Advanced Research and Invention Agency hires programme directors to widen search for innovation

Body modification in Korea, short stories about automatons through history, and how humans might cope in a dystopian Lilliput

UK market maker owned by Alex Gerko reports 54% rise in profits for 2024

US private equity group beat other bidders in competitive auction process

Top 10 local EV makers dominate sales and drive home advantage with faster charging and autonomous systems

Law firm’s model focuses on time-intensive work that requires input of senior associates or partners

Judge the product by how it looks, not by how it was made

Executive order would give video app’s Chinese owner another 75 days to find buyer before American ban takes effect

Tech group reveals personalised ‘Copilot’ that can shop and buy tickets for users

Partner-led buyout would improve liquidity and mark strategic pivot away from consulting

Softwares and 3D printing are some potential beneficiaries of a tariff-heavy world

Mark Zuckerberg steps up lobbying effort with antitrust regulator set to signal its approach to Big Tech

US president suggests he is open to horse-trading a day after imposing severe import levies on Chinese goods

For now, changes including AI continue to play to the tech giant’s strengths.

iPhone maker one of Wall Street’s biggest casualties despite Tim Cook’s efforts to court US president

The geographic pattern of digital dislocation’s impact may be very different from that of previous waves of automation

Pioneer of open banking will use $575mn raised from BlackRock and others to cover employee taxes and share buybacks

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

It is pouring US money into China’s artificial intelligence ecosystem

Plus, private equity groups push to change part of the UK’s proposed carried interest tax and British conglomerate Jardine Matheson begins a new era