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    Richard Waters

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    Richard Waters is the FT’s west coast editor, based in San Francisco. He leads a team of writers focused on tech in Silicon Valley. He also writes widely about the tech industry, and the uses - and impact - of technology. Current areas of interest include artificial intelligence, and the growing power of the leading US tech platforms.

    His previous positions at the FT include various finance beats in London, New York bureau chief, and technology media and telecoms editor, also based in New York.

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    • Monday, 26 September, 2022
      Technology sector
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      Special terminals will still need to be sent to country for users to benefit from Starlink service

    • Thursday, 22 September, 2022
      Inside BusinessAdobe Systems Inc
      Adobe’s big bet on the future with Figma acquisition

      The gamble on a company disrupting its core industry is that the new market will end up bigger than the old one

    • Thursday, 22 September, 2022
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      Will Tesla's Optimus robot become a reality? | FT Tech

      Elon Musk wants to put humanoid robots in his factories - and in your home

    • Friday, 16 September, 2022
      Adobe Systems Inc
      Adobe to buy design company Figma for $20bn

      Software giant’s share price tumbles nearly 17% on deal premium and cautious earnings forecast

    • Thursday, 15 September, 2022
      Inside BusinessEthereum
      Ethereum’s merge: a Netscape moment for Web3?

      Five issues that will determine the significance of the crypto world’s switch

    • Monday, 12 September, 2022
      Semiconductors
      US struggles to mobilise its East Asian ‘Chip 4’ alliance

      Internal tensions and concerns over China undermine proposed grouping with South Korea, Japan and Taiwan

    • Thursday, 8 September, 2022
      Inside BusinessTechnology sector
      The tech slowdown starts to bite

      Signs of weakening demand have spread through sector, though pattern is far from even

    • Sunday, 4 September, 2022
      Space industry
      Nasa calls off moon launch for second time after hydrogen leak

      Technical problems have plagued rocket which the US hopes will take astronauts back to the moon in 2025

    • Thursday, 1 September, 2022
      Semiconductors
      China condemns move threatening access to advanced Nvidia chips

      US officials have told semiconductor maker it will need special licenses to sell high-end processors

    • Thursday, 1 September, 2022
      Microsoft Corp
      Microsoft’s $75bn Activision deal threatened with in-depth UK competition probe

      Competition and Markets Authority gives US tech giant five days to address antitrust concerns

    • Wednesday, 31 August, 2022
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      Lawsuit centres on US company’s purchase of start-up Nuvia

    • Wednesday, 31 August, 2022
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      Melanie Mitchell: Seemingly ‘sentient’ AI needs a human in the loop

      Davis Professor of Complexity at the Santa Fe Institute and former co-head of Google’s AI Ethics unit discusses the technology’s limits

    • Monday, 29 August, 2022
      Space exploration
      Nasa cancels launch of Moon mission after engine trouble

      Last-minute scrub of Artemis rocket delays effort to return astronauts to lunar surface

    • Monday, 29 August, 2022
      Nasa
      Nasa’s new rocket is the last hurrah for US space agency’s old ways

      As the costly Space Launch System prepares for its first mission, the industry is already moving into the next era

    • Thursday, 25 August, 2022
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      Intel tries to regain its lost technology edge

      Company is changing business model to remain a world leader in semiconductor industry

    • Friday, 19 August, 2022
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      The VC-fuelled comeback of WeWork founder Adam Neumann

      The mercurial entrepreneur promises his new start-up can disrupt the property industry. Andreessen Horowitz is betting he is right

    • Thursday, 18 August, 2022
      Inside BusinessTech start-ups
      The appetite for lofty tech visions has waned

      But despite the recent sell-off, long-term investment opportunities remain

    • Wednesday, 17 August, 2022
      Semiconductors
      US chipmakers hit by sudden downturn after pandemic boom

      Intel and Micron set to cut capital spending by billions of dollars despite Washington passing law to boost production

    • Monday, 15 August, 2022
      Darktrace
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    • Monday, 15 August, 2022
      Andreessen Horowitz
      Andreessen Horowitz backs WeWork co-founder’s property venture

      Silicon Valley firm invests $350mn with billionaire ‘visionary leader’ Adam Neumann

    • Thursday, 11 August, 2022
      Inside BusinessTechnology regulation
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      Amazon’s acquisition of iRobot comes as data takes centre stage in competition concerns

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      Why VC funding is drying up

      Venture capital fundraising hit a record-high last year. Now, the bonanza is over

    • Wednesday, 10 August, 2022
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      Billionaire seeks to avoid ‘emergency sale’ of shares if social media company forces $44bn deal to close

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      Exchange tries to ease investor concerns about ability to weather downturn amid questions about growing losses

    • Friday, 5 August, 2022
      Meta Platforms
      As top executives flee Silicon Valley, Meta becomes truly virtual

      Zuckerberg and his staff are no longer sitting cheek by jowl in their office, but dispersing to different countries and time zones

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