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    Tim Bradshaw

    Global tech correspondent
    Tim Bradshaw has been covering the technology industry for 15 years, including leading the FT's reporting on Apple, Uber, Snap and other Silicon Valley companies from San Francisco and Los Angeles, and spotting trends from VR and AR to autonomous vehicles and electric scooters. Now based in London, he covers innovations from the US, Europe and Asia, examining how technology is transforming other industries.
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    • Friday, 30 September, 2022
      Technology sector
      Improbable closes in on £100mn in new funding despite biggest loss

      UK company has abandoned struggle to make video games and turned to creating virtual-world technology

    • Wednesday, 28 September, 2022
      WhatsApp Inc
      UK online safety bill threatens security, WhatsApp chief warns

      Moves to undermine messaging encryption could embolden hostile nation states, Will Cathcart says

    • Friday, 23 September, 2022
      FT MagazineLife & Arts
      Mobile gaming goes full circle with ‘Clawee’

      In a falling market, one game has been an intriguing hit. What’s its appeal?

    • Tuesday, 20 September, 2022
      Ecommerce
      Companies that buy Amazon marketplace sellers suffer as dealmaking dries up

      So-called aggregators are hurting from slowing ecommerce growth and wary investors

    • Saturday, 17 September, 2022
      News in-depthSocial Media
      Photo-sharing app BeReal explores paid features to avoid advertising

      Start-up keen to avoid pitfalls of US rivals as teens and students take it to 15mn daily users

    • Wednesday, 7 September, 2022
      Sony Corp
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      Japanese group questions whether series will remain on PlayStation consoles following US group’s Activision Blizzard deal

    • Wednesday, 7 September, 2022
      Travis Kalanick
      Microsoft invests in Travis Kalanick’s CloudKitchens start-up

      Software group is first US-based Uber backer known to have funded its co-founder’s latest venture

    • Wednesday, 31 August, 2022
      EU business regulation
      Brussels proposes tough regulations on smartphone spare part availability

      European Commission says 15 components should be made available for five years after a device’s introduction

    • Tuesday, 30 August, 2022
      Twitter Inc
      Musk cites Twitter whistleblower as new grounds to cancel $44bn deal

      Billionaire says allegations by ex-security chief, if true, breach several aspects of merger agreement

    • Wednesday, 29 June, 2022
      FT MagazineTechnology sector
      The 30-year-old comic book that became a Silicon Valley bible

      Scott McCloud’s definitive book is changing the face of online avatars

    • Monday, 27 June, 2022
      Naspers Ltd
      Naspers to sell more of Tencent stake in bid to revive shares

      South African group and its Dutch-listed subsidiary take new measures to ignite stock

    • Wednesday, 15 June, 2022
      Mobile devices
      Smartphone investors bet $200mn on making something out of Nothing

      Newcomer led by Carl Pei enters a crowded market dominated by Apple and Samsung

    • Tuesday, 14 June, 2022
      UK employment
      GMB union takes Bolt to tribunal over employment rights

      Ride-hailing app refuses to reclassify drivers as workers after similar case against Uber

    • Wednesday, 8 June, 2022
      Apple Inc
      Apple sidelines Goldman and goes in-house for lending service

      Apple Pay Later will offer loans via new subsidiary instead of financing through a bank

    • Tuesday, 7 June, 2022
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      BNPL companies face rising interest rates, default risks and threat of tighter regulation

    • Monday, 6 June, 2022
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      Tech group announces short-term loans system even as pandemic ecommerce boom begins to wane

    • Monday, 6 June, 2022
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      Musk threatens to abandon $44bn Twitter takeover

      Tesla chief accuses social network of ‘material breach’, claiming it failed to provide details of fake accounts

    • Sunday, 5 June, 2022
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      Apple looks to its first headset for next breakthrough product

      iPhone maker battles technical challenges ahead of expected launch of augmented reality device

    • Friday, 3 June, 2022
      Sergey Brin
      Google co-founder Sergey Brin’s airship start-up grows rapidly

      San Francisco-based Lighter Than Air Research prepares to trial 120-metre-long aircraft after ramping up spending

    • Tuesday, 31 May, 2022
      FT MagazineVirtual and Augmented Reality
      Can augmented reality take off where VR has failed?

      Snap’s Spectacles are the first of several new headsets, including from Apple, Meta and Google

    • Monday, 30 May, 2022
      InterviewSemiconductors
      Qualcomm wants to buy a stake in Arm alongside its rivals

      Cristiano Amon says UK chip designer is an ‘important asset’ in $500bn semiconductor market

    • Monday, 30 May, 2022
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      Is gaming the gateway to success in the metaverse?

      How top tech companies are leading the way with their competing games offerings

    • Friday, 27 May, 2022
      Twitter Inc
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      Decision to disregard shareholder vote is latest corporate drama ahead of Elon Musk’s planned $44bn takeover

    • Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
      Twitter Inc
      Elon Musk raised prospect of Twitter takeover as early as March

      Social media company says it is committed to the deal as new filing details billionaire’s discussions with its board

    • Tuesday, 10 May, 2022
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      Yuga Labs made $300mn from virtual land deeds but the sale exposed problems with its egalitarian vision for ‘Otherside’

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