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Covidmaps lets you find grocery stores and pharmacies in India

More than half a dozen volunteers have banded together in India to launch a crowdsourced tool to help people in the nation identify and locate nearby grocery stores, pharmacies, and cash machines as N

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U.S. catty and splenetic behavior detrimental to global cooperation

Editor's note: Azhar Azam works in a private organization as a market and business analyst and writes about geopolitical issues and regional conflicts. The article reflects the author's opinions a

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Will podcast ad revenue bounce back after COVID-19?

There are early signs that media will be one of many industries to take a huge blow from the COVID-19 pandemic, with sharp declines in ad revenue and significant layoffs. Podcasting is unlikely to be

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Former Uber exec raises $31M for his Jakarta-based logistics startup Kargo, announces relief fund to battle coronavirus

Kargo, a Jakarta-based logistics startup co-founded by veteran Uber Asia executive Tiger Fang, has raised $31 million to scale its business and help firms in the Southeast Asian nation fight the coro

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U.S. decoupling of internet connectivity with China will backfire

A utility pole carrying fiber optic internet cables pictured at sunset in Portland, Oregon, March 24, 2020. /AP Editor's note: Huang Yongfu is an economic affairs commentator. After his PhD, h

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How to disinfect your home during COVID-19 outbreak

VCG Cleaning and disinfection of the living environment are necessary during the COVID-19 outbreak. So how can you disinfect your home?General adviceFor those staying at home alone, they only

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COVID-19: Israel's telemedicine

Telemedicine patient consultation. /CGTN "Social distancing" is the global trending term during current days of the novel coronavirus pandemic that calls on people to maintain a two-meter or s

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This Week in Apps: COVID-19 contact tracing apps, virtual dating on the rise, Quibi makes a debut

span class="featured__span-first-words">Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the Extra Crunch series that recaps the latest OS news, the applications they support and the money that flows through it all

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Crime drops around the world as COVID-19 keeps people inside

The coronavirus pandemic that has crippled big-box retailers and mom and pop shops worldwide may be making a dent in illicit business, too.In Chicago, one of America’s

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As Iran battles COVID-19, U.S. sanctions worsen the crisis

04:22 Iran has been in the eye of the coronavirus storm.Although the country has the best medical resources in the region, the number of confirmed cases and deaths continues to climb.

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Instacart’s hiring spree continues as it faces unprecedented demand

Instacart is adding more support roles to help its shoppers, customers, and retail partners, as the company faces unprecedented demand for its grocery delivery services due to COVID-19 shelter in plac

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The intersection of small business, tech and our financial system is more important than ever

The two of us oversaw the U.S. Small Business Administration’s capital, investment, loan and innovation programs serving America’s small businesses. The nation is rooting for our 30 million small bus

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Pangea.app raises $400K pre-seed round to help connect student workers with businesses

Pangea.app, a Providence, Rhode Island-based startup has raised a $400,000 pre-seed round, it told TechCrunch this week. The company’s new capital, raised as a post-money SAFE, comes from PJC, a

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Apple and Google are launching a joint COVID-19 tracing tool for iOS and Android

Apple and Google’s engineering teams have banded together to create a decentralized contact tracing tool that will help individuals determine whether they have been exposed to someone with COVID-19.C

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AcreTrader raises $5M to help people invest in a fruitful asset class: farmland

Carter Malloy thinks that lucrative investments include dirt, some seeds, maintenance, and growth — literally. So, he founded Fayetteville, Arkansas-based AcreTrader, an online farmland investme

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Roundup: Europe sees hope, WHO chief warns against politicizing virus

A resident is seen on a shopping street in the city of Sceaux, a southern suburb of Paris, France, April 8, 2020. (Photo by Aurelien Morissard/Xinhua) The coronavirus pandemic had claimed some 65,000

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Yemen has 1st confirmed virus case, more than 10k in Israel

Yemen’s internationally recognized government Friday announced the first confirmed case of coronavirus in the war-torn country, stoking fears that an outbreak could dev