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It’s not just AI. China’s medicines are surprising the world, too

Keytruda, a cancer-immunotherapy medicine, ranks among the most lucrative drugs ever sold. Since its launch in 2014 it has raked in over $130bn in sales for Merck, its American maker, including $29.5bn...

Could a German startup disrupt Europe’s arms industry?

In the 1980s Robert Solow, an economist, remarked that you could see the computer age everywhere except the productivity statistics. Today it could be said that the revolution in military affairs, playing...

How to get people to resign

The gut reaction that a manager has when an employee announces their resignation is telling. Sometimes it is genuine dismay: the person leaving is a star. Sometimes disappointment is mixed with irritation...

Defence tech is blowing up Silicon Valley’s beliefs

IN THE BACK of an unmarked office building close to LAX, the main airport of Los Angeles, stands a rack of unarmed hypersonic missiles the size of small drainpipes. On February 6th...

Chinese cars are taking over the global south

“Styling, build quality and polish” were “frankly lacklustre”. The review in Car and Driver, a respected motoring publication, of a vehicle made by BYD on display at the Detroit Motor Show in...

Elon Musk’s $97bn offer is a headache for Sam Altman’s OpenAI

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Elon Musk’s $97bn offer is a nuisance for Sam Altman’s OpenAI

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BP is underperforming and under pressure

Ever since John Browne vowed to turn BP green some 25 years ago, the British oil giant has experienced a series of embarrassing mishaps. That includes major safety lapses, such as a...

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