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  • Monday, 6 April, 2020
    Digital Media
    Quibi launches $1.8bn bet on mobile video amid lockdown

    Potential challenger to YouTube and Netflix has backers including Alibaba and Goldman Sachs

  • Wednesday, 1 April, 2020
    Uber Technologies Inc
    Uber Eats accelerates push into grocery deliveries

    Food delivery platform has struck deals with major global retailers including French supermarket Carrefour

  • Saturday, 28 March, 2020
    SoftBank Group Corp
    OneWeb collapses after SoftBank funding talks fall through

    Start-up that wanted to beam broadband internet from space had raised $3bn from investors 

  • Friday, 27 March, 2020
    Travel
    Is this the moment virtual-reality travel finally takes off?

    From the peaks of Yosemite to the palace of Versailles, armchair adventures await

  • Friday, 27 March, 2020
    Food & Beverage
    Why food delivery apps are struggling even under UK lockdown

    Platforms like Deliveroo are battling restaurant closures and a surge in home cooking

  • Wednesday, 25 March, 2020
    FT MagazineTechnology
    Tech predictions for life in a lockdown

    From creative community spirit to ‘stream shaming’ — and will iPods go for big money? 

  • Tuesday, 24 March, 2020
    Indian business & finance
    Facebook eyes multibillion-dollar stake in Reliance Jio

    Deal seeking to expand social media giant’s presence in India stalled by coronavirus travel ban

  • Friday, 20 March, 2020
    AnalysisEcommerce
    Southern Europe loads up its digital shopping baskets

    Covid-19 lockdown gives web-shy consumers a crash course in online groceries

  • Friday, 20 March, 2020
    Streaming services
    YouTube, Amazon and Netflix cut picture quality in Europe

    Move comes in response to calls to reduce strain on internet links as tens of millions work and take classes from home

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  • Thursday, 19 March, 2020
    Coronavirus
    Slack and Microsoft fight for millions of remote workers

    Workplace collaboration rivals report surge in user numbers as virus crisis intensifies

  • Tuesday, 17 March, 2020
    Tech start-ups
    Lime and Bird suspend e-scooter rentals in dozens of cities 

    Demand plummets amid coronavirus outbreak, putting pressure on cash-burning start-ups 

  • Saturday, 14 March, 2020
    Tech TeardownsTech start-ups
    Virtual events start-ups seize the coronavirus opportunity   

    ‘Demand exploding’ for Hopin as organisers cancel or postpone events because of the outbreak

  • Thursday, 12 March, 2020
    Magic Leap
    AR headset pioneer Magic Leap considers sale

    Augmented-reality group has also been in talks about raising up to $500m since late last year

  • Wednesday, 11 March, 2020
    AnalysisUK Budget
    UK aims to raise £500m a year through digital services tax

    US resistance could complicate Britain’s efforts to forge a post-Brexit trade deal

  • Monday, 9 March, 2020
    Twitter Inc
    Twitter and Elliott strike deal that keeps Jack Dorsey at helm

    Agreement includes $2bn share buyback programme and board shake-up

  • Wednesday, 4 March, 2020
    Games industry
    Losses soar at SoftBank-backed Improbable Worlds

    Tech company still awaits first hit game to be developed on its simulation platform

  • Wednesday, 4 March, 2020
    AnalysisTwitter Inc
    Jack Dorsey’s moment of reckoning

    As an activist hedge fund attacks, can the founder continue to run both Twitter and Square?

  • Monday, 2 March, 2020
    Artificial intelligence
    Google parent Alphabet invents fish recognition system

    Underwater cameras will track each individual fish in huge farms

  • Wednesday, 26 February, 2020
    FT MagazineTechnology
    Coronavirus and the etiquette of working from home

    Millions are now trialling remote working. While the tech may be in place, the rules of engagement are not

  • Friday, 21 February, 2020
    Facebook Inc
    Facebook offers to pay users for their voice recordings

    Move comes after makers of smart speakers faced criticism for sharing data without consent

  • Tuesday, 18 February, 2020
    Technology sector
    Remote working on trial in China and Silicon Valley

    Coronavirus forces solution on Chinese groups but tech sees it as answer to problems

  • Monday, 17 February, 2020
    Technology sector
    Coronavirus forces Apple to warn over iPhone sales

    Disruption in China will cause worldwide fallout as supply chain stutters

  • Thursday, 13 February, 2020
    Google LLC
    Google finalises $2.6bn purchase of Looker Data Sciences

    UK’s competition regulator approves deal, finding it will not raise prices

  • Wednesday, 12 February, 2020
    Shopify
    Shopify’s first quarterly profit sends shares to fresh highs

    Ecommerce group on track to triple its valuation within a year

  • Sunday, 9 February, 2020
    Tech start-ups
    Travis Kalanick backs 3D-printed hotel start-up

    ‘Club Med for Millennials’ company Habitas has raised $20m for expansion

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