The bike desk is a reminder that no one across western modernity is ever allowed to relax Our yearning for maximisation may be human, but the capitalism we’ve created is not
Elon Musk threatens to scrap $44bn Twitter deal over ‘material breach’ Company accused of refusing to provide sufficient information about number of false users
From deep tech to high finance, why Leeds is luring companies north The city’s pool of skilled workers is attracting startups and big name companies alike
‘A link across time’: how shipping forecast will outlast Radio 4 long wave Boats have not needed the broadcast for decades but radio bosses know nostalgia for it runs deep
Africa will be the world’s ashtray if big tobacco is able to get its way Smoking in the west is declining, so the industry is turning to untapped markets, where governments must act to stop it
FT’s How To Spend It magazine rebrands as big spenders go out of style Newspaper says possible definitions of renamed HTSI include ‘how to save it’ as cost of living crisis bites
SEC publishes letter asking Elon Musk to explain late Twitter filing US financial watchdog asked Musk 10 days before he announced his takeover bid why he had not disclosed his stake sooner
BBC announces raft of closures with CBBC and BBC Four to be online only Plans include merging BBC News and World as well as cuts to local TV and radio services in England
Twitter fined $150m for handing users’ contact details to advertisers US regulators said social media firm gave advertisers information collected for security purposes
Snapchat developer’s profit warning sends social media stocks tumbling Snap Inc’s shares fall nearly 40% in early trading as fears grow over global downturn
Britons cut spending on streaming services amid cost-of-living squeeze Fewer card and direct debit transactions made between 1 and 30 April, says Nationwide
Zuckerberg sued by DC attorney general over Cambridge Analytica data scandal Karl Racine accuses Facebook co-founder of direct knowledge of policies that allowed firm to gather data of millions of Americans
Pay gap in UK between bosses and workers likely to widen in 2022 After narrowing during pandemic, analysis suggests FTSE 350 CEOs will collect 63 times average median pay at their companies
M&C Saatchi accepts £310m takeover by Next Fifteen Ad agency agrees deal after rejecting four offers by deputy chair Vin Murria’s investment vehicle
Netflix cuts 150 jobs after subscriber exodus US-focused redundancies in film and TV operations follow revenue slowdown