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Governance and the fight against COVID-19

Editor's note:CGTN's First Voice provides instant commentary on breaking stories. The daily column clarifies emerging issues and better defines the news agenda, offering a Chinese perspective on t

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Microsoft pledges continued support against COVID-19

U.S. tech giant Microsoft Corporation Wednesday pledged to continue support for global efforts to battle the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak worldwide, despite its possible negative impact on its revenue

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Maersk supports China's coronavirus fight with logistics

00:56 Danish shipping group A.P. Moller-Maersk has been facilitating the delivery of medical supplies for areas hit by the coronavirus outbreak in China, Caroline Wu, managing director

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New California coronavirus case may be first instance of community spread in U.S.: health officials

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday confirmed a new case of coronavirus in northern California that could be a sign that the virus is spreading in a U.S. community.

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The 3D printer creating a meatless 'beef' steak

01:10 A food technology company in Barcelona, Spain has created a plant-based steak by using a 3D printer.Novameat created the world's first 3D-printed plant-based vegan "beef" steak i

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Microsoft predicts financial hit from coronavirus spread

A Microsoft logo seen in Los Angeles, California, U.S., November 7, 2017. /Reuters Microsoft on Wednesday lowered its revenue estimates for the current quarter, saying it will feel the impact

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3rd CIIE introduces "cloud signing" for 1st time amid epidemic

The third China International Import Expo (CIIE) introduced "cloud signing" for the first time on Wednesday afternoon due to the coronavirus epidemic. The impact of th

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Time for solidarity and international cooperation

Editor's note: EssamSharaf is the former prime minister of Egypt and a non-resident senior fellow of the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University of China. The article reflec

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‘Konami Code’ creator Kazuhisa Hashimoto has died

Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, then start. Sound familiar? The Konami Code, as this sequence came to be known, is one of the most recognizable artifacts of an earlier era of gamin

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Twitter opens its ‘Hide Replies’ feature to developers

Last November, Twitter rolled out its Hide Replies feature to all users worldwide. The feature, largely designed to lessen the power of online trolls to disrupt conversations, lets users decide which

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Storytelling community Wattpad embraces adult content with new personalization tools

Wattpad, the online storytelling community that’s home to some 80 million monthly users, has successfully tapped into the power of crowdsourcing to help uncover the next potential hits for media

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San Francisco declares state of emergency over possible spread of coronavirus

San Francisco Mayor London Breed on Tuesday declared a state of emergency for the city to heighten preparedness for the possible spread of the novel coronavirus as mor

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#Metoo: How the fall of Harvey Weinstein changed the world

Editor's note: Tom Fowdy is a British political and international relations analyst and a graduate of Durham and Oxford universities. He writes on topics pertaining to China, the DPRK, Britain and

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Fashionable upcycling: Turning trash into trends

02:19 A couple of months ago, the creators of JOA were post-graduates studying the future of fashion at the London College of Fashion. Now they are running a designer label that turns

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Investors bet millions on Microverse, a Lambda School for the developing world

The student loan crisis in the U.S. has left venture capitalists searching for novel approaches to financing higher education, but can the same systems designed for helping coders in Silicon Valley ge

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Daily Crunch: Amazon opens its first cashier-less grocery store

Amazon expands its Just Walk Out technology beyond convenience stores, Intuit acquires Credit Karma in its biggest acquisition ever and Grab raises hundreds of millions of dollars. Here’s your

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China to end multi-billion wildlife trade to prevent epidemics

China proposed major legislative changes to abolish wildlife consumption and trade, to prevent viral outbreaks like the ongoing coronavirus epidemic in the country.Consumption of wild animals as food