text

TikTok launches Donation Stickers, allowing creators to fundraise for coronavirus relief efforts

TikTok is making it easier for creators and their fans to donate to favorite charities amid the coronavirus pandemic. The company today announced the launch of a new, interactive feature, Donation Sti

text

Navarro's disappointing buck-passing accusations

White House Director of Trade Policy Peter Navarro (C) after speaking on Fox News at the White House in Washington, DC, June 4, 2018. /VCG Editor's note: The following article is taken from th

text

Greek artists give truck-top concert to Athenians under COVID-19 lockdown

The ban on concerts amidst the COVID-19 lockdown in Greece has not kept singer Alkistis Protopsalti and her band away from their fans. The vocalist, one of the most acclaimed and popular singers in

text

New research estimates COVID-19 "silently" spreading in U.S. "far earlier" than Americans knew

A healthcare worker looks out of the window of a tent in front of Brooklyn Hospital Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York, the United States, on April 24, 2020. (P

text

Chinese envoy calls for int'l support for Sudan

A Chinese envoy on Friday called for an end to unilateral sanctions against Sudan as well as international support for the country in face of COVID-19. The international community should watch close

text

Broadway sees once-in-a-lifetime closures during COVID-19 spread

Businesses deemed "non-essential" across the U.S. remain temporarily shut during the pandemic. That includes New York City's centuries-old theaters, which had close to

text

U.S. Fed balance sheet increases to record 6.62 trillion USD

VCG The Federal Reserve's balance sheet increased to a record 6.62 trillion U.S. dollars this week as the central bank used its nearly unlimited buying power to soak up assets to keep markets

text

Toddler hears for first time after aid switched on remotely during lockdown

The coronavirus outbreak forced medics to perform the activation over the internet instead.

text

6 investment trends that could emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic

While some U.S. investors might have taken comfort from China’s rebound, we still find ourselves in the early innings of this period of uncertainty.Some epidemiologists have estimated that COVID-19 ca

text

Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator reboots its incubation program with 16-member cohort

The Los Angeles Cleantch Incubator is rebooting its incubator program and moving from rolling applications to a cohort model beginning with sixteen new startups. Los Angeles’ not-for-profit incu

text

Google adds a universal watchlist for movies and TV to Google Search

Google is adding a new feature to Search that will help you keep track of all the TV shows and movies you want to watch during these long weeks at home. The company had already been offering personali

text

Google Meet launches improved Zoom-like tiled layout, low-light mode and more

Google Meet, like all video chat products, is seeing rapid growth in user numbers right now, so it’s no surprise that Google is trying to capitalize on this and is quickly iterating on its prod

text

Betterment adds checking and savings products

Betterment, the New York-based automated advisory service for wealth management, is adding FDIC-insured checking and savings account services through partnerships with several banks.“It’s the cu

text

Italy postpones local, regional elections amid coronavirus outbreak

Local and regional elections originally scheduled for next month have been postponed until at least September. This is the latest change in Italy's political and cultural landscape due to the co

text

Ecuador reports 456 deaths and 9,022 confirmed cases of COVID-19

A driver wearing a mask is seen through a bus window in Quito, Ecuador, March 15, 2020.(Photo by Santiago Armas/Xinhua)The Ecuadorian vice minister of governance and he

text

Leaked pics reveal Google smart debit card to rival Apple’s

Would you pay with a “Google Card?” TechCrunch has attained imagery that shows Google is developing its own physical and virtual debit cards. The Google card and associated checking accou

text

Trump unveils guidelines to reopen economy disrupted by pandemic

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday unveiled guidelines for a phased reopening of parts of the U.S. economy disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. "Our experts say th