The battery never runs out; you never have to worry about getting a bad signal; it can’t get hacked. When this new device was launched, crowds lined the streets, desperate to get their hands on it. “A ...

The pen may be mightier than the sword, but when Jewish-Hungarian journalist László Bíró invented the ballpoint pen in the 1930s clichéd sayings were probably the last thing on his mind. In 1938, says ...

As Chinese President Xi Jinping hobnobbed at Davos on Tuesday, his government celebrated a peculiar milestone at home. Premier Li Keqiang has lamented China’s inability to “make ballpoint pens with a ...