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New toothless, two-fingered dinosaur species discovered

Multiple skeletons of the dinosaur were found in Mongolia's Gobi Desert, offering critical clues about evolution.

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To fill funding gaps, VCs boost efforts to find India’s standout early-stage startups

After demonstrating scale, growth and financial improvement, one founder of a two-year-old agritech startup based in India told me that he’s now confronting a new challenge: Unlike his peers in

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Google’s Pixel 5 get reverse wireless charging and 5G for $699

Here it is, the centerpiece of this morning’s confusing-titled Launch Night In. The Pixel 5 is Google’s latest mobile flagship. Launching months after the budget-minded Pixel 4a (and same day as the

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After breach, Twitter hires a new cybersecurity chief

Following a high-profile breach in July, Twitter has hired Rinki Sethi as its new chief information security officer.Sethi most recently served as chief information security officer at cloud data mana

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FAO: Food losses in Sub-Saharan Africa hit 4 billion USD annually

A child wearing a face mask gets community free food in Johannesburg, South Africa, May 19, 2020. /Xinhua Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on Monday estimated that

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Canada's largest province reports high number of COVID-19 daily cases

Canada's largest province reports high number of COVID-19 daily cases./Getty Images Canada's largest province Ontario, reported 700 new coronavirus cases on Monday, a single day record for the

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ROK and U.S. to discuss DPRK's killing of ROK official

The Republic of Korea (ROK) and the United States will discuss the recent killing of an ROK official by Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) soldiers, Yonhap News Agency reported on Monday

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Huawei to open 2nd data center in Chile

Chinese technology giant Huawei on Wednesday announced it will open a second data center in Chile at the end of the year to support technological development and promot

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This is the newer, rounder $100 Amazon Echo

Amazon kicked things off at today’s big (virtual) hardware event in Seattle by introducing a very new and very round take on the Echo. The biggest change appears to be aesthetic, turning the sma

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Ohio-based collaboration service for biotech and pharma research, Within3, raises $100 million

Within3, a collaboration and communication service for the biotech and pharma industries, has raised over $100 million in new financing, the company said.The investment came from Insight Partners with

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Most Americans, people in 13 rich nations give U.S. poor virus rating

U.S. President Donald Trump at a press conference at the White House in Washington, DC, September 16, 2020. /VCG Americans and people in other 13 countries overwhelmingly believe the U.S. has

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UNCTAD calls for urgent measures to avoid another lost decade

COVID-19 has served as a reminder for a world mixed with opportunities and dangers, so it is the time to hammer out a plan for global recovery to avoid another lost decade, according to a report b

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Pentagon redirected pandemic funds to defense contractors

At least 10 of the about 30 contractors awarded with DPA funding also received money from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), the Post found.Jessica Maxwell, a spoke

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Britain makes trade deal with EU more difficult: Irish foreign minister

Britain is making it more difficult to reach a basic trade deal with the European Union by pushing through domestic legislation that undermines its international withdr

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Direct flight connection between Europe, Namibia resumes

VCG Image The first direct flight connection between Europe and Namibia since the official reopening of borders on Sept. 1 resumed on Sunday when a Eurowings flight landed at Namibia's flagshi

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Are high churn rates depressing earnings for app developers?

Ever since Apple opened up subscription monetization to more apps in 2016 — and enticed developers with an 85/15 split on revenue from customers that remain subscribed for more than a year — subscript

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Crover’s robot swims in grain silos to monitor environmental conditions

Crover’s robotic platform isn’t the sexiest or most exciting — particularly for a startup that began life with space travel in its sights. But the real future of robotics and automation lies in the du