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Veteran VC Mike Volpi discusses investing and fundraising in ‘a very difficult time’

Last week, I talked with Mike Volpi, longtime Index Ventures partner and the former head of MA at Cisco for many years before that. We originally planned to talk about Index and general market trends,

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Equity Tuesday: Wild markets, a neat early-stage round, and the closed IPO window

Good morning friends, and welcome back to TechCrunch’s Equity Monday, a short-form audio hit to kickstart your week. Regular Equity episodes still drop Friday morning, so if you’ve listened to the sho

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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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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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China's Guangdong to set up 100 nature education bases by 2023

South China's Guangdong Province plans to set up 100 bases of nature education by 2023, according to the provincial forestry bureau. A total of 40 provincial-level bas

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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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Population of rare beavers in Xinjiang exceeds 500

The population of endangered Mengxin beavers has exceeded 500 in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, according to local authorities. Listed as a first-

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Across China: Spring farming gets started in Tibet

The sounds of roaring machines in the valley farmlands of Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, broke the peace of the plateau city, as the spri

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China's melt-blown nonwoven fabric capacity expands amid virus fight, price drops

China's production capacity of melt-blown nonwoven fabric, a key material for masks, has expanded significantly in past weeks amid efforts to control the novel coronav

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Ancient copper smelting remains unearthed in north China's Shanxi

Archaeologists have excavated a part of a copper smelting site dating from the late Xia Dynasty to the early Shang Dynasty in northern China's Shanxi Province, which i

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From grassland to desert: Exploring the headwater of Yellow River

Maduo is the first county in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. In Tibetan language, "maduo" means "headwater of the Yellow River." In the 1980s, the county was dotted with 4,070 lakes, each span

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The virus has not started a war, but racism might do just that

U.S. President Donald Trump labeled the COVID-19 as "the Chinese Virus" in a tweet, on March 17, 2020. Editor's note: CGTN's First Voice provides instant commentary on breaking stories. The d

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Monzo launches free and paid-for business bank accounts

Monzo, the U.K. challenger bank, is officially launching business bank accounts today, after an extensive trial period over the last 12 months that saw early access given to 2,500 business customers.P

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Venezuelans say they need to go to work despite quarantine

Venezuela entered the first day of a quarantine on Monday, imposed by President Nicolas Maduro to prevent the spread of the coronavirus – but many across the country went out anyway, saying they c

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Smart Cities - The Agenda in full

30:10 Smart cities are designed to solve the problems facing citizens every day, creating a liveable city that thinks for itself. Smart City technology can be anything from traffic con

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S.Korea delays new school year by 2 more weeks to April 6 over COVID-19

South Korea's education ministry said Tuesday that it will delay this year's new school year by two more weeks to April 6 on worry about the COVID-19 outbreak. The new

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Chinese economy withstands COVID-19 shocks

Editor's note:CGTN's First Voice provides instant commentary on breaking stories. The daily column clarifies emerging issues and better defines the news agenda, offering a Chinese perspective on t