trump has nothing but nice things to say about Apple CEO Tim Cook. In a new interview, Trump revealed the two spoke on the phone earlier this week and said he credits Cook with the tech giant’s success. “I believe that if Tim Cook didn’t run Apple, if Steve Jobs did, it […]
Among the many audacious gambles that mark Elon Musk’s career, few have been bolder than the bet he is now placing on Donald Trump. From satellites to electric vehicles, brain chips to AI-powered robots, Musk owns a series of businesses that depend heavily on contracts and rules set by the federal government. Yet in an […]
Yahya Sinwar’s killing on Thursday forces Hamas to make a choice of far-reaching consequences: picking a leader at arguably its weakest moment since Israel’s assassination of its founder in 2004. The survival of Sinwar, who led the militant group in Gaza for about seven years, had symbolised Hamas’s resistance under Israeli fire. With the architect […]
Microsoft and OpenAI may be working on a decidedly newfangled technology, but they’re haggling over an age-old business question: How much equity should I get for my investment? The two companies each hired investment banks to help answer how Microsoft’s roughly $13.75 billion worth of investments in OpenAI since 2019 will translate after the startup […]
The National Football League could treble the number of games it stages outside the US as part of ambitious plans to build a global audience for America’s most popular sport. The NFL, the richest sporting contest in the world, already stages games in the UK, Germany and — for the first time — this year, […]
When I posted on Instagram in May about my first ride in a self-driving, AI-powered Waymo car in San Francisco—a video of an empty driver’s seat with the steering wheel making a smooth left turn on a busy street—the responses ranged from “Yikes” and “That is CRAZY” to “No no no.” I’ll admit, I was […]