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John Gapper

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John Gapper is business columnist of the FT Weekend. He writes a weekly column on business and society from a consumer perspective, and other features and interviews.

He was formerly the FT's chief business commentator and opinion & analysis editor. He has worked for the FT since 1987 in London, New York and Tokyo, and has covered banking, media and technology and employment.

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  • Friday, 9 June, 2023
    Virtual and Augmented Reality
    Apple’s Vision Pro headset has made the metaverse feel outdated

    The technology company’s late entry into ‘mixed reality’ this week exposed the flaw in Meta’s virtual worlds

  • Friday, 26 May, 2023
    Airlines
    The price of flying will keep rising, even on Ryanair

    A surge in demand for summer holiday flights presages an environmental squeeze on low-cost fares

  • Friday, 19 May, 2023
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    A global antitrust alliance battles Microsoft and Amgen

    The UK and US are emerging as the toughest enforcers of limits on technology takeovers

  • Friday, 12 May, 2023
    Electric vehicles
    GM should not force Apple CarPlay out of the front seat

    The carmaker wants to block the iPhone manufacturer’s software from occupying the dashboard on some new EVs

  • Friday, 5 May, 2023
    Artificial intelligence
    Writers vs AI bots is more than a Hollywood drama

    Screenwriters’ strike reflects wider job insecurity and fear of being usurped by technology

  • Friday, 28 April, 2023
    Retail & Consumer industry
    AB InBev should defy the Bud Light culture war

    A rightwing US boycott over the beer’s use of the transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney is mostly froth

  • Wednesday, 26 April, 2023
    ReviewFT Books Essay
    BuzzFeed, Gawker and the new media rivalry that went viral

    Ben Smith charts the history of online news and the trouble chasing internet traffic

  • Friday, 21 April, 2023
    Media
    Rupert Murdoch pays a high price for his Fox News buccaneers

    Settling Dominion’s defamation claim for $787.5mn is the latest expensive blow to the media baron’s style of journalism

  • Saturday, 18 March, 2023
    Luxury goods
    Investigators sniff out the hidden fragrance industry

    Luxury perfumes are popular but the companies behind many famous brands are now in the spotlight

  • Saturday, 11 March, 2023
    HTSIHTSI spring menswear special
    Could this jacket help prevent depression?

    Frahm outerwear is tough. But the brand’s founder wants it to unbutton our vulnerabilities as well

  • Friday, 10 March, 2023
    Toblerone
    Toblerone can afford to abandon the Matterhorn

    European foodmakers guard their territories fiercely but they should be exposed to competition

  • Friday, 24 February, 2023
    Drug prices
    The painfully high price of Humira is patently wrong

    Specialist drugs sold by Big Pharma are so expensive that many patients are being excluded

  • Thursday, 23 February, 2023
    FT Magazine
    This Joshua Reynolds painting is a national treasure. Why is Britain struggling to keep it?

    The fight to save the iconic work reflects a painful truth about the UK’s financial state

  • Sunday, 19 February, 2023
    Gustavo Dudamel
    Orchestras need maestros to make music profitable

    The New York Philharmonic hopes donors will be drawn to Gustavo Dudamel’s charisma

  • Friday, 10 February, 2023
    Retail & Consumer industry
    We should force companies to be honest about their hidden fees

    From concert tickets to hotel rooms and flights, consumers get charged extra when they are too weary to object

  • Friday, 3 February, 2023
    Toyota Motor Corp
    Toyota has a tragic flaw in the electric vehicle drama

    The world’s largest carmaker makes reliable hybrids but lags far behind in zero emissions technology

  • Friday, 27 January, 2023
    Artificial intelligence
    Generative AI should pay human artists for training

    Painters and singers need legal protection from the revolution in algorithmic creativity

  • Friday, 20 January, 2023
    Investment Banking
    Morgan Stanley pulls the Pepsi trick on Goldman

    The Wall Street investment bank has outflanked its old rival by diversifying into wealth management

  • Saturday, 14 January, 2023
    Restaurants
    Noma is less sustainable than its reindeer ragout

    The planned closure of the Michelin-starred Copenhagen restaurant reflects the gruelling life of chefs

  • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
    FT Magazine
    Flying car, anyone?

    Inside the increasingly perilous quest to get battery-powered aircraft off the ground

  • Friday, 23 December, 2022
    Shopping and gifts
    Wrapping is as valuable as the presents it conceals

    Gifts derive much of their emotional meaning from the personal attention they’ve been given

  • Friday, 16 December, 2022
    Visual Arts
    International plan to keep Reynolds masterpiece in Britain shelved

    Thwarted joint proposal to acquire ‘Portrait of Omai’ fuels debate around export of key British artworks

  • Friday, 9 December, 2022
    Artificial intelligence
    ChatGPT is fluent, clever and dangerously creative

    The natural language AI chatbot can write poetry and draft legal letters, but is not trustworthy

  • Friday, 2 December, 2022
    Balenciaga SA
    Balenciaga’s shock tactics look juvenile now

    The brand’s provocations have gone too far with an ad showing children holding teddy bears in bondage gear

  • Saturday, 26 November, 2022
    Music
    Taylor Swift is perfect at the three-minute Spotify song

    The length of pop singles has fallen in recent times but Mozart and Puccini also charmed listeners with short arias

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