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A second potential COVID-19 vaccine, backed by Bill and Melinda Gates, is entering human testing

A new COVID-19 vaccine candidate is entering Phase 1 clinical human testing today, after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) accepted an application from Inovio Pharmaceuticals under the regul

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Foursquare merges with Factual

Foursquare, the 10-year-old location platform based in New York City, has today announced its plan to merge with Factual.The terms of the deal were not disclosed. The merged company will keep the Four

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Trump: 'We're starting to see light at the end of the tunnel'

02:08 U.S. President Donald Trump expressed hope on Sunday that the country was seeing a "leveling-off" of the coronavirus crisis in some of the nation's hot spots, saying Americans we

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Quibi launches its mobile streaming service in the middle of the quarantine era

Quibi, the much-hyped mobile app promising to deliver “quick bites” of video entertainment, is finally here.The company has been in the headlines for more than two years, thanks to the inv

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Global coronavirus death toll tops 60,000, cases pass 1.1 mln: WHO

A total of 62,784 people died of COVID-19 globally as of 10:00 CET Sunday, as the number of infections surged to 1,133,758, showed the situation dashboard by the World

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Internet of Elephants launches Wildeverse, an AR game about endangered animals and conservation

On Friday, the Kenyan augmented reality game developer Internet of Elephants launched its latest game in partnership with the conservation science experts from the Borneo Nature Foundation, Goualougo

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U.S. doctor with 'flu' in Jan tests positive for COVID-19 antibody

A post from a U.S. pediatric emergency medicine physician revealing he tested positive for novel coronavirus antibodies has stirred up wide discussions on Twitter in the last two days.The positive

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Trump says ‘toughest’ weeks ahead as coronavirus spreads

President Donald Trump warned Saturday that the county could be headed into its “toughest” weeks yet as the coronavirus death toll mounts, but at the same time he expre

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A mask is a mask

Editor's note: Chen Feng is an editor with China Plus. The article reflects the author's opinions and not necessarily the views of CGTN.In emergencies, people make do with anything available to co

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Want to survive the downturn? Better build a platform

When you look at the most successful companies in the world, they are almost never just one simple service. Instead, they offer a platform with a range of services and an ability to connect to it to a

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In the wake of COVID-19, UK puts up £20M in grants to develop resilience tech for critical industries

Most of the world — despite the canaries in the coal mine — was unprepared to cope with the coronavirus outbreak that’s now besieging us. Now, work is starting to get underway both t

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Reports on Chinese medical supplies miss the point

10:19 The world witnessed a grim milestone this week, as the number of global confirmed COVID-19 cases surpassed one million. As the pandemic spreads, so does dire demand for personal

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COVID-19 Frontline: Experts explain how TCM treatment works

Editor's Note: The World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 12. As of April 3, around 200 countries and regions have confirmed over 900,000 cases, with more than 45,000 d

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China expedites issuance of govt special bonds to fund infrastructure projects

China will increase the scale of local government special bonds as part of the more proactive fiscal policies to offset the economic impact of the novel coronavirus di

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Saudi Arabia imposes 24-hour curfew on Mecca, Medina

Saudi Arabia imposed on Thursday a 24-hour curfew in Mecca and Medina as part of precautionary measures against the coronavirus, Saudi Press Agency said. The curfew wo

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FCC enacts $200M telehealth initiative to ease COVID-19 burden on hospitals

The FCC has developed and approved a $200 million program to fund telehealth services and devices for medical providers, just a week or so after the funding was announced. Hospitals and other health

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You can now buy AWS’ $99 DeepComposer keyboard

AWS today announced that its DeepComposer keyboard is now available for purchase. And no, DeepComposer isn’t a mechanical keyboard for hackers but a small MIDI keyboard for working with the AWS