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Customer Care as a Service: outsourcing can help your startup wow clients 24/7

Your clients might not demand 24/7 customer service yet, but they are certainly hoping for it. It’s easier said than done: how can a startup with a lean staff provide round-the-clock customer ca

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Gun violence and America's libertarian discourse

Hundreds of people gather outside the city hall to ask the federal government to promote new gun control legislation in San Francisco, U.S., August 17, 2019. /VCG Editor's note: Hannan Hussain

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SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket to deliver an Astrobotic lander and NASA water-hunting rover to the Moon in 2023

SpaceX is set to send a payload to the Moon in 2023, using its larger (and infrequently used) Falcon Heavy launch vehicle. The mission will fly a lander built by space startup Astrobotic, which itself

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On-demand pediatrics app Biloba adds prescriptions and raises $1.7 million

French startup Biloba has raised a $1.7 million funding round (€1.4 million) a few months after launching its pediatrics app that lets you chat with a doctor whenever you have a question. In addition

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U.S. Supreme Court dismisses case over Trump and Twitter critics

The Supreme Court in Washington, U.S. /AP The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a case over former President Donald Trump's efforts to block critics from his personal Twitter account.The court

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Asian Americans have been attacked and scapegoated: U.S. VP Harris

U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris (R) deliver remarks after a meeting with Asian-American leaders to discuss "the ongoing attacks and threats against the community", durin

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Crypto infrastructure provider Fireblocks raises $133 million

Fireblocks has raised a $133 million Series C funding round led by Coatue, Ribbit, and Stripes. The company provides several products that let you store, transfer and issue digital assets. In particul

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PayPal to acquire cryptocurrency security startup Curv

PayPal has announced that it plans to acquire Curv, a cryptocurrency startup based in Tel Aviv, Israel. Israeli newspaper Calcalist originally reported the move. And PayPal has now made an official an

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Thailand's prime minister survives no-confidence vote

Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha survived a no-confidence vote Saturday in parliament amid allegations that his government mismanaged the economy, bungled th

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CybSafe raises $7.9M Series A led by IQ Capital for its ‘behavioral’ cybersecurity platform

Cybersecurity startup CybSafe, a ‘behavioral security’ platform, has raised $7.9 million in a Series A funding round led by IQ Capital with participation from Hanover Digital Investments (HDI) GmbH an

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Exclusive: Why the IMF projects China’s economy to grow 8.1% in 2021

01:45 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday projected that the global economy will grow by 5.5 percent this year, a small but significant increase from its last report forec

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Materials transported into THAAD base spark protests in S. Korea

Murals denouncing a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system are seen on a wall in Seongju, South Korea, July 4, 2018. /Reuters An injured protester was taken away by police on Frida

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One-on-one with a vaccinated Beijing taxi driver

02:39 Liu Keyou is a taxi driver for Beijing's Shou Qi Group. The 50-year-old man has been in the profession for over 15 years. He is also one of his company's first dr

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Long-held beliefs contribute to the killing of some bird's species

The African continent has over 2,310 bird species of which almost 1,400 are common to the continent according to Birdlife international. /Xinhua The African continent has over 2,310 bird speci

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Trump’s old tweet suggesting Clinton should accept defeat ‘with dignity’ returns to haunt him

An old tweet by Donald Trump suggesting that Hilary Clinton should “lose with dignity” has resurfaced to haunt him as he continues to refuse to accept the election resu

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China commended for supporting Malawi's COVID-19 fight

Wang Xiusheng (C), political counselor of the Chinese Embassy in Malawi, makes a statement during a donation of medical equipment to Malawi’s three major hospitals and three major city councils a

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"Cancer is going to be a thing of the past by 2030" - Diamandis

09:31 In the second part of CGTN's Yue Zou's conversation with U.S. entrepreneur and engineer Peter Diamandis, part of Web Summit 2020, the pair discuss likely medical advances over th