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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...

The six rules of fire drills

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.Rule 1. The fire drill must never feel useful. It may be a...

Meet the French oil major that balances growth and greenery

Listen to this story. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android.Your browser does not support the element.“TEXAS IS AN El Dorado for us, an energy El Dorado,” declared Patrick...

Tata Group goes into growth mode

ON APRIL 1ST diggers at large construction sites in two Indian states broke ground on a pair of semiconductor factories. The plant in Gujarat, which will cost $11bn, is to employ 20,000...

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