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Ro makes the weight loss product Plenity commercially available to everyone in the U.S.

In what could be the first step in the development of a significant new line of business for the telemedicine prescription provider Ro, the company is finally announcing the general commercial availa

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Gusto is expanding from payroll into a full suite financial wellness platform

When we caught up with Gusto last year, the small business payroll startup had just raised $200 million and was launching a new office in New York City. Over the past few years though, Gusto has also

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Asia Digital Art Exhibition: digitalization in art creations

Digitalization is playing an increasingly important role in artistic creations nowadays. The 2020 Asia Digital Art Exhibition is showcasing modern works by 33 artists from different countries and

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Amazon’s Prime Day mega sale event will take place October 13-14

Holiday shopping season is getting a big head start this year. Amazon today announced that it will hold Prime Day — its annual mega global sale event on a big range of items, including toys, TV

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Bigger book fair kicks off in online first

The 27th Beijing International Book Fair kicked off on Saturday, with the opening ceremony livestreamed on its official mobile app and news websites.To keep the spirit of global cultural exchanges goi

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First martial arts Peking Opera film hits big screen

The iconic Monkey King returns to the big screen, but this time he is acting in a traditional but fresh way in a Peking Opera movie titled Havoc in Heaven.This film is the only martial arts Peking Ope

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West African bloc may lift Mali sanctions soon: Envoy

BAMAKO, MALI – AUGUST 24: ECOWAS mediator, former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan at the press conference after leading talks with Western African envoys and the military junta CNSP that

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Scientists solve mystery of Jupiter's polygon storms

It turns out the answer was not a mathematical algorithm from the space age - but a proof developed almost 150 years ago.

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Tesla could struggle to implement some of its battery advances

The advanced battery cell design and new manufacturing processes outlined by Tesla's Elon Musk are promising, battery experts say, but they questioned how quickly they can be implemented and how m

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Event discovery network IRL raises $16M Series B after refocusing on virtual events

The COVID-19 pandemic impacted the way a number of companies have had to do business. For the event discovery startup, IRL, it meant pivoting into the virtual events space. This April, the startup qui

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CDC changes, then retracts, its take on coronavirus spread

CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield attends a hearing of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee reviewing coronavirus response efforts in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 16, 2020. /CFP The top

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Community knowledge bases blossom

A child reads a book at the reading space. [Photo by Wang Kaihao/China Daily] About 100 reading spaces have been established across Anhui's provincial capital, Wang Kaihao reports in Hefei. For

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Gender pay gap in Trump administration wider than national average: The 19th

The gender pay gap in President Donald Trump's administration is wider than the national average, according to an analysis by The 19th, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news or

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Instagram CEO, ACLU slam TikTok and WeChat app bans for putting US freedoms into the balance

As people begin to process the announcement from the U.S. Department of Commerce detailing how it plans, on grounds of national security, to shut down TikTok and WeChat — starting with app downl

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Human footprints 120,000 years ago found in Saudi Arabia

The first human footprint discovered at the Alathar ancient lake. /CFP Around 120,000 years ago in where is now northern Saudi Arabia, a small band of homo sapiens stopped to drink and forage

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Lee Kuan Yew's legacy ensures Singapore-China ties remain strong

September 16 marks the birth date of the late Lee Kuan Yew – leader of Singapore who served as the country's first prime minister from 1959 to 1990.His birthday was hon

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Lee Kuan Yew's legacy ensures Singapore-China ties remain strong

September 16 marks the birth date of the late Lee Kuan Yew – leader of Singapore who served as the country's first prime minister from 1959 to 1990.His birthday was hon