Tech group’s corporate clients use its ‘leaderboard’ to assess rival offerings by likes of OpenAI and Elon Musk’s xAI

As British supermarkets struggle to fend off hackers, Misha Glenny explains why ransomware attacks are on the rise — and about to accelerate

Bank was close to lining up $5bn for artificial intelligence group when US president and billionaire attacked each other

Vice-president JD Vance pushed for rightwing media star’s inclusion in a deal for video app

Tech industry fears commercial and political damage from breakdown in relationship between Tesla boss and US president

How global companies have fared since the US president’s inauguration

Microsoft-backed UK tech unicorn hired reputational management specialists after FT reported on founder’s legal issues

Circle’s tokens should reliably preserve their value, but the same cannot be guaranteed of its shares

The speed and direction of AI’s transformation of the digital economy raises fears of its viability and predatory bots

An AI darling faces its dusky interregnum

Tech executives are now promising the AI revolution will lead to not just more, but everything

Japanese group has an edge over its peers by owning content, platform and revenue channels

The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

Mario fans queue at midnight store openings after games company apologises for failing to meet pre-order demand

The 2025 ranking reveals two main trends: the prevalence of fintechs and the outsized performance of the continent’s two biggest economies — Nigeria and South Africa. Plus a Rwanda-based microfinance start-up helps a boatmaker in South Sudan and how Covid helped turn one entrepreneur’s dream into reality

Abdelilah Hlallouch launched Tingis Web in Morocco when pandemic restrictions prevented his return to the Netherlands

Top investors including Qatar are realising they may have backed a business that largely reported artificial revenues

Chinese-backed payment app has focused on customers excluded by traditional banks, growing to 35mn users

Nigeria’s economic capital is one of Africa’s leading tech hubs but its crown is showing signs of slipping

Also in today’s newsletter, South Korea’s new president warns of ‘tangled web’ of crises, and why Toyota Industries shareholders are outraged