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Why did Biden compare the U.S. Indo-Pacific military presence to NATO?

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., April 28, 2021. /VCG Editor's note: Andrew Korybko is a Moscow-base

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The art of the possible: Politics and the China-Germany online summit

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 of CGTN.Politics is the "art of the

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MoviePass co-founder’s PreShow Interactive raises $3M to expand into gaming

PreShow Interactive is giving gamers a new way to earn in-game currency in exchange for watching ads — a concept that’s become familiar in mobile games but hasn’t really made much headway

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The TechCrunch Survey of Dutch tech hubs: Calling Delft, Eindhoven, Rotterdam, Utrecht

TechCrunch is embarking on a major new project to survey European founders and investors in cities outside the larger European capitals.Over the next few weeks, we will ask entrepreneurs in these citi

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Hacking my way into analytics: A creative’s journey to design with data

Growing up, did you ever wonder how many chairs you’d have to stack to reach the sky?No? I guess that’s just me then.As a child, I always asked a lot of “how many/much” questions. Some were legitimate

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An anatomy of Biden's first 100 days in office

U.S. President Joe Biden (center) exits after speaking during a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 28, 2021. /Getty Editor's note:Yuan Sha is an ass

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Netflix launches its shuffle feature, now called ‘Play Something,’ to users worldwide

Netflix today is officially launching a feature that will make it easier to find something to watch when you’re stuck browsing and unable to make a decision. The service is introducing a tool ca

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Getting narrative right on counter-espionage security work regulations

Counter-espionage Law of the People's Republic of China. /XinhuaEditor's note: Hamzah Rifaat Hussain is a former visiting fellow of the Stimson Center in Washington, D.

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Big tech earnings in less than 500 words

This afternoon Alphabet and Microsoft and Pinterest reported their quarterly earnings results for the first three months of 2021. Microsoft and Pinterest have rapidly lost value after reporting their

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Language learning startup Toucan raises $4.5M

Toucan, a startup that helps users learn a new language while they browse the web, is announcing that it has raised an additional $4.5 million in seed funding.As I wrote last fall, the Santa Monica, C

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Historical tragedies mustn't be exploited for current political gain

Getty Editor's note: Andrew Korybko is a Moscow-based American political analyst. The article reflects the author's views and not necessarily those of CGTN.CNN reported that Joe Biden became t

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SLAIT’s real-time sign language translation promises more accessible online communication

Sign language is used by millions of people around the world, but unlike Spanish, Mandarin or even Latin, there’s no automatic translation available for those who can’t use it. SLAIT claim

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Historical tragedies mustn't be exploited for current political gain

Getty Editor's note: Andrew Korybko is a Moscow-based American political analyst. The article reflects the author's views and not necessarily those of CGTN.CNN reported that Joe Biden became t

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What Europe's attitude towards the future means for the world

Paper butterflies with the EU flag, American and Chinese national flags. /Getty Editor's note: Amin Bagheri is a research fellow at the International Studies Association in Tehran. His primary

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Why is a Japanese expert against Fukushima's radioactive water dump?

04:20 Editor's note: The Japanese government's decision to discharge nuclear polluted water in Fukushima Prefecture into the sea has drawn widespread criticism. While Japan's Environmen

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YC-backed Kidato raises $1.4M seed to scale its online school for K-12 students in Africa

In public schools across Africa, classrooms are often overcrowded and this affects how teachers and students interact. The large classroom creates too much work for teachers leaving students’ in

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Albania's president lambastes US ambassador on TV talk show

Albania's president has accused the U.S. ambassador of intervening in the small European country’s internal affairs by supporting its prime minister in an upcoming parl