Any story with the sub head “sex, drugs and a drunk dog” is worth your time. This by Billy Kenber about alleged behaviour of Tory MP Mark Menzies is really quite something ⬇️

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The FT's 18-month newsroom apprenticeship scheme is now open in collaboration with the Manchester Evening News, with an NCTJ qualification and time in both newsrooms. It aims to reach those from minority ethnic and disadvantaged socio-economic groups findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk/apprenticeship…

Exciting changes for the FT's Tech Team!

Pick up a copy of the Financial Times this weekend for my magazine story on Palmer Luckey and Anduril Industries 🩴🩴🩴

Phew, what a day. Thank you to all at Women's Prize for honouring CODE DEPENDENT with a place on this pioneering list. What a privilege.

Here's an interesting company: Fortnox, niche supplier of accounting software that only operates in Sweden, is valued more highly than Nvidia, the chip sensation.

Costas Mourselas and I took a look at its metronomic growth and the short sellers circling

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Well well, look what’s afoot at the great Riverside Bookshop. Cuckooland on the bestseller board with some mighty fine books. And as a failed poet, failed foreign correspondent and, on Monday’s evidence, failed footballer (sorry Murad Ahmed), lovely to be alongside Elizabeth Day

IT’S PUBLICATION DAY! To celebrate, (1) my kids are taking in Code Dependent for show-and-tell (all publicity is good publicity..) and (2) I am spending all day writing about AI giants and power, which is perfect. Here it is, in amongst my bookshelf chaos. tinyurl.com/3x3jdb4z

NEW: The men behind one of London’s rare tech successes, Microsoft-backed start-up Builder.ai, named in Indian criminal probes

From me and ⁦Benjamin Parkin⁩
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After two years of trying to persuade the elusive Telegram CEO Pavel Durov to sit for an interview, he agreed & broke his silence in the media for the 1st time since 2017.

In this 1st piece, we spoke about Telegram's growth, monetisation & potential IPO:
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Telegram has 'about' 50 employees, has turned down buyout offers north of $30 billion, and is now exploring an IPO. ft.com/content/8d6ceb…

Don't worry, Temu's owner has a former foreign minister of Singapore and an academic expert in food safety on the board to provide oversight

Robert Smith Dan McCrum The only thing this company is missing is a seal of approval from Louis Freeh.

Today Cuckooland is out, published by the steadfast William Collins Books. Amersi calls me 'dumb ... a wanker', a 'little journalist' who can 'fuck off'. He's repeatedly threatened to sue. A few minutes ago he offered his thoughts on the book.

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***OUT TODAY*** After three extraordinary years following a thread that led from Conservative HQ to Putin's St Petersburg via Kathmandu and a royal Scottish retreat, my new book CUCKOOLAND is out. It's the tale of a world where the rich own the truth. Our world. 👇🧵

This just looks sloppy. “Tension between past and present leaders of Silicon Valley’s premier venture group have spilled into the open” ft.com/content/a7e3a6…

The full story on the Klarna-Sequoia boardroom drama and what kicked it all off

Our deep dive
⁦George Hammond⁩ on.ft.com/3ORCPHq

Here’s how got into journalism, was vital then as it is now. Apply! It’s a great trade to get into

Four killer journalism jobs in Hong Kong, London and New York. —> boards.eu.greenhouse.io/financialtimes…

'Not everyone needs a Ferrari . . . [enterprises] don’t care about an all knowing, all seeing entity: they care about making money from this tool'

Can OpenAI create superintelligence and make money?

Madhumita Murgia and I explore in today's Financial Times big read

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