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Intel to build Qualcomm chips, aims to catch foundry rivals by 2025

An Intel Tiger Lake chip is displayed at an Intel news conference during the 2020 CES in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., January 6, 2020. /Reuters Intel said on Monday its factories will start buildi

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Shanxi museum holds exhibition of long-missing relic

Nearly one century after it was lost, a Buddha head statue repatriated from Japan finally returned to its home in the Tianlongshan Grottoes in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, on Saturday.The relic, dating t

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Uganda UN envoy phone wiretapped

The mobile phone of Uganda's permanent representative to the United Nations in New York, Mr Adonia Ayebare, was targeted for hacking by a licensed user of spyware Pegasus, local media reported.Accord

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Fire department ends search of collapsed Florida condo for remains

The Miami-Dade County fire and rescue department on Friday declared an end to its search for human remains in the rubble of a Florida condominium tower that collapsed o

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Rivian plans to install EV chargers in Tennessee’s 56 state parks

Rivian electric vehicle charging stations are coming to yet another state park system. The EV startup said it would install its so-called “waypoint” chargers at all of Tennessee’s 56 state

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Cancer Alley residents continue fight against pollution in the U.S.

02:00 “Cancer Alley” is located in the southern U.S. state of Louisiana, informally named for the high incidence of the disease diagnosed there.This toxic zone spans about 135 kilometer

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Lethal chimpanzee attacks on gorillas observed for first time

Researchers are unsure whether the attacks came as a result of competition for food or for other reasons, and are continuing to investigate.

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Little Spoon scoops up $44M to grow its children’s nutrition delivery service

The quest to disrupt the traditional baby food aisle continues as more of today’s parents seek out nutritional food for their children.One of the startups taking on the $100 billion children’s health

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Phone hacking allegations revive criticism of Modi government

Data leaked to human rights organisations suggests the phones of journalists and opposition leaders were hacked by the Indian government.

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Parents create high-tech glasses to transform son's sight

02:17 A glasses company in Barcelona, formed by parents whose son struggled with poor vision, is helping create a brighter future for people with eye problems.Biel was two years old whe

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The end of open source?

Several weeks ago, the Linux community was rocked by the disturbing news that University of Minnesota researchers had developed (but, as it turned out, not fully executed) a method for introducing wha

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An insurtech startup exposed thousands of sensitive insurance applications

A security lapse at insurance technology company BackNine exposed hundreds of thousands of insurance applications after one of its cloud servers was left unprotected on the internet.BackNine might be

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Hear Startup Alley companies pitch expert VC judges in upcoming episodes of Extra Crunch Live

We know how much you love a good startup pitch-off. Who doesn’t? It combines the thrill of live, high-stakes entertainment with learning about the hottest new thing. Plus, you get to hear feedba

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Singapore-based Tinvio raises $12M Series A to build financial services for supply chain merchants

First created to give supply chain merchants a streamlined way to communicate with buyers, Tinvio is now preparing to launch financial services, including financing and credit card issuing. The Singap

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Music that takes the high ground

The sound of music from the Tibetan plateau captivated the concert audience at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music Opera House on July 3. Tang Shengsheng (center) performs with the Amne Machin mus

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Accounting firm Proper banks $9M Series A to automate property management

Proper, an automated accounting and bookkeeping service for property managers, announced Wednesday it raised $9 million in Series A funding in a round led by QED.Existing investors MetaProp, Expa and

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Teardrop-shaped star to explode in supernova

The star's unusual shape is caused by a nearby white dwarf distorting the ball of burning gas with its intense gravity.