Emotion recognition technology can be used to track anything from your pet preferences to your political leanings. So just how worried should you be? Test the tech out for yourself: on.ft.com/3oaXcAS

This story is just mind-boggling 😧 nytimes.com/2021/05/12/us/…

My top reads of the week are in the latest Long Story Short newsletter ft.com/content/4f86da… And thanks to Jemima Kelly's fantastic crypto stories, I got to put some dogespeak into the Financial Times. That's got to be on a bingo square somewhere right?

There is so much I love about this piece of visual storytelling from South China Morning Post

We gave up our privacy to fight Covid-19. Can we get it back? In this FT Film, written by playwright James Graham, a suspected Covid-19 super spreader played by Lydia West is interrogated by a data analyst played by Arthur Darvill. Watch the full video: ft.com/video/0685a4ba…

Accessibility in visual storytelling is not often prioritised as it should be. This piece proves it can be done not only thoughtfully but also elegantly. Check out the "General Advice" bit in the Notebook section here to make your stories more accessible: auditorial.withgoogle.com/accessibility-…

NEW: Claire Bushey & I analyzed allegations of police misconduct from three US cities (Chicago, NYC, Philly), and I have organized the #rstats DATA+CODE in a GitHub repo ⚡️⚡️⚡️ github.com/Financial-Time… The Financial Times STORY: ft.com/content/141182… *THREAD* about the data

🔓 For one day only: The Financial Times is going paywall-free. Read all of our content on FT.com for free today. Read, share and enjoy: on.ft.com/2ZVVknI #FTfreetoday

Loved this - top writing tips for aspiring journalists. Get working on your "ego epidermis"!

🚨Jobs Alert🚨 Come work with us at FT Data. We are hiring: - Sr Data Journalist (New York) grnh.se/db5f1902teu - Editorial Data Scientist (London) grnh.se/e0a7c7b2teu - Sr Data Journalism Engineer (London) grnh.se/4909c812teu #ddj #rstats #dataviz

Polina Ivanova John Reed After Russia invaded today, the FT is making our key Ukraine coverage free to read, as we did with the Covid-19 pandemic. Follow this page for all the latest ft.com/content/77ab8d…

I will personally match donations to this appeal, up to £1m. Thank you so, so much to all who’ve already donated, you’re enabling Lumos to do crucial work for some of the most vulnerable children in Ukraine.

1/14 Whether Russians actually support the hideous war that Putin has waged against Ukraine is a matter of utmost political importance. The answer to this question will largely define Russia’s place in the history of the 21st century.

More than 2m refugees came into Poland since the start of the war in Ukraine. They all need a place to stay. Those beds are provided by huge numbers of ordinary Poles in an astonishing bottom-up support. With Dawid Zieliński we visited their new homes: politico.eu/article/ukrain…

Imagine you were appointed the global minister for future generations. You have one mission: to save the planet from the worst effects of climate change 🌎 Could you make the big decisions needed? Play our game to find out ⬇️ on.ft.com/3OrNEy8

Fascinating read on 'prefactuals': The dangers of lying to ourselves about the future ft.com/content/2f3804…

The EU has announced a €20m fund to support hundreds of Ukrainian tech startups — both based in Ukraine, and those that have relocated. Our CEE reporter Zosia Wanat (is on maternity leave) has more: sifted.eu/articles/eu-fu…

What can FOMO do for you when trying to retain users?An excellent read from Financial Times colleague Carina Huse on how her team leveraged it in the subscription cancellation journey medium.com/ft-product-tec… #product

Good news! You can now subscribe separately to my Inside Politics newsletter (the first *90 days* are free): ft.com/newsletter-sig…

Very excited for the #ProductCon today! The lineup looks fantastic productschool.com/productcon/lon…