Contact tracing teams who attempt to tell people to self-isolate before they have been infected are missing a quarter of cases.
Investor Chamath Palihapitiya made part of his fortune at Facebook, where he was a vice president for more than four years, leaving roughly one year before the company’s 2012 IPO.Though he has v
Chinese President Xi Jinping chairs the Extraordinary China-Africa Summit on Solidarity against COVID-19 and delivers a keynote speech at the event in Beijing, China, June 17, 2020. /Xinhua Ed
Players of Manchester City celebrate their team's third goal during the Premier League match against Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, UK, June 17, 2020. /VCG Manchester City had an
China's ambassador to the European Union has called for "communication and negotiation" to address trade disputes, especially to protect developing countries, after Brussels imposed tariffs on Chines
Apple’s App Store faces antitrust scrutiny, a private space company plans to install a satellite for lunar communication and Boston Dynamics expands availability of its iconic Spot robot.Here
Project management software maker Basecamp has launched a feature-packed hosted email service, called Hey — which they tout as taking aim at the traditional chaos and clutter of the email inbox.
My birthday was last month (still accepting belated greetings in the comments below). I was sick and sheltering in place, and my sister kindly gifted me a Cameo of Kids in the Hall/Newsradio star Dave
02:23 Beijing is on high alert after a cluster of new COVID-19 cases were found to be linked to Xinfadi, a major wholesale market that makes up 80 percent of Beijing's entire farm prod
Editor's note: Dr. John Gong is a professor at the University of International Business and Economicsand a research fellow at the Academy of China Open Economy Studies at UIBE. Dr. Xiaopeng Yin is
Uber stocks tumble after reports that it will lose out on acquiring Grubhub, Reddit appoints a new board member and Republican senators question the legal protections of large social media platforms.
After touching the 10,000-point milestone yesterday, the Nasdaq Composite set a new all-time intraday high this morning of 10,028.61, per Yahoo Finance.In more normal times this would be a fanfare mo
"We've seen more change in 10 weeks than we’ve seen in the previous 10 years."As global governments continue to wrestle with the knock-on effects of the pandemic, companies such as advertising giant
Yesterday evening, Vroom, a digital used car retailer, priced its IPO at $22 per share, a figure that was a full $7 above the low end of its first proposed IPO price range. The venture-backed firm fir
The TechCrunch crew has worked to keep tabs on this year’s startup accelerator classes. Conventional wisdom in startup land states that great companies are founded during more trying economic ti
The killing of George Floyd and the nationwide protests that resulted have been a major wake-up call for many with regards to the role of policing in the United States. Yesterday, Floyd’s hometown of
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio ended a nightly curfew on Sunday. /Reuters New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio ended a nightly curfew on Sunday, a day earlier than he had planned.The curfew