Month: September 2025

Why Zuckerberg says risking billions on AI is worth it Summary Mark Zuckerberg told the “Access” podcast that while an AI bubble is “quite possible,” Meta would rather risk “misspending a couple of hundred billion dollars” than be late to artificial superintelligence. He argued the bigger danger is building too slowly and losing position on […]

Uber CEO Khosrowshahi: Self-driving car job loss to be ‘a real issue’ Summary Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi warned that self-driving cars — particularly robotaxis — could displace many ride-hailing drivers within 10 to 15 years, calling it “a real issue” and “a big, big societal question.” He said human drivers will still dominate for the […]

Deutsche Bank chief Christian Sewing set to face multimillion-pound lawsuit Summary The Financial Times reports that Christian Sewing, chief executive of Deutsche Bank, is set to face a multimillion-pound legal claim. The FT story is behind a paywall, so full details about the plaintiffs, the exact size of the claim and the legal grounds are […]

Is America entering a new era of McCarthyism? Summary The Financial Times examines whether recent political behaviour in the US — from weaponised investigations and congressional inquiries to corporate and academic pressure — amounts to a new form of McCarthyism. The piece weighs parallels with the 1950s: loyalty tests, public shaming and the chilling of […]