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A paddle-wielding robot is so adept at playing table tennis that it is posing a tough challenge to elite human players and sometimes defeating them, according to a new study that shows how advances in artificial intelligence are making robots more agile.Japanese electronics...

Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the European companies myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox.EQT has warned that fears that AI will destroy many software businesses will stall private equity firms selling their investments in...

When the Atlanta Braves opened Truist Park in 2017, Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred called it a “watershed” moment.What drew so much attention to the new Braves’ stadium in suburban Cobb County, Georgia, at...

Once seen as often dry and sometimes intimidating, personal finance advice is a far cry from what it was in your grandparents’ day.It’s not just the array of new online tools, from banking apps...

Earlier this month, Yale published the findings of a year-long faculty investigation into why Americans have lost faith in higher education. Ten tenured professors. Hundreds of consultations. Unanimous conclusions. That took institutional courage, and the rest of us in...

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.For Sir Keir Starmer, apologising is becoming an unwelcome habit. The prime minister has stood up multiple times in the House of...

The new leadership of the AI power startup Fermi is feuding with its fired CEO and top shareholder over a potential sale of the company.The struggling Texas company, which went public last year at a nearly $20 billion market...

Sir Keir Starmer on Tuesday went through the motions of defending his handling of the Peter Mandelson scandal, but the mood around the cabinet table — the averted eyes, the virtual silence — pointed to a prime minister in...

The U.S.-Iran ceasefire will not expire on Wednesday afternoon after all. In a Truth Social post Tuesday afternoon that came minutes after stocks settled, President Trump said he was extending the truce—citing “the fact that the Government of Iran is...

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Sullivan & Cromwell told a US federal bankruptcy court that a major filing it made in a high-profile case contained multiple...