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Germany to host conference on Libya peace talks in Berlin

FILE PHOTO: Turkish lawmakers vote a bill that allows troop deployment to Libya, at the Parliament in Ankara, Turkey, January 2, 2020. /Reuters Berlin hopes to get all international players to

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Joby Aviation raises $590 million led by Toyota to launch an electric air taxi service

Joby Aviation has raised a $590 million Series C round of funding, including $394 million from lead investor Toyota Motor Corporation, the company announced today. Joby is in the process of developin

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23andMe co-founder’s new startup, Precise.ly, brings genomics to India through Narayana partnerhsip

Precise.ly, the new genomics startup launched by 23andMe co-founder Linda Avey and Aneil Mallavarapu, is taking its spin on direct to consumer personalized genomics to India through a partnership with

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NextNav raises $120M to deploy its indoor positioning tech to find people in skyscrapers

NextNav LLC has raised $120 million in equity and debt to commercially deploy an indoor-positioning system that can pinpoint a device’s location — including what floor it’s on — without GP

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Collaborative Fund just hired a former top Goldman Sachs investor to do later-stage deals

Collaborative Fund emerged on the scene nearly 10 years ago to fund seed-stage and, as time passed, early-stage startups, many of them in New York, where the firm is based.Apparently, the firm has amb

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Google’s new feature makes it easier to shop from search results

Following the big revamp of Google Shopping last fall, Google today is updating the shopping experience on Google Search, on mobile. Now, when you do a web search for clothing and accessories, you won

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Kadena fulfills hybrid blockchain vision with launch of public chain

For the last few years blockchain startup Kadena, has been working on a vision of bringing blockchain to the enterprise. Today it announced the final piece of that vision with the launch of the Kadena

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Customer data platform ActionIQ raises $32M

ActionIQ co-founder and CEO Tasso Argyros knows that there are plenty of companies promising to help businesses use their customer data to deliver personalized experiences — as he put it, “The s

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Google finally brings its security key feature to iPhones

More than half a year after Google said Android phones could be used as a security key, the feature is coming to iPhones.Google said it’ll bring the feature to iPhones in an effort to give at-ri

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China to ensure economic growth within reasonable range: Premier Li

China will continue to maneuver its macro-control policies and boost the market expectation in 2020 to ensure economic growth will remain within a reasonable range, Pr

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Iranian FM says European trigger of dispute mechanism "legally baseless"

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the move by Britain, France and Germany (E3) to trigger dispute resolution mechanism in the 2015 nuclear deal with I

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Fraudster claiming to be from Amazon dupes two people out of £15,000

UK-wide, Action Fraud has received over 200 reports about such incidents since September - with victims losing at least £400,000.

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Turkey and Italy call for permanent Libya ceasefire after Ankara talks

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, left, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held bilateral talks in the Turkish capital Ankara. (Credit: AP/Burhan Ozbilici) Turkish President Recep

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Bezos announces $1 bln investment in India as local traders cry foul

Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon, attends a company event in New Delhi, India, January 15, 2020. /Reuters Photo Angry local Indian traders vowed Wednesday to stage protests against the world's ri

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Being rich helps you stay healthy for longer

A new study found that the wealthiest people live many more years free from disability than those who are the poorest.

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At Least Five Rockets Land Near Iraq Base Hosting US Forces - Reports

A US-led military coalition said to be backing the Iraqi government in its fight against Daesh terrorists has been training Iraqi army forces for several months at a mi

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Paper-rich startup employees look for ‘pre-wealth’ help to lock down stock options

For Silicon Valley’s potential startup millionaires, compensation packages staked on future promises of wealth are where the action is, but what happens when these employees get laid off or have