If you’re thinking of investing in obscure battery materials to take advantage of the energy transition, there’s one company you should be watching right now: Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co. Shares in the Shanghai-listed business have soared four fold over the past three years, to the point that it’s now worth more than Nippon Steel Corp., until recently the world’s ...

This year, astronauts will likely complete construction of Tiangong, China’s answer to the International Space Station. It’s the next step in China’s progress toward becoming a major space power. It also looks like a bet that the US lacks the planning and willpower to replace its much bigger outpost in orbit. A “space-station gap” that erodes America’s traditional leadership is ...

  Giving up on a dream is hard. When it’s built on billions of dollars, it’s even harder. The tech world was locked in a debate last week about the potential for Web3, a decentralised version of the internet underpinned by digital currency that proponents would like to see replace the current, corporate-dominated Web2. Rarely will you see geeks argue ...