Bloomberg Chances are few outside of China have heard of NetEase Inc., though it makes more money from games than Nintendo Co. Now it wants recognition, but first it’ll have to learn what makes Western gamers tick. The company is on a global hiring campaign and exploring acquisitions or investments in foreign studios, so it can earn 30 percent of ...

Bloomberg Researchers in Japan are closing in on a safer generation of batteries that could weather extreme temperatures in outer space. At least that’s what Hitachi Zosen Corp. is betting on. The Osaka-based company, better known for building plants that convert waste to energy, is developing a new strain of solid-state lithium-ion battery that’s been capturing the attention of industry ...

Bloomberg Facebook Inc. will introduce a new video hub on the world’s largest social network, offering some US users short episodic series from content partners including A&E, Major League Baseball and National Geographic, in a bid to capture more online advertising dollars. The new section, called Watch, is meant to increase the amount of time users spend watching video by ...