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When you hear the word “deepfake”, what do you think of? Tom Holland and Robert Downey Jr as new Marty and Doc in Back to the future? Perhaps Tom Cruise in a series of increasingly strange everyday situations? Or maybe you just vaguely remember hearing something about it recently from Warren Buffett? Regardless of your…

Unlock Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, editor of the FT, picks her favorite stories in this weekly newsletter. France’s government teetered on the brink of collapse on Monday, as Prime Minister Michel Barnier dared a divisive parliament to topple his administration over its tax and spending plans. Opposition parties to the left and right…

Elon Musk’s Montessori school in Texas can now open its doors. The school, which has been in the works since last year, received initial approval from Texas’ child welfare regulator on Thursday, according to the agency, paving the way for Elon Musk begin building ambitious STEM-focused education plans that could eventually include multiple K–12 independent…

The New York Road Runners (NYRR) expects 26,000 athletes to participate in this weekend’s Brooklyn Half Marathon, confirming its status as the largest marathon race in the US and reflecting a difficult return to pre-Covid participation rates. This year, the nonprofit athletics organization, which organizes 50 races a year, including the New York City Marathon,…

Ripple’s XRP has become the third largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, overtaking popular tokens such as Solana, USDT and Binance Coin, as a new era of crypto-friendly politics begins to take shape in Washington, DC. On Monday, XRP climbed a whopping 40% in 24 hours, hitting $2.80 for the first time in seven years. The…

Choosing the right 2025 Medicare Part D prescription drug plan or private insurer’s Medicare Advantage plan during open enrollment, which ends Dec. 7, is no picnic. In fact, 88% of users in an eHealth survey he said that buying a plan is confusing and overwhelming. That’s why about one in three people in Medicare hires…

Artificial intelligence could soon create the perfect virtual partner, according to the formerGoogle CEO Eric Schmidt, potentially represents a social disaster. Speaking on a podcast hosted by Scott Galloway this week, Schmidt said he fears artificial intelligence may soon be able to provide the emotionally ideal girlfriend to despondent young men struggling to attract a…

When Pat Gelsinger returned to Intelhopes were rising that he would restore one of Silicon Valley’s most famous brands to its former glory. Only two and a half years later Gelsinger has disappeared and the famous chip maker is losing money and facing an uncertain future. Intel shares rose 5% on Monday after the company…

Sanofi has managed to solve a daunting task facing managers around the world: getting their employees back to the office with minimal effort. It’s an impressive feat for a company that said last year it was going “all AI.” The $50 billion French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi is rapidly transforming its business into AI-first model. Thousands…

“A diamond is forever,” Frances Gerety famously wrote for an ad campaign for De Beers decades ago. But while a diamond can still be eternal, today the question is whether it is natural or not. De Beers, the world’s largest producer of natural diamonds, has cut prices by 10-15%, Bloomberg reported. Blame man-made or lab-grown…