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Madhumita Murgia

European Technology Correspondent

Madhumita Murgia writes about technology for the FT. She was previously a reporter and editor at WIRED and The Daily Telegraph.

She also authors a monthly column on the tech world for the FT weekend magazine and features on the weekly podcast, Tech Tonic.

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    Father Paolo Benanti has become one of the Pope’s chief advisers on the potential harms of new tech

  • Wednesday, 30 March, 2022
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    Former employee at artificial intelligence group raises concerns about grievance procedure following assault and harassment by senior researcher

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  • Wednesday, 9 March, 2022
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    American soldiers and experts fanned out across country last year to thwart an expected Russian cyber attack

  • Tuesday, 8 March, 2022
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  • Tuesday, 8 March, 2022
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    For two weeks I tried to build a new healthier relationship with technology — with mixed results

  • Thursday, 3 March, 2022
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    A coalition of child safety charities to step up pressure on social media giant’s plans to encrypt its messaging platforms

  • Wednesday, 2 March, 2022
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    US data analytics group will roll out its software across 30 hospital trusts following successful pilot

  • Wednesday, 16 February, 2022
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    Bill aims to mirror ‘children’s code’ as policymakers seek to rein in world’s biggest tech companies

  • Wednesday, 16 February, 2022
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    Eric Schmidt creates $125mn fund for ‘hard problems’ in AI research

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  • Monday, 7 February, 2022
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    Virtual worlds being created by likes of Meta and Microsoft will be subject to forthcoming safety bill

  • Wednesday, 2 February, 2022
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  • Wednesday, 2 February, 2022
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  • Friday, 28 January, 2022
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  • Wednesday, 12 January, 2022
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  • Friday, 24 December, 2021
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  • Friday, 17 December, 2021
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  • Tuesday, 14 December, 2021
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  • Monday, 13 December, 2021
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