Why do hackers do what they do? Understanding what motivates cyber criminals could be the first step in protecting yourself from attack. Reformed hacker Cal Leeming shares his insights with the FT's Maija Palmer

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Erik Brynjolfsson, director of MIT's Initiative on the Digital Economy, discusses the rise of artificial intelligence with the FT's Murad Ahmed at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. He explains how it will transform industries globally and what the second wave of robotic advancement entails. Music by Jon Luc Hefferman.

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After a number of years of bonus restraint, some of the world's big banks have started to increase bonuses for junior staff. Patrick Jenkins, FT financial editor, asks Laura Noonan, investment banking correspondent, what's behind the new trend. Music: Acid Jazz by Kevin MacLeod

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China's 2015 growth data, released this week, provides an opportunity for Beijing to argue that the underlying economy remains sound despite recent stock market chaos. Michael MacKenzie asks George Magnus, an associate at Oxford university’s China Centre and senior economic adviser to UBS, how reliable the data are and what China's leaders need to do to reassure investors and the markets.

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The gig economy, exemplified by companies like Uber and TaskRabbit, is allowing employees more freedom, but at the same time it remains unclear how relationships between the workers and their employers are governed. Sarah O'Connor, FT employment correspondent, looked into the small print of some of the terms and conditions of these companies and tells Andrew Hill what she found.

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Police have linked a terror attack in the Indonesian capital to the jihadi group Isis, heightening fears over the rise of Islamist terrorism in the world’s largest Muslim majority country. John Murray-Brown discusses the attacks and their repercussions with Avantika Chilkoti, the FT's Jakarta correspondent.

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The food industry is struggling to find the next technological advancement to feed a growing population. For hundreds of years scientists have sought inventive ways to produce and package calories while advertisers have been learning how to change our tastes and perceptions. The FT's consumer industries editor Scheherazade Daneshkhu talks to food historian Polly Russell about the journey from liquid meat to meal worms.FT special report: The Future of the Food industry www.ft.com/reports/future-food-industry

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The Chinese entertainment conglomerate will acquire Hollywood studio Legendary Entertainment for a cash sum of $3.5bn. What does the deal mean for the two leading global theatrical markets, the US and China? The FT's Matt Garrahan and Sujeet Indap discuss. Plus, Matt offers some predictions on what to expect from Hollywood in 2016. Music by Sunsearcher.

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There's a deepening row over why the UK financial watchdog decided to drop a review into bank culture. Patrick Jenkins, FT financial editor, discusses the controversy with Emma Dunkley, the FT's retail banking correspondent and John Mann, opposition Labour MP and member of the influential Treasury select committee.

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BP is cutting 4,000 jobs across its exploration and production business, in a further round of cost cutting as oil companies continue to feel the pain of a plunging oil price. Matthew Vincent asks Chris Adams, FT energy editor, how the industry is standing up to the tough market conditions.

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