New media poster child Substack announced today that they’ve added a small community-building consultancy team to its ranks, acquiring the Brooklyn-based startup People Company.The small firm ha
Over the past several years, institutional investors had largely shied away from China’s e-cigarette makers, an industry that was teeming with shoddy workshops and lacked regulatory oversight. B
Remote work is no longer a new topic, as much of the world has now been doing it for a year or more because of the COVID-19 pandemic.Companies — big and small — have had to react in myriad
Google today announced the launch of 40,000 new developer scholarships in Africa. Google will offer the scholarships — created in partnership with tech talent companies Pluralsight and Andela
The COVID-19 pandemic threw remote work into the spotlight, but tech companies have hired in other locations for years to deal with talent shortages. Arc announced today it is opening its remote hirin
A busy commuter train station is an unlikely place to find a haven for flowers, bees and hedgehogs.But a decade-old project in London bringing an eco-friendly combination of gardening, horticultur
Investment app StashAway has raised a $25 million Series D led by Sequoia Capital India, with participation from returning investors Eight Roads Ventures and Square Peg. After regulatory approvals for
01:23 Following its recent milestones in lunar exploration and ahead of the imminent landing of its first Mars probe, China is set to celebrate its sixth national Space
Iran's supreme leader on Wednesday dismissed initial offers at talks in Vienna to save Tehran's tattered nuclear deal as “not worth looking at,” attempting to pressure
Butter, a startup registered in Denmark but operating fully remote, is building an “all-in-one” platform for planning and running virtual workshops.Offering video software and other featur
More than 200 million people in India transact money digitally, but fewer than 30 million invest in mutual funds and stocks.An Indian startup that is attempting to change this figure by courting mille
Noor Riyadh, an annual light festival to exhibit illuminative artworks across the Saudi capital, will help discover and nurture local talents and artists, said an official at the Royal Commission for
01:39 China will raise the statutory retirement age in a gradual, flexible and differentiated manner as part of its efforts to adapt to an aging society, according to t
02:31 Cheung Shun King, a third-generation craftsman in Hong Kong, has been running his mahjongstore for more than 50 years. The store is named after his father and is regularly featur
02:18 Following the end of the Spring Festival, employers from garment factories lined up in Guangzhou's suburb Datang, one of south China's main textile hubs, hoping to hire workers.
We’re less than a week away from TC Sessions: Justice 2021, a deep, day-long exploration of diversity, inclusion and equity in tech. On Wednesday, March 3, leading experts, founders, social justice wa
By now you probably know that we’re hosting two TC Early Stage events this year — one on April 1-2 and another on July 8-9 — each with its own set of topics, speakers and content — both designed to he