Ok so I finally get to reveal what we have been working on. It's a new iPhone app, called FT Edit, that gives you eight wonderful pieces of
@FT
journalism a day. You get it free for a month, then 99p a month for the next six months. Find it here:
Some personal news: I'm becoming a reporter again. Today is my first day covering the energy sector for the FT. Please get in touch with any contacts, tips and ideas.
The comments under this must-read
@brookeamasters
piece about private schools and Oxbridge are great. But this one is the winner. Much love for
@ft
readers.
Three-and-a-half years ago, the
@ft
asked me to set up a new team in London to boost our tech coverage. Today is my last day as tech news editor...🧵(1/10)
Today is a day to buy a print newspaper. The resources put into Budget coverage makes every paper a bargain and you can't get the same depth of information and analysis from any other medium.
Dear overseas readers, here's UK prime minister Boris Johnson (pink tie) successfully defending his seat in parliament against Elmo, Count Binface and Lord Buckethead.
It's taken them more than a decade, but Samsung has now pulled all smartphone manufacturing out of China because it's cheaper elsewhere. Quite a moment.
We built the app because we saw, particularly in the pandemic, that people wanted more in-depth, politically-neutral, objective, high-quality journalism. And the
@ft
has lots of it.
We are so excited that the talented
@TashaBernal
is joining the
@FT
Tech desk. She's going to have a huge impact on bringing our readers the biggest scoops and best analysis.
Great news! I am incredibly excited to be joining the wonderful tech team at the
@FT
, as deputy to
@MalcolmMoore
, on Oct 25. I love what they've done so far, and I can't wait to be part of what comes next!
✨Update✨ From next week I start my new job as a technology reporter at the
@FT
- excited to join a talented team that breaks original stories with quality journalism, I can’t wait to get started - get in touch at Cristina.criddle
@ft
.com 🕵️
Congrats to
@madhumita29
@maxharlow
and India Ross for their nomination for
@sigmaawards
for this great report on how health websites are leaking personal data.
The Chinese are also getting angry about their data being hacked and misused - which is an opportunity for the govn’t to exert some control. Great reporting by
@YuanfenYang
So you are a creep who wants to film people while looking like you are wearing a perfectly standard pair of glasses. Facebook and Ray-Ban have your back.