California Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Wednesday a new contract with China's BYD Company to produce 120 million N95 respirators and 300 million surgical masks as the number of confirmed cases
A TikTok logo is displayed on a smartphone in this illustration taken January 6, 2020. /Reuters TikTok has been in discussions with the UK government over the past few months to locate its hea
02:30 Health experts in the UK have warned that more coronavirus outbreaks should be expected at farms and other businesses where people live and work together in close proximity.It fo
Ahead of the upcoming online-only version of its big annual conference, GDC commissioned a survey of 2,500 game developers to determine how the industry is coping with the ongoing impact of the COVID-
Hit by COVID-19 pandemic, the global aviation industry is in financial trouble and has been trying every means to increase revenue and reduce expenditure. British Airways, for example, has decided
The new research emphasised the importance of population forecasts as a “planning and risk management tool” for governments, businesses, and individuals to chart their
Optimizely, a San Francisco-based startup that popularized the concept of A/B testing, has laid off 15% of its staff, the company confirmed in a statement to TechCrunch. The layoff impacts around 60 p
SocialChorus, a startup that helps distribute communications internally in a similar way marketers reach customers externally, announced a $100 million investment today led by Sumeru Equity Partners.
Logo of Calvin Klein watches is seen at the Baselworld watch and jewelry fair in Basel, Switzerland, March 26, 2018. /Reuters PVH Corp said on Tuesday it would cut 450 jobs in North America an
As the population shrinks in many parts of the world, Nigeria – a developing country with a raging young workforce – could become the ninth-largest global economy, drastically changing the world o
In his first Bastille Day interview, President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday promised that France is ready for a second epidemic wave and his team will follow a "new path" based on social dialogue to a
China has toughened its stance on unlawful practices in the financial market with concrete measures in the pipeline to better protect investors. China's financial regu
A woman walks past the Royal Albert Hall in London, Britain, on July 7, 2020. (Photo by Tim Ireland/Xinhua) "The British people voted to take back control of our borders and introduce a new points-ba
Over the last few months, just about any tech company that can go remote has gone remote.Are companies adopting remote for the long haul, or is it just a holdover until they can get people back in the
Higher education is being transformed by COVID-19, but it goes beyond universities simply “going remote” to try and cope. The changes afoot are holistic, transformative and a long time com
After aggressive cost-cutting measures, including mass layoffs and selling several of its businesses, WeWork’s chairman expects the company to have positive cash flow in 2021. Marcelo Claure, who bec
Disinfecting an Emirates Airbus A380 in Dubai, UAE, March 5, 2020. /Emirates Airline Emirates airline has cut a tenth of its workforce during the novel coronavirus pandemic in layoffs that cou