Can AI help developing countries to ‘leapfrog’ into the future?
For Africa, opportunities may lie in sequencing
The mysterious $53bn ‘other income’ boost to AI hyperscaler earnings
Quantum entanglement
McDonald’s sales rise as chain reaps rewards for cheap meals push
Fast food group beat expectations but record US ground beef prices threaten margins
Private equity tech investor Hg marks down holdings after software sell-off
Listed vehicle Hg Capital Trust cut valuations of 14 of its 20 largest portfolio companies
Why the cool kids have fridges in their bathrooms . . .
. . . and bedrooms and gyms. Storing supplements, skincare and ginger shots has given rise to a burgeoning interiors trend among the worried well
Can Europe close the AI gap with the US and China?
Also in today’s newsletter: a new company seeks to tackle the power constraints on European data centre growth
Forget micro-dramas, Kokuho is the maximalist kabuki drama you’ve been waiting for
A yakuza boss’s son becomes an actor playing female roles, in an epic that has broken records in Japan
The Given World — cataclysm looms on the margins of Melissa Harrison’s rural idyll
A moving ensemble piece and state-of-the countryside novel evokes all we have to lose in the face of war or climate disaster
‘BT is back’ as telecoms group revives its consumer brand
FTSE 100 group launches push to capitalise on its ‘heritage’ after years of prioritising EE and Plusnet
Allison Katz: ‘I like the idea of images that can go beyond themselves’
The artist’s paintings of cockerels and cabbages — on view in a show in New York — are bursting with fresh surprises
Oil falls back below $100 on hopes of US-Iran deal
Tehran is reviewing a Washington-backed proposal that Donald Trump says could bring the conflict to an end
UniCredit to sell parts of its Russian business
Bank says move will hit profits by up to €3.3bn
UK and US launch disease control measures over hantavirus
Some passengers had already left cruise ship struck with rodent-borne illness before alarm was raised
Why I don’t write about the Liberal Democrats
Britain’s third party is being drowned out by noisier insurgents
Can I protect my pension from my ex?
We don’t have children and I don’t want our shared house
FirstFT: US fuel exports surge as pump prices rise
Also in today’s newsletter: virus-hit ship sails for the Canary Islands, and Wall Street’s salacious lawsuit
Want to enjoy flight-free travel? There’s an agent for that
Great adventures, no airports
How the oilman’s president boosted a green transition
Donald Trump’s Iran war has made fossil fuels expensive and unreliable
Attenborough at 100: ‘the most consequential broadcaster of our times’
Career of wildlife filmmaking pioneer has mirrored the evolution of TV itself
Trump is his own worst enemy
Previous US presidents have been undone by oil price shocks, but rarely ones of their own making
15 gadgets for fans of an analogue world...
…who also enjoy their privacy
ECB should keep its options open for June meeting, says departing French governor
François Villeroy de Galhau warns policymakers to focus on ‘second-round effects’ of energy shock
Norway’s central bank raises interest rates amid impact of Iran conflict
Norges Bank says situation in Middle East is ‘still causing substantial uncertainty about the economic outlook’
Solomon Islands ousts PM who sought to balance China and west
Political upheaval in Pacific island battleground threatens to derail Australia security deal