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Leading Japanese and Korean carmakers follow VW with moves to match domestic rivals
US electric-vehicle maker moves closer to rolling out more autonomous driving features in world’s biggest auto market
Regulators set to express concern over insufficient moderation of political ads that risk undermining electoral process
Agreement comes as Microsoft-backed start-up seeks data from reliable sources to train latest artificial intelligence models
Also in today’s newsletter, EU deforestation rules open new opportunities for data businesses
Venture capital firm’s success underlines divergence between big names and smaller groups as fundraising slows more broadly
Zuckerberg’s AI plans may have knocked its stock market value, but he hopes his next venture will have dramatic impact
In-car software is becoming a key differentiator
Arrests in Germany and UK point to growing scale and ambition of Chinese espionage operations
More than halfway through its incentives spending, the US will have far greater scope to manage shocks
French TV and film company Mediawan is benefiting from EU quotas on locally produced content
Billionaire arrives in world’s largest car market as he makes push on ‘robotaxis’ in bid to revive fortunes
George Arison says users should be careful after Tory MP who shared intimate images was caught in ‘honeytrap’
Former Barclays boss to chair lossmaking video platform that claims $3bn value
Dana Mattioli’s important book looks at the winner-takes-all dynamic that built a competition-squashing behemoth
Combined market value of the two tech giants rose by more than $250bn after revenue growth beat expectations
Shares of Google’s parent company jump after first-quarter earnings beat expectations and $70bn stock buyback
Director says technology at some point will ‘write a script, direct a movie’
Government says it met Virgin O2 chief executive and Ofcom after incidents last year
The cyber specialist has had a bumpy three-year ride as a public company
Microsoft is the company showing most tangible proof of AI revenue generation from hefty investments
Tech group’s shares up 3% a day after better than expected earnings report
Driven to distraction
While Investor Relations just want to top up their tans
The FT’s fifth annual ranking of the region’s businesses by revenue growth. Plus: outsourcers tap into remote work boom; Shopify targets more growth from bigger clients; Brazil’s alternative to electric vehicles; and Vertex Pharmaceutical’s potential answer to the opioid crisis
Agencies providing overseas-based staff for US clients have prospered
The ecommerce platform for millions of merchants has ambitious plans to expand at the high end
Clients from media to manufacturing are driving growth at software groups
Offer comes less than two years after private equity group held talks about buying cyber security company
If only we’d followed Wright’s Law, solar tech could have been cheaper much sooner
Venture capital firm is among investors that entrepreneur is wooing as he seeks to gain ground on rivals
Seoul’s industry minister says China’s grip on graphite threatens Inflation Reduction Act incentives
Washington urges Japan, South Korea and the Netherlands to tighten supply of tools and technology
Lawyers representing DRC allege Apple’s products contain illegally exported minerals, despite tech company’s claims of environmental and social responsibility
Keeping growth companies onshore would boost the FTSE and the UK economy
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