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America hits Chinese biotech—and its own drugmakers

AMERICAN HEALTH-CARE costs are sky-high; as treatments get pricier and the number of patients swells owing to an ageing population, they are getting higher. Chinese biotechnology is increasingly sophisticated and, as its...

Generative AI is a marvel. Is it also built on theft?

THE FOOTBALLERS look realistic at first sight but, on closer inspection, something is wrong. Their faces are contorted, their limbs are bending in alarming directions, the ball is slightly egg-shaped. Strangest of...

Who wields the power in the world’s supply chains?

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.SUPPLY-CHAIN managers cannot seem to catch a break. Consider the past month alone....

Productivity gurus through time: a match-up

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.The most-read non-fiction book in America, measured by views on Kindle and listens...

TSMC’s American chipmaking plans grow $25bn more ambitious

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.TSMC makes about three-quarters of the world’s most cutting-edge computer chips. But even...

Generative AI has a clean-energy problem

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.When a colleague from this newspaper visited Sam Altman in 2022 at his...

Think Tesla is in trouble? Pity even more its wannabe EV rivals

IN RECENT MONTHS Tesla has had a bumpy ride. In January the electric-vehicle (EV) pioneer warned that growth would be “notably lower” this year, as motorists’ enthusiasm for battery power loses charge....

Airbnb bookings for the solar eclipse reach astronomical levels

THE MOON will not start to move between Earth and the sun until the morning of April 8th. But the business impact of this month’s total solar eclipse, which starts over the...

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