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China's Qi Guangpu wins long-awaited Olympic gold in men's aerials

China's Qi Guangpu won gold in the men's freestyle skiing aerials competition at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics in Zhangjiakou on Wednesday and finally got his long-a

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Sen. Bernie Sanders warns of 'drumbeats' of war in Washington

Sen. Bernie Sanders gave a speech on the Senate floor Thursday expressing grave concern over the "drumbeats" of war building in Washington, D.C., amid escalating tensio

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U.S. air travel still messy, with another 2,600 flights scrapped

Travelers wait in a TSA security line while making their way through Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida, December 28, 2021. /CFP Americans returning home from holiday travel had to

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Alpine skiing: Kilde continues super-G domination with win in Bormio

(L-R) Raphael Haaser, Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, and Vincent Kriechmayr celebrate at the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup in Bormio, Italy, December 29, 2021. /CFP Aleksander Aamodt Kilde of Norway won

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Twitter tests a safety feature on web to remove followers without blocking them

Twitter announced yesterday that it’s testing a feature on the web that makes it possible to remove followers without blocking them. Sometimes, users want to stop a follower from seeing their tw

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Chris Christie says Trump should move on and 'tell the truth' about the 2020 election

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said former President Donald Trump needs to "tell the truth" about the 2020 election and move on.Christie also had advice for the

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Sporting world mourns tragic death of Kenyan distance runner Agnes Tirop

Athletes, officials and other prominent figures in sports have paid tribute to Kenyan distance runner Agnes Tirop, who was found stabbed to death on Wednesday at her ho

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FIFA chief says Brazil game abandonment was 'crazy'

FIFA is investigating the abandonment of the Brazil-Argentina World Cup qualifier with its president Gianni Infantino labelling the incident "crazy," while Tottenham Ho

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FIFA chief says Brazil game abandonment 'crazy'

Players of Brazil and Argentina wait as their 2022 FIFA World Cup South American qualifier is suspended in Sao Paulo, Brazil, September 5, 2021. /CFP FIFA is investigating the abandonment of

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Shanghai to reduce students' homework this semester

Students do homework at school. /CGTNChina's primary and middle schools have opened in most parts of the country. But this semester is set to be different as education

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Daily Crunch: Fintech startup Jeeves snags $500M valuation after $57M Series B

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here.Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for September 3, 2021. As noted ye

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Report: India may be next in line to mandate changes to Apple’s in-app payment rules

Summer is still technically in session, but a snowball is slowly developing in the world of apps, and specifically the world of in-app payments. A report in Reuters today says that the Competition Com

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Daily Crunch: Researchers claim Fortress S03 home security system can be remotely disabled

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here.Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for September 1, 2021. It’s a big

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Our favorite startups from YC’s Summer 21 Demo Day, Part 2

From beaming actors into the class room to plucking things out of space, the second day of Y Combinator’s S21 Demo Day was a fresh snapshot of what nearly 200 startup teams believe is the future of in

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How a Vungle-owned mobile marketer sent Fontmaker to the top of the App Store

Does this sound familiar? An app goes viral on social media, often including TikTok, then immediately climbs to the top of the App Store where it gains even more new installs thanks to the heightened

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Berlin Brands Group, now valued at $1B+, raises $700M to buy and scale merchants that sell on marketplaces like Amazon

Berlin Brands Group — one of the new wave of e-commerce startups hoping to build lucrative economies of scale around buying up smaller brands that sell on marketplaces like Amazon and using tech

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Qin Gang: China- U.S. relations should focus on cooperation

Chinese Ambassador to the U.S. Qin Gang delivered a keynote speech at the welcome event by the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations Board of Directors. Qin mentioned that the extreme China p