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TikTok fortune of billionaire Republican mega-donor Jeff Yass threatened by Washington Fascinating tale of how all the money in the world can't buy you a ticket out of US-China tensions, by Ryan McMorrow Tabby Kinder Demetri & Alex Rogers ft.com/content/256a45… @ft

NEW: More than two dozen current and former TikTok staff spoke to us about how Chinese owners ByteDance have tightened its grip on the platform in the wake of a US ban w/ ⁦Hannah Murphy⁩ and ⁦Eleanor Olcott⁩ on.ft.com/3UgHKDx

SCOOP - US wants Japan, Netherlands & South Korea to further restrict chip-related exports to China as alarm bells grow louder on Huawei on.ft.com/3UgTuWF

Analysis: Apple hired at least 36 AI experts from Google and has created a secretive European laboratory in Zurich, to develop new AI models and products (@macton93 / Financial Times) ft.com/content/87054a… 📫 Subscribe: techmeme.com/newsletter?fro… techmeme.com/240430/p1#a240…

What’s Apple doing in AI? ⁦⁦Michael Acton⁩ reports that it’s been hiring Google staff to build its team, with some bonus sleuthing to uncover a secret Zurich AI lab⁩ via Financial Times on.ft.com/3waVM1L

#Apple has targeted Google experts and is building out a secretive research team in Zurich. A deep dive here on the company's hiring strategy, its long interest in neural networks, and how #generativeAI is poised to shake up the smartphone space. ft.com/content/87054a…

How do we keep it real in journalism with AI fueling misinformation? Freelance journalists are crucial for media freedom, and media freedom is crucial for democracy. So how can we protect them from the threats of AI? ⁉️ To kickstart this discussion, our director Jon Williams is

The "theory of harm" here (after Microsoft unbundled Teams from Office anyway) may be this: "it's the world's most valuable company so the EU can't investigate Big Tech companies with a marginally lower market cap without doing something (even if performative) against Microsoft"

NEW: We interviewed 50 people inc former employees & customers of Builder ai - one of Britain's hottest tech unicorns - and others who have worked with Sachin Dev Duggal over almost 20 years What they told us was astonishing w/ William Louch Benjamin Parkin on.ft.com/3UVOabO

There’s a very particular thrill in sitting next to a great reporter when they’re working on a wild story Excited this deep dive into Builder AI is finally out, having spent weeks listening to William Louch report it out w/ Alexandra Heal & Benjamin Parkin on.ft.com/44WoWPe

Sachin Duggal’s Builder.ai is one of the UK’s best funded tech unicorns, backed by Microsoft, Qatar and SoftBank. This Financial Times investigation reveals its wild history - including the founder’s legal battles, and troubles with staff and customers ft.com/content/11afc4…

When [email protected] first mentioned this story to me, my jaw literally dropped. Brilliant investigative work.

The Happiest of American Publication Days today to Madhumita Murgia and all at Henry Holt publishers with CODE DEPENDENT, a superb book shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Non Fiction, and already Esquire USA’s Book of the Month. Big hurrah Madhumita Murgia Henry Holt & Company !

Before her appearance at TNW I spoke to Meta Oversight Board chair Helle Thorning S about why Meta didn’t back a decision that made her ‘persona non grata’ in Cambodia, seeking to investigate shadowbanning, and much more: ft.com/content/ac54c2…

One of the biggest and best jobs in the Financial Times is opening up: covering Microsoft, Amazon, tech (and more...) from our San Francisco bureau. Apply! boards.greenhouse.io/financialtimes…

HongShan, the Neil Shen-led VC firm that split from Sequoia last year, has raised $2.5b for its latest fund. Its last fund, raised in mid-2022, was $9b in size. Sequoia India+SEA, now Peak XV, raised $2.85b funds around the same time. ft.com/content/4a31e2…

Ironic, that Intel is the BIGGEST RECEIVER of the CHIPs Act.. From a purely investing perspective, this is a good portfolio if we only look at the industries Intel Capital has invested in, aligning with China's focus. Great work by Financial Times Financial Times ft.com/content/0217ca…

A day left to apply for one of the best jobs at the Financial Times

Very much feeling this pain. Turns out thousands of others are also failing to resell Olympics tickets having forced to buy loads to enter the ballot... ft.com/content/de62d2…