Screenshot of an official blog post by Twitter explaining the reason for the suspension of U.S. President Donald Trump's Twitter account. Editor's note:Keith Lamb is a University of Oxford gr
The UK government expects "significant additional disruption" to trade and the movement of goods in the coming weeks, minister Michael Gove has admitted. A key ally of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, G
Google’s plan to end support for third party cookies in the Chrome browser and its Chromium engine is under investigation by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).The antitrust
F5, the applications networking company announced today that it is acquiring Volterra, a multi-cloud management startup for $500 million. That breaks down to $440 million in cash and $60 million in de
RedHat today announced that it’s acquiring container security startup StackRox . The companies did not share the purchase price.RedHat, which is perhaps best known for
It was hard not to feel emotional today, as the world watched for more than four hours as rioters stormed into and throughout the Capitol building in Washington to disrupt the certification of the ele
Editor's note: Bilal Jafar is an independent economist and international financial markets analyst. He holds an MBA in finance and has a special interest in writing about emerging markets and Chin
New collection offers complete view of late writer Wang Zengqi's literary legacy, Yang Yang reports.A new 20-volume collection of the late Chinese writer Wang Zengqi's works has been recently
OpenAI’s latest strange yet fascinating creation is DALL-E, which by way of hasty summary might be called “GPT-3 for images.” It creates illustrations, photos, renders, or whatever m
On New Year’s Eve, TechCrunch Japan’s Editor-in-Chief Hirohide Yoshida passed away at age 49. In addition to being a tremendously valuable member of our international team who helped build the site’s
Over the next few weeks, the venture capital industry will compile and release data concerning its Q4 2020 performance, capping a year that saw the world of private capital freeze, thaw and burn.But w
International authors and translators visit Shanghai during an event hosted by Webnovel in mid-November. [Photo provided to China Daily] Almas Ilyas, a Pakistani, would never have imagined she
Welcome to 2021, a year that could extend 2020’s startup market disruptions and excesses — or change patterns that previously performed well for early-stage tech companies and their investors.Th
One Way Ventures, a venture capital firm that backs immigrant founders, has closed its second fund at $57.5 million. The close comes three years after One Way announced its debut fund, a $28 million i
A UK district court judge has refused to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the US.In a hearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court this morning, Judge Vaness
Northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region has adopted digital technology to preserve ancient cliff carvings and paintings on the brink of disappearance.More than
Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region has adopted digital technology to preserve ancient cliff carvings and paintings on the brink of disappearance.Protection workers have scanned more t