The power of science fiction films retains its hold when it comes to inspiring inventors, but the secret to corporate venturing and open innovation lies in retaining optionality.

It’s a scary-enough headline, Huawei Banned, So Let's Invade Taiwan to Take TSMC?, in reaction to the US government’s 15 May set of strict rules trying to cut the China-based 5G and phone maker off from the global semiconductor ecosystem.

The US healthcare system has many virtues, but it is simply too expensive and hard for consumers to access care, according to insiders.

Switzerland-based bank UBS Group is setting aside hundreds of millions of dollars of its own money to invest in financial technology companies, according to newswire Bloomberg.

Where do greenhouse gas emissions come from?

US retailer Walmart – where 160 million Americans shop each week – has closed its Jet.com online brand.

Infectious diseases and pathogens have caught people’s attention again but will funding be a blip or reshape the healthcare industry? And the healthcare opportunities go further into telemedicine and other mental and physical treatments affected by the crisis after all.

The only solution is for money to prop up innovation and productivity.

Softbank's $13bn annual loss was the biggest in its history.

It has been nearly a decade since down rounds in venture capital – effectively one where the value of the startup has declined even though more money has gone into the business – were common.