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Elaine Moore

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Elaine Moore is deputy editor of the FT’s Lex column and writes commentary on the technology industry from the San Francisco bureau. Prior to this she covered global government debt from London, with a particular focus on the debt crisis in Greece, Ukraine and Venezuela.

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  • Friday, 19 February, 2021
    The Top LineBig tech
    Still business as usual when it comes to the techlash

    Big Tech has profited in the pandemic but has not played a significant role in stemming it

  • Tuesday, 16 February, 2021
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    Reach for the stars: what Clubhouse can learn from TikTok

    ‘Celebrities are a shortcut to attention, but they do not guarantee people will stick around’

  • Wednesday, 10 February, 2021
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    Facebook founder donates shares in tech giant without relinquishing power

  • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
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    Big Tech needs to shake up the video call and end the Zoom gloom

    After nine months of near-constant virtual meetings, the main providers all still offer similar services

  • Wednesday, 13 January, 2021
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    Lex Midweek Letter: Amazon’s master plan Premium

    Housing is not the only utility the US group is experimenting with

  • Friday, 8 January, 2021
    The Top LineTechnology sector
    How Tinder became the app that defines online dating

    Success is down to simple set-up and ability to attract paying users without big marketing budget

  • Tuesday, 15 December, 2020
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    How newsletters are making big bucks from your inbox

    ‘How did something compiled by churches, clubs and far-flung families become a hot, multimillion-dollar industry?’

  • Thursday, 10 December, 2020
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    As with all Big Tech, its rising market power jeopardises the social consent it needs to flourish

  • Friday, 20 November, 2020
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    Warm-hearted chanteuse is one of the few subjects that Americans can still agree on

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    IPO filings offer chance for start-ups to put their case and for investors to uncover the reality

  • Tuesday, 10 November, 2020
    FT MagazineTechnology
    How social media is opening a new generation gap

    Gen Z disapproves of millennials sharing private data, using emojis and even having email addresses

  • Friday, 30 October, 2020
    The Top LineApple Inc
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    Although the company releases less information about iPhone sales, it is what investors want to know about

  • Wednesday, 28 October, 2020
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    Lex Midweek Letter: tech crunch Premium

    What to expect as Apple, Amazon, Alphabet and Facebook prepare to report quarterly earnings

  • Friday, 23 October, 2020
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    Best of Lex: fears for tiers Premium

    Manchester vs Westminster, Landsec/UK property, Alibaba, Intel/SK Hynix, Conoco, leveraged loans, Tesla

  • Tuesday, 13 October, 2020
    FT MagazineTechnology
    How Cameo put a new price on fame

    There’s growing demand for platforms that provide greater access to celebrities

  • Wednesday, 30 September, 2020
    Lex
    Lex Midweek Letter: tech listing mania and the PayPal Bunch Premium

    Returns from successful tech IPOs and acquisitions are often funnelled back into the industry

  • Tuesday, 15 September, 2020
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    Silicon Valley’s guilt over screen time

    Remote work, school and socialising have forced many of us to stare at screens more than ever

  • Friday, 11 September, 2020
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  • Friday, 4 September, 2020
    Long Story Short
    A selection of the FT’s biggest stories and best reads every Friday

    Elaine Moore’s top reads this week: Are we going back to the office? | Goodbye to the ‘Pret economy’ | ‘Wirecard and me’: inside the FT’s billion-dollar fraud exposé 

  • Wednesday, 2 September, 2020
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    Lex Midweek Letter: Tesla’s credit check Premium

    It is worth keeping an eye on the contribution tax credits make to the electric car company

  • Thursday, 20 August, 2020
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    TikTok sale saga may play into Facebook’s hands

    The battle for control of the app is really about data harvesting: its algorithm is worth fighting over

  • Tuesday, 18 August, 2020
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    A focus on hiring more people from minorities isn’t enough — companies must also persuade them to stay

  • Wednesday, 5 August, 2020
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  • Friday, 24 July, 2020
    The Top LineBig tech
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    Big tech faces threat from economic slowdown and regulation but rally unlikely to be derailed for long

  • Tuesday, 21 July, 2020
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    The horror of accidental reply-alls

    How is it possible that email, now nearly 50 years old, is still capable of causing so much humiliation?

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