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American's gun obsession

A gun reform rally at the Colorado State Capitol, March 28, 2021, Denver, Colorado, U.S. /Getty Editor's note: Ray Baker is an adjunct professoratTowson University. The article reflects the a

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Facebook, Instagram users can now ask ‘oversight’ panel to review decisions not to remove content

Facebook’s self-styled ‘Oversight Board’ (FOB) has announced an operational change that looks intended to respond to criticism of the limits of the self-regulatory content-moderation

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IonQ now supports IBM’s Qiskit quantum development kit

IonQ, the trapped ion quantum computing company that recently went public via a SPAC, today announced that it is integrating its quantum computing platform with the open-source Qiskit software develop

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Benin's presidential election begins

A polling station officer gives hydro-alcoholic gel against COVID-19 to a voter at a polling station in Pahou, Benin, April 11, 2021. Benin's presidential election kicked off on Sunday. (Photo by

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The 2022 Mercedes-Benz EQS stakes its claim on a luxury, electric future

A day spent driving a pre-production 2022 Mercedes Benz EQS provided an up-close look at what the German automaker has been doing with the billions of dollars it has dedicated to electrification.The E

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Sidelines | Be reminded, even a marathon has an end

Sidelines is a column by CGTN's Social Media DeskI wasn't enthusiastic when headlines about the Tokyo Olympics were mostly concerned with ballooned investment rather than an outright cancellation, an

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Cleo Capital is targeting $20 million for Fund II

Cleo Capital, a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Sarah Kunst, is raising up to $20 million for its second fund, according to a source familiar with the matter. A recent SEC filing shows that Cl

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Countries worldwide hit new records for virus cases, deaths

Cemetery workers in protective gear lower the coffin of a person who died from complications related to COVID-19 into a grave at the Vila Formosa cemetery in Sao Paulo, Brazil, April 7, 2021. /AP

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Gillmor Gang: Days Go By

You may ask yourself, say the Talking Heads. What is this thing working from anywhere? Or as Google says, work from right here in the office. As the vaccines roll on out, some of us are just not ready

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Pandemic reveals limitations of U.S. healthcare system: researchers

A nurse watches an ambulance driving away outside Elmhurst Hospital during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease in New York, U.S., April 20, 2020. /Reuters The pandemic has made apparent th

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Ang Lee to be the first Chinese awarded BAFTA's highest honor

Ang Lee attends a discussion in San Francisco, U.S., October 2, 2019. /CFP Ang Lee, the Oscar-winning director of "Life of Pi"and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," will be the first Chinese t

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The anti-imperialist struggle is alive and well in the 21st century

/VCG Editor's note:Andrew Korybko is a Moscow-based American political analyst. The article reflects the author's views and not necessarily those of CGTN.Western history books are wrong when w

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Tides of change: Shenzhen powers China's smart city drive

Shenzhen, the tech powerhouse in south China's Guangdong Province, has digitized most government administrative affairs in recent years as China forges ahead with smart

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U.S. Supreme Court backs Google over Oracle in major copyright case

Google's company office in New York, U.S. /Reuters The U.S. Supreme Court handed Google a major victory on Monday, ruling that its use of Oracle's software code to build the Android operating

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U.S. Supreme Court backs Google over Oracle in major copyright case

Google's company office in New York, U.S. /Reuters The U.S. Supreme Court handed Google a major victory on Monday, ruling that its use of Oracle's software code to build the Android operating

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Lightning strikes to spark more Arctic fires: study

Lightning strikes inside the Arctic circle may double this century, sparking widespread tundra fires and increasing the risk of setting off the carbon time bomb held within permafrost, new researc

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Knotel co-founder leaves company, describes investor Newmark as ‘a stalking horse’

Earlier this year, we covered the demise of flexible workspace operator Knotel.The once high-flying startup had just announced it had filed for bankruptcy and that its assets were being acquired by in