Genshin Impact voice actors join critics over lack of representation in new region Natlan’s character designs

Genshin Impact has once again been accused of cultural appropriation by fans and voice actors, following the reveal of the new cast of Natlan characters. Each region in Genshin Impact draws heavily from real-world countries and cultures, with the overall design, mythology, and music of each region being based on these different real-world areas. Inazuma … Read more

Brookfield sets up UK insurer to join corporate pensions success story

Stay up to date with free updates Simply register for the Pension sector myFT Digest — straight to your inbox. Brookfield has filed to set up an insurance business in the United Kingdom, a move that will allow one of the world’s largest private equity groups to benefit from a wave of British companies shedding … Read more

Europol and friends join forces in Cobalt Strike disruption

Europol has just announced that during a week-long operation in late June, nearly 600 IP addresses supporting illegal copies of Cobalt Strike were removed. Fortra’s legitimate red-teaming tool is known to be widely abused by cybercriminals, who use cracked copies of the tool to launch malware and ransomware attacks such as Ryuk, Trickbot, and Conti. … Read more

Continental, DT Swiss and Swiss Side join forces to create the Continental Aero 111, the ‘world’s first aerodynamic tire’: here are our first riding impressions

Continental, DT Swiss and Swiss Side team up to create the Continental Aero 111, the 'world’s first aerodynamic tyre': here are our first ride impressions

The mysterious new tire spotted on the front wheels of Decathlon AG2R riders at the Tour de France can now be revealed as the Continental Aero 111. It is the culmination of six years of research and development between DT Swiss, Swiss Side and Continental, with the aim of creating the ultimate wheel-tyre system, or … Read more

India expects billions of dollars inflows as bonds join the JPMorgan index

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, editor of the FT, selects her favorite stories in this weekly newsletter. India is likely to welcome billions of dollars of foreign inflows if JPMorgan adds the country’s sovereign debt to its emerging markets index on Friday, a move that some analysts say will make the country … Read more

Bulgaria and Romania fail economic tests to join the eurozone

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, editor of the FT, selects her favorite stories in this weekly newsletter. The eastern expansion of the European single currency has suffered a setback after Bulgaria and Romania failed to meet the economic criteria needed to adopt the euro. The decision announced by the European Central Bank … Read more

Britain and Canada’s data chiefs join forces to investigate 23andMe mega-breach

The data protection watchdogs of Britain and Canada are working together to uncover the facts behind last year’s 23andMe data breach. The two-dog wolf pack of the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) will investigate whether the biotechnology sector breach caused any customer harm, whether appropriate security measures … Read more

Join Stellaris as a fanatical cyberpunk corporate cult in The Machine Age

From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, I thought: no trouble, anything like that. Everyone has different skills. Then I realized that some other people might be less informed than me about the whole “having boundaries” thing, and that there was a lot of money to be made selling implants. Enter space … Read more

J9S2 Operation New Blood: Striker and Sentry join Siege, Fenrir and Solis nerfs, Rainbow Six Siege membership and more!

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During the final day of the BLAST R6 Major Manchester, Ubisoft revealed all the details about Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege Year 9 Season 2, Operation New Blood. While the game’s upcoming season won’t feature a brand new operator, Ubisoft has been working on reimagining Recruit, which will be known as Striker (attacker) and Sentry … Read more

Janet Yellen urges the EU to join the US in curbing cheap Chinese exports

Janet Yellen, the US Treasury Secretary, has urged the EU to urgently intervene to temper growing export levels of Chinese cheap green technology, including solar panels and wind turbines, pushing European leaders to move into a large-scale trade war. At the same time, she urged German bank executives on Tuesday to step up efforts to … Read more