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Facebook is officially killing off the Oculus Rift line

Facebook is officially killing off the Rift.The company showed off its latest headset at its newly renamed Facebook Connect online event today, but they also revealed that they would be ending sales o

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Zwift, maker of a popular indoor training app, just landed a whopping $450 million in funding led by KKR

Zwift, a 350-person, Long Beach, Calif.-based online fitness platform that immerses cyclists and runners in 3D generated worlds, just raised a hefty $450 million in funding led by the investment firm

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CBS All Access to rebrand to Paramount+, expand internationally in 2021

Viacom-owned streaming service CBS All Access is becoming Paramount+, the company announced this morning. The name change, which will take place next year, aims to better reflect the expanded content

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Pope recalls visit to Lesbos refugee camp, urges solidarity

Pope Francis expressed solidarity Sunday with the thousands of migrants who were left homeless by fires that wrecked a refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos and ca

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Times Internet is growing despite influx of US firms in India

Times Internet said on Thursday it reaches more than 557 million active users in India each month and over 111 million users a day as several of its digital offerings

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Microsoft reveals release date and price of new Xbox consoles

The company promises "thousands of games" on release - but marquee launch title Halo Infinite has been delayed until 2021.

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Gillmor Gang: Table Stakes

I quite like the iPad Pro 11 inch with the Magic Keyboard. In the Land of Pandemic where every day is Saturday, the tablet is king. With no real purchase on the chaotic flow of life, the rules — any r

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Taboola and Outbrain call off their $850M merger

Online advertising is a game of scale, but one attempt to consolidate two competitors to better take on Google and Facebook has fallen apart. Taboola and Outbrain, startups that each provide publisher

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Chinese films get new chance for wide US screenings

With a Chinese mobile cinema app in collaboration with American TV brand VIZIO, more than 40 Chinese theatrical releases now have chance to be seen on the TV screens of millions of American households

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CIFTIS conferece: New opportunities and challenges for studying abroad

As many countries across the globe are still on the hook due to the COVID-19 pandemic, fears of COVID-19 infection and uncertainty about the resumption of onsite classe

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Chinese developers prepare facilities for mass production

02:16 Two Chinese pharmaceutical companies are displaying potential COVID-19 vaccines in Beijing from Saturday as part of the ongoing China International Fair for Trade

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China's nuclear reactor powered by Hualong One starts fuel loading

The No. 5 unit of China's Fuqing Nuclear Power Plant. /CCTVNuclear fuel loading into the No. 5 unit of China's Fuqing Nuclear Power Plant under China National Nuclear C

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Hainan gibbons, rarer than pandas, get a new baby

00:42 A female gibbon in the fifth family group of Hainan gibbons recently gave birth to a baby, raising the population of the world's rarest primate to 33.The sole wil

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U.S. extends some China tariff exclusions through year-end

The U.S. Trade Representative's office (USTR) said on Tuesday it has extended China tariff exclusions for a wide range of goods, including smart watches and certain med

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E-sports rake in cash even without an audience

03:19 This year marks the ninth anniversary of the game League of Legends, which had 800 million registered players worldwide last year.And from September 25 to October 31, the focus o

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Shenzhen, a pilot city with unprecedented success

VCG PhotoEditor's note:This year marks the 40th anniversary of Shenzhen being designated as China's first Special Economic Zone. Known as China's Silicon Valley, the ci

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Fairphone’s new flagship, the 3+, costs just €70 as a modular upgrade

Dutch social enterprise, Fairphone, has moved a little closer to the sustainability dream of a circular economy by announcing the launch of a modular upgrade for its flagship smartphone.The backwards