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Apple unveils macOS 10.16 Big Sur, featuring a new aesthetic and redesigned apps

For some time now, macOS has been an also-ran, as Apple has shifted a majority of its focus to its mobile operating systems. Last year’s move to Catalina brought some key changes to the mix, inc

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Qualcomm’s new robotics development platform is 5G-enabled

Qualcomm this morning just announced the latest version of its robotics development platform. The chipmaking giant is skipping a number, following up last year’s RB3 platform with the Robotics RB5 — w

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Aerones abandons industrial drones to focus on ground-based robotics as it raises $1.6M

Way back in 2018, Aerones detailed its plans to use large, industrial drones to clean wind turbines. The company had already raised $3.6 million to date and moved from Latvia to the San Francisco Bay

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China cracks 5,290 cases involving food, medicine, environment crimes

Chinese police arrested more than 8,200 suspects in 5,290 criminal cases related to food, drugs and the environment in the second half of May. The cases, uncovered sin

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U.S. lawmakers propose $22.8 billion in aid to semiconductor industry

A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday introduced a bill to provide more than 22.8 billion U.S. dollars in aid for semiconductor manufacturers, aiming to spur the construction of chip fact

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Russia complains about U.S. arrogance towards its space program

Despite its long-term reliance on Russian spacecraft, the United States does not take the Russian space programme seriously, said Dmitry Rogozin, the head of Roscosmos, Russia's space agency. "Whe

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Grow Credit, which builds credit scores by paying for online subscriptions, gets Mucker cash

Grow Credit, the startup that launched last year to help customers build out their credit scores by providing a credit line for online subscriptions like Spotify and Netflix, has added Mucker Labs as

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Razer’s Android gaming controller is available now for $80

The Razer Kishi mostly got buried in a deluge of Razer announcements during CES (it was just too difficult to compete with 5G routers and a massive racing simulator). It’s not the first smartphone gam

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China develops promising inactivated COVID-19 vaccine

VCG An inactivated COVID-19 vaccine developed by China has shown effective protection against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the disease, in animal experiments, according to a study publish

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China's government work report published

The "Report on the Work of the Government" delivered by Premier Li Keqiang on behalf of the State Council at the third session of the 13th National People's Congress o

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Bunq adds donations to charities and tests redesign

Challenger bank Bunq is adding a new feature that lets you donate to charities directly from the app. In addition to that, Bunq is also in the process of redesigning its app. The company is launching

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Raspberry Pi Foundation announces Raspberry Pi 4 with 8GB of RAM

The Raspberry Pi Foundation has released a new version of its flagship model, the Raspberry Pi 4. In addition to the models that come with 2GB and 4GB of RAM, there’s a new 8GB model. This model costs

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China's ambassador expects more cooperation, closer ties with BiH

Chinese Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Ji Ping has said that China wants more cooperation in various fields and closer ties with BiH, as the two countries

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Watch live as ULA launches a U.S. military spaceplane for its first Space Force mission

The United Launch Alliance (ULA) is targeting a liftoff time of 9:14 AM EDT (6:14 AM PDT) today for an Atlas V rockets carrying the Boeing-built X-37B orbital test vehicle on behalf of the U.S. space

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Construyo scores €2M to connect the architecture, engineering and construction industry

Construyo, a Berlin-based startup that offers a “holistic” project management service that connects the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry, has raised €2 million in

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Italy records lowest one-day COVID-19 death toll and fewest new infections since early March

People are seen at the Coloseum in Rome, Italy, on May 8, 2020. (Photo by Alberto Lingria/Xinhua) The total death toll from Italy's coronavirus outbreak is now 30,560. ROME, May 10 (Xinhua) -- Italy

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FM Commissioner's office condemns collusion between local, foreign forces to destabilize HK

The Office of the Commissioner of the Chinese Foreign Ministry in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Friday condemned the collusion between local and foreign forces to destabiliz