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A billion medical images are exposed online, as doctors ignore warnings

This story was reported in partnership with health news site The MightyEvery day, millions of new medical images containing the personal health information of patients are spilling out onto the intern

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Instagram’s Boomerang evolves with SloMo, Echo, & Duo effects

Nearly five years after launching, Instagram’s back-and-forth video loop maker Boomerang is finally getting a big update. Users will now be able to add SlowMo, motion, “Echo” blurrin

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Cross-border investments aren’t dead, they’re getting smarter

In recent years, the venture capital and startup worlds have seen a significant shift towards globalization. More and more startups are going global and breaking borders, such as payments giant Stripe

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Alphabet’s controversial chief legal officer David Drummond is leaving, saying he has decided to retire

The changing of the guard at Alphabet continues. Roughly one month after Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin announced they’d be stepping down as the CEO and president of the search giant

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Jail for man who put navy personnel at risk by selling unfit tech

Carl Tiltman used false test results to lie about the capabilities of underwater scanning technology.

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PayU acquires controlling stake in Indian credit business PaySense, to merge it with LazyPay

PayU is acquiring a controlling stake in fintech startup PaySense at a valuation of $185 million and plans to merge it with its credit business LazyPay as the nation’s largest payments processor aggr

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India’s top court rules indefinite internet shutdown in Kashmir unwarranted and amounts to abuse of power

India’s top court ruled on Friday that the indefinite shutdown of the internet in Kashmir was unwarranted and demonstrated “abuse of power” by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi -led governm

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Casper files to go public, shows you can lose money selling mattresses

E-commerce phenom and D2C bright light Casper has filed to go public.The New York-based company that raised nearly $340 million while private, according to Crunchbase data, expects to trade on the New

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China's Geely makes inroads into Japanese electric taxi market

Chinese automaker Geely's subsidiary London EV Company (LEVC) brought the electric version of its iconic black cabs to Tokyo on Friday, aiming to help promote green pu

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Commentary: Xi's Myanmar visit to consolidate "Paukphaw" friendship

In 1950, Myanmar established diplomatic ties with China. Now, 70 years later, bilateral ties are embracing a new opportunity for development as Chinese President Xi Ji

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Trump sends Kim Jong Un birthday wishes

U.S. President Donald Trump sent a happy birthday message to Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) leader Kim Jong Un, the national security adviser of the Republic of Korea (ROK) said Friday.

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China adopts new rules on customized medical devices

To save a 25-year-old patient with a giant tumor on his spine, a group of orthopedic specialists removed three of his vertebrae.The three vertebrae had been severely eroded by the tumor, and without

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Chinese New Year to glow with spending boom, incentives

China's retail market is warming up ahead of an anticipated spending boom during the Chinese Lunar New Year two weeks away, with online and offline players vying for a

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Xi's upcoming visit to start new era of China-Myanmar ties: senior diplomat

Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Luo Zhaohui said Friday that Chinese President Xi Jinping's upcoming visit to Myanmar next week will further enrich the content of and start a new era of China-Myanmar r

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China's mass transit in high gear as Spring Festival travel rush starts

Passengers on train K4051 wait for leaving at Beijing Railway Station in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 10, 2020. The upcoming holiday for the Spring Festival, a tradi

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Romania to close larger institutions for people with disabilities

A woman next to the fence of a facility for young people with mental disabilities during a protest in 2013 over alleged abuses against the residents. (Credit: AP /Vadim Ghirda) Romania has pl

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U.S.-Iran conflict: Is Western media shielding Trump?

06:18 When the U.S. decided to kill Iran's top military commander, Major General Qasem Soleimani, it opened a Pandora's box of crucial questions: What's the definition of a terrorist?