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Apple announces new iPad Pro

Apple has announced new iPad Pro models in a press release. In addition to better specifications, Apple is also releasing a new Magic Keyboard with backlit keys, a trackpad and a hinge that allows yo

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Deliveroo riders stopped from claiming firm's virus hardship fund

Deliveroo says it is committed to providing financial support for riders during the coronavirus outbreak.

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Futures slide again as stimulus high fades

U.S. stock index futures tumbled on Wednesday, pointing to another volatile session for Wall Street on fears that even dramatic stimulus measures would not be able to avert a deep coronavirus-driven

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Lynk sends the first text message from space directly to a normal cell phone

Last year Lynk — then called Ubiquitilink — showed that from now on, every phone can be a satellite phone. But they’ve spent the last year honing the product and have just demonstrated the real

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Chinese art of healing leads COVID-19 fight

01:47 Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has seen quite a "renaissance" during the COVID-19 epidemic. Practitioners have used both ancient wisdom and modern technologies in the fight a

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World Bank adds $2 billion to funds available for coronavirus response

A logo of World Bank at the International Monetary Fund, World Bank Annual Meeting 2018 in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, October 12, 2018. /Reuters The World Bank on Tuesday said it had increased

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Extra Crunch members get 60% off data privacy platform Osano

Extra Crunch is excited to announce a new community perk from Startup Battlefield alum Osano. Starting today, annual and two-year members of Extra Crunch can receive 60% off their data privacy managem

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ReMarkable’s redesigned e-paper tablet is more powerful and more papery

It’s no secret I’m a fan of the reMarkable, a tablet with a paper-like display that’s focused on text and sketching rather than rich media and games. The sequel to the original, anno

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New study of COVID-19 patient’s immune response could inform future treatment

A new study published in science journal Nature Medicine (via Bloomberg) examines the case of a patient who contracted COVID-19 in Wuhan and fell ill in Melbourne, Australia could provide a more compr

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Full Text: All-China Journalists Association Denounces US Discrimination against Chinese Journalists

The All-China Journalists Association has posted on its website a statement titled "All-China Journalists Association Denounces U.S. Discrimination against Chinese Journalists". The following is the

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If Grandma dies, Trump is toast

Joe Biden (L) and Bernie Sanders (R) participate in a Democratic presidential primary debate at CNN Studios in Washington, D.C., March 15, 2020. /AP Editor's note: Chris Hawke is a graduate of

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GiveVision partners with Sony to develop and manufacture wearables for people with visual impairments

GiveVision, the U.K. startup creating wearable technology to help “restore” sight to people with visual impairments, is partnering with Sony (via the Sony UK Technology Centre) to develop

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China eyes construction of key works, infrastructure to boost investment

A medical worker demonstrates a visit to the isolation ward with a "5G+VR" visiting system at the First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University in Kunming, so

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COVID-19 fears turn Seattle into ghost town

When I landed in Seattle for the second time this month, I knew things had gotten a lot worse since my first visit to the Washington State. My first assignment was earlier in March when a nursing

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To slow coronavirus spread, EU countries and Russia join the list of countries officially closing their borders to all but essential travel

One of the defining characteristics of the European Union has been its strong policy of taking an open approach when it comes to borders in the region: the EU may be a collection of individual countri

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WHO calls for rapid escalation in global COVID-19 response, including testing and isolation

The World Health Organization (WHO) held a briefing today for media to update them on the current status of the global pandemic of the COVID-19 coronavirus, and called out worldwide efforts on what th

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YC graduate Genecis Bioindustries turns food waste into compostable plastics

Unfortunately, the world doesn’t have a constant quantity of problems, and while governments and most private businesses are focused on tackling the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, companies like Gen