Editor's note:David Lee is a Beijing-based consultant and author mainly writing about energy, health, international politics and international development. The article reflects the author's opinio
It’s no secret I’m a fan of the reMarkable, a tablet with a paper-like display that’s focused on text and sketching rather than rich media and games. The sequel to the original, anno
With nearly 14,000 confirmed cases and more than 700 deaths, Iran has been one of the countries hardest hit by COVID-19. The country’s medical response to the crisis ha
Apple and Goldman Sachs will allow Apple Card holders to skip their March payment without incurring interest by signing up for a Customer Assistance Program, Apple is informing its customers. Existing
Varsity Tutors, the edtech company looking to connect students with tutors live and on-demand, is today releasing a free product called Virtual School Day for students and parents, as schools close ac
GitHub, the developer repository owned by Microsoft, made a little deal of its own this morning when it bought JavaScript packaging vendor npm for an undisclosed amount.As GitHub CEO Nat Friedman wro
Doxzoo proudly says on its website that your “documents are in safe hands.” But for some time, that wasn’t true.The U.K. printing company left its customer files on a cloud storage b
Amid strengthened efforts to contain the novel coronavirus pandemic, Beijing customs authorities on Monday stressed that people leaving or entering China should truthfu
Two women walk in front of Milan cathedral, which has been closed following the explosion of COVID-19 cases in Italy. /AFP Photo Editor's note:John Ross, is a senior fellow at Chongyang Instit
We’ve got a barrage of news related to the COVID-19 pandemic, while Comscore partners with Twitch and the ACLU sues over facial recognition in airports. Here’s your Daily Crunch for March
Speedinvest, a seed-stage VC headquartered in Vienna with offices in London, Berlin, Munich and San Francisco, recently disclosed a new €190 million fund that brings the firm’s total assets under mana
American-listed shares are off sharply this morning, falling after a steep selloff yesterday was not staunched by a presidential address. The declines echo what happene
Evangelos Marinakis, owner of Olympiacos and Nottingham Forest, looks on prior to the UEFA Europa League round of 32 first-leg match between Olympiacos FC and Arsenal FC in Piraeus, Greece, Febru
Felicis Ventures, the early-stage, Menlo Park-based venture firmed founded nearly 15 years ago by Aydin Senkut, has closed its seventh and newest fund with $510 million in capital commitments.ThatR
On a sunny morning in early March, Laurent Ban recalled a rainy day in February when he was preparing to record a song with his fellow musicians in a studio in Paris, to send a message of support to
01:27 Localization and digitalization are necessary strategies for multinationals to cope with the disruption of novel coronavirus to global supply chain, said Dieter Beste, vice chair
A stopover passenger from the Republic of Korea (ROK) now being quarantined in Shanghai wrote a message of thanks, showing gratitude toward a raft of heartwarming meas