Business
Storing up trouble
App stores are hugely lucrative—and under attack
Governments want to curb their power
Schumpeter
Can Alibaba get the magic back?
China’s e-commerce giant is no longer being stripped for parts. Good
Code for trouble
Will chatbots eat India’s IT industry?
TCS, Infosys and others try to harness the technology first
How green is your Valley?
Big tech’s great AI power grab
Alphabet, Amazon and Microsoft are on the hunt for new energy sources
Getting serious
AI and other tricks are bringing power lines into the 21st century
Grids are at last becoming smarter and more efficient
Schumpeter
Does Perplexity’s “answer engine” threaten Google?
Taking aim at one of the best business models of all time
A copper-bottomed deal
Why does BHP want Anglo American?
Its $39bn takeover offer is the latest in a string of mining mega-mergers
Jam-packed
Chinese EV-makers are leaving Western rivals in the dust
They have shone at Beijing’s car jamboree
The fountain of youth
Can biotech startups upstage Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk?
Smaller drugmakers are enjoying a revival