What do a heating filter company, a robotics startup and an architecture startup have in common? Usually, nothing. But right now, as COVID-19 sweeps the world and jeopardizes the lives of millions, co
David Davis has asked ministers to conduct an urgent probe of the move by China Reform Holdings, Sky News learns.
Aerial photo taken on June 27, 2017 shows the scenery on both sides of Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong, south China.(Xinhua/Lui Siu Wai)Leung Chun-ying, vice chairman of
The response to the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed major weaknesses in the federalist system of public health governance, which divides powers among the federal, state and local governments, accord
MPs have alerted the PM to concerns that the British chip designer will have its assets relocated to China, Sky News learns.
Hours after security researchers at Citizen Lab reported that some Zoom calls were routed through China, the video conferencing platform has offered an apology and a partial explanation.To recap, Zoom
Since 2016, social media companies have faced an endless barrage of bad press and public criticism for failing to anticipate how their platforms could be used for dark purposes at the scale of populat
Queen Elizabeth will make an extremely rare address to the nation on Sunday as Britain grapples with the increasingly deadly coronavirus outbreak.The government has put
With shelter-in-place orders worldwide, it’s never been a better time to curl up on the couch and loss oneself in a TV show. That’s what we’re doing.Some TechCrunch staffers are watc
Arsenal ground staff work on the pitch at Emirates Stadium in London, UK, March 20, 2020. /VCG The British government on Thursday said English Premier League footballers should take a pay cut,
Zoom has been widely criticized over the past couple of weeks for terrible security, a poorly designed screensharing feature, misleading dark pattern, fake end-to-end-encryption claims and an incompl
A journalist is preparing for a live report in front of the New York Stock Exchange, March 24, 2020. /VCG Editor's Note: This article is an edited version of "Fox's Fake News Contagion", which
April 2 is celebrated Danish author Hans Christian Andersen's birthday, which also marks International Children's Book Day (ICBD) every year.Founded in 1967 by the Inte
SYDNEY, March 30 (Xinhua) -- Australian Nobel laureate immunologist Peter Doherty said it is highly improbable that people who have recovered from COVID-19 will be infected again, and even if it turn
China has led other United Nations Security Council (UNSC) members to set up new working modalities for emergencies amid COVID-19, in an effort to ensure the council functions effectively and pl
A general view of London Stadium, home of West Ham United, in London, UK. /VCG London Mayor Sadiq Khan has asked the city's top football clubs to support the National Health Service (NHS) in f
The Trump administration is prepared to lift sanctions on Venezuela in support of a new proposal to form a transitional government representing allies of both Nicolas M