Earlybird Digital East Fund — a fund associated with Germany’s Earlybird VC, but operating separately — has launched a €200m ($242m) successor fund. The fund’s focus will remain the same as before: a
Facebook plays hardball in Australia, Epic Games expands its fight against Apple and New York’s attorney general sues Amazon. This is your Daily Crunch for February 17, 2021.The big story: Faceb
Dapr, the Microsoft-incubated open-source project that aims to make it easier for developers to build event-driven, distributed cloud-native applications, hit its 1.0 milestone today, signifying the p
Since last year, we’ve been tracking the growing list of capitalists who got into the SPAC game. You can read an interview we conducted with Amish Jani, the co-founder of FirstMark Capital, abou
A boy plays with his sister next to red lanterns that were put up for Chinese New Year to mark the Year of the Ox in a commercial area in Beijing, February 11, 2021. /Getty Editor's note: Timo
Shell’s plan to roll out 500,000 electric charging station in just four years is the latest sign of an EV charging infrastructure boom that has prompted investors to pour cash into the industry
Royal Dutch Shell Group, one of the largest publicly traded oil producers in the world, just laid out its plan for how the company will survive in a zero-emission, climate conscious world.It’s a
Since M-Pesa’s mobile money infrastructure came into play in 2007, there has been a proliferation of fintech services ranging from wallets to savings and loans. With this mobile money ecosystem
The lead data supervisor for a slew of tech giants in the European Union, including Apple, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, TikTok and Twitter, is still relying on Lotus Notes to manage complaints and inve
In hindsight, Dayna Grayson and Rachel Holt didn’t have the best timing. It was late in 2019 when the two, both Washingtonians who met six years ago through a mutual acquaintance, decided to act
Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial is opening this week with a sense of urgency — by Democrats who want to hold the former president accountable for the v
SoftBank reported earnings today, including the performance of its $98.6 billion Vision Fund. The numbers were enticing given the recent exit of DoorDash, which returned billions to SoftBank and repre
Editor's note: Siddharth Chatterjee is the United Nations Resident Coordinator (designated) to China. The article reflects the author's opinions and not necessarily the views of CGTN.As 2021 begin
A scene from a programme on CGTN. /Getty Editor's note:Jonathan Arnott is a former member of the European Parliament. The article reflects the author's opinions, and not necessarily the views
Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, has urged
Gab CEO Andrew Torba said Donald Trump does not use the platform, after false reports suggested otherwise.Multiple media outlets, including Insider, incorrectly reporte
A health worker takes selfie after receiving a dose of China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine during mass vaccination program for health workers as the main priority group in Jakarta, Indonesia, Februa