Business
Reign of the spreadsheet
Why Microsoft Excel won’t die
The business world’s favourite software program enters its 40th year
Autonomous cars
The trouble with Elon Musk’s robotaxi dream
Scaling up self-driving taxis will be hard, and competition will be fierce
Weekend profile
Sir Jim Ratcliffe, chemicals magnate turned sports mogul
The British billionaire is buying up teams from sailing to football to cycling
A digital makeover
Can Mytheresa make luxury e-commerce a success?
It reckons it can succeed where Richemont has failed
The standards war
China is writing the world’s technology rules
It is setting standards for everything from 6G to quantum computing
Schumpeter
Masayoshi Son is back in Silicon Valley—and late to the AI race
This isn’t the first time the Japanese tech investor has missed the hot new thing
A titan departs
Ratan Tata, a consequential and beloved figure in Indian business
He reshaped one of India’s most successful conglomerates
Power couple
Big tech is bringing nuclear power back to life
Artificial intelligence needs clean and reliable energy sources
If the face is fit…
Workouts for the face are a growing business
They may not help much in the quest for eternal youth
Pound of flesh
Will America’s government try to break up Google?
Antitrust remedies that target its generative-AI ambitions are more likely