RansomHub, a group of hackers, has claimed responsibility for the cyber attack on Christie’s earlier this month. In a post on the dark web, reposted on X by a threat analyst from cyber-security business Emsisoft, the group says it has “sensitive personal information” for “at least 500,000 of [Christie’s] private…

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and his husband have become the newest billionaires to sign the Giving Pledge, a charity that encourages the ultra-rich to donate their wealth to philanthropic causes. In their letter, released Tuesday, Altman and husband Oliver Mulherin credited “the hard work, brilliance, generosity, and dedication to improve…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.The presidential election in Mexico this Sunday will not grip global attention like the Trump-Biden rematch in the US. But it could prove equally consequential for the nation voting — and for…

If you’ve flown this weekend or are hopping on a flight today, it’s likely you’re making history. Passenger traffic at US airports is on pace to make this Memorial Day weekend the busiest on record, according to Transportation Security Administration screening data. Following record-setting traveler data for Friday (2.951 million,…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has ridiculed Rishi Sunak’s “teenage ‘Dad’s Army’” plan to revive national service, as a Tory minister distanced himself from the policy and a Conservative peer hit out…

Memorial Day is the unofficial start of summer, with many students out of school and office workers enjoying the day off. The federal holiday, falling on the last Monday of May, honors members of the US armed forces who died serving their country in wars. This year, Memorial Day is…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Egypt and Israel were on Sunday in talks to resume aid deliveries to Gaza via its southern Rafah crossing as Israel pressed on with an offensive in the area despite an order…

Elon Musk says artificial intelligence will take all our jobs and that’s not necessarily a bad thing. “Probably none of us will have a job,” Musk said about AI at a tech conference on Thursday. While speaking remotely via webcam at VivaTech 2024 in Paris, Musk described a future where…

Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.G7 finance ministers have backed the idea of issuing a loan to Ukraine, secured by profits on frozen Russian assets, in an effort to secure financing for Kyiv beyond 2024.Ministers’ discussions…

The House Committee on Education and the Workforce’s hearing on campus antisemitism Thursday came with no shortage of fiery exchanges between lawmakers and the heads of Northwestern University, Rutgers University and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). But unlike two prior hearings, Thursday’s was the first to take place…