And a thought about Starbucks.
“Attempts to discredit Holmes for not being a doctor, and for not having completed her studies at Stanford, are the stuff of very small minds.”
She’s enraged FT readers, and now she’s flipping the minds of tabloid readers. But we’re giving you the exclusive op to cross-examine her directly. Let’s hope she’s charged her computer.
Smart Summon doesn’t seem that smart.
David Marcus says Libra is an “instrument of development” that will (somewhat paradoxically) allow Western nations to preserve their influence.
Rockstar sublimates from Steam.
Banking is undergoing a rapid electronification.
How to raise £6m without providing financial data.
Asset liability mismatch experiment struggles to get out the gate.
An application of AI that isn’t primarily about marketing.
Finance minister calls for ban on development on European soil.
That time Musk illuminated the dusk on a movie set at Universal Studios and implied he did it with functional integrated solar roof tiles....
Vom.
The millennial demographic is starved of space.
Sorry, but this is too much.
Here’s the org chart to tide you over.
“Investors who dumped Uber stock last week are idiots.”
Fintech was already too much. We really don’t need femtech, suptech, martech, or littech, thanks.
How much is that uni in the window? With start-ups delaying conventional M&A exits in favour of continuous fundraising, no one can be sure.
All eyes are on the compound annual growth rates.
And this time, it’s our old friend Wirecard’s fault, apparently.
If you’re going to quit air travel for the sake of the planet, you should also quit Netflix and Youtube.
A somewhat personal journey through the online culture wars.
Alphaville investigates a minor mystery.
Clegg has a “very substantive” role at Facebook, apparently.
The BIS outlines why the issue isn't whether big tech techniques are effective; it's whether they are desirable.
A quick look at how branches are faring.
A new paper reveals the heavy environmental and financial costs involved in training deep learning models.
Let's talk about SAAS baby.
FT Alphaville spends 72 hours on Companies House. So you don't have to.
