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Cloud Foundry Foundation executive director Abby Kearns steps down to pursue a new executive role elsewhere

The Cloud Foundry Foundation (CFF), the home of the Cloud Foundry open-source developer platform, today announced that its executive director Abby Kearns is stepping down from her role to pursue an ex

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Glassbox raises $40M for tools to track and optimise web user experience

A lot of attention is focused on how some tech services are seeing a big boost in demand during the coronavirus pandemic — for example, streaming services and other online media, and anything to

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Masking their true talent, volunteer musicians get to work

Guo Zhongbao is used to playing for a full house in concert halls. The melodies usually linger on in his head even after the music ends.But Guo, the principal French horn player of the Shanghai Sympho

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China timely shares COVID-19 information, advances int'l cooperation

Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), China has timely released information, shared epidemic control experience, and advanced international exchanges and cooperation. The cou

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Ireland's PM Varadkar re-registers as doctor to help fight COVID-19

Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar worked as a doctor for seven years. /Ludovic Marin/AFP Pool/AP Ireland's prime minister, Leo Varadkar,has re-enrolled as a medical practitioner in a bid to he

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U.S. should lift embargo on Cuba during COVID-19

Andres jimenez, a retired state worker who makes masks to sell in his neighborhood, ties a mask on a girl, as a precaution against the spread of the new coronavirus in Havana, Cuba, March 31, 202

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Agritech startup DeHaat raises $12M to reach more farmers in India

DeHaat, an online platform that offers full-stack agricultural services to farmers, has raised $12 million as it looks to scale its network across India.The Series A financial round for the eight-year

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China timely shares COVID-19 information, advances int'l cooperation

Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), China has timely released information, shared epidemic control experience, and advanced international exchanges and cooperation. The cou

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Quibi had a launch day outage

Looks like things haven’t gone completely smoothly with Quibi‘s launch.The issue appears to have been resolved, but the Quibi customer support account tweeted this afternoon that “s

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Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson on shifting a 3,000-person company to fully remote

What’s it like to take a company with 3,000 employees distributed across 25 offices and make it fully remote with just a few weeks’ notice?I hopped on a call with Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson t

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Beijing universities open free counseling hotline for Chinese overseas

01:51 With the easing of the COVID-19 pandemic in China, many people are gradually returning to their normal lives. While some believe in the power of keeping busy and outdoor activiti

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Rooney slams UK govt over pay cuts row; Ligue 1 doctor commits suicide

Derby County's England icon Wayne Rooney says players face a no-win situation in wage debate. /VCG Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney has launched a scathing attack on the British governmen

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GM and Honda are co-developing two new electric vehicles due to arrive in 2024

GM and Honda will jointly develop two new electric vehicles slated for 2024, the latest move by the two automakers to deepen their existing partnership.Under the plan, the automakers will focus on the

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In time of crisis, Trump-Pelosi relationship remains broken

Two of the most powerful people in Washington haven’t spoken in five months at a time when the nation is battling its worst health crisis in a century, one that has alr

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Valispace raises $2.4M to become the ‘Github for hardware’, joins fight against COVID-19

Hardware engineering is mostly document-based. A typical satellite might be described in several hundred thousand PDF documents, spreadsheets, simulation files and more; all potentially inconsistent b

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China to launch IoT communications satellites named after Wuhan

China will launch the first two communications satellites for its space-based Internet-of-Things (IoT) project in mid to late April, with one satellite named after its birthplace Wuhan, according

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Thailand reports 103 new COVID-19 cases, 1,978 in total

Thailand's Ministry of Public Health on Friday reported 103 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total to 1,978, with four new deaths, raising the death toll to 19. Out of