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Niantic is updating Pokémon Go and other titles to support indoor gaming

Niantic, the development company behind popular AR mobile games Pokémon Go and Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, is adapting its titles to support at-home gaming in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Typic

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Will the UK government's aid package protect the self-employed?

01:56 The UK government this week announced unprecedented measures to help self-employed workers during the COVID-19 crisis.The package enables those who are eligible to claim 80 perce

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Xavi keen to manage Barcelona if with 'total harmony'

Xavier Hernandez gives instructions during a FIFA Club World Cup match between Monterrey and Al-Sadd Sports Club in Doha, Qatar, December 14, 2019. /VCG Xavi Hernandez has reiterated his desir

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Blame risks infecting every one of us

Editor's note: Chris Hawke is a graduate of the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism and a journalist who has reported for over two decades from Beijing, New York, the United Nations, Tokyo, Ban

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Israeli parliament to choose new speaker amid double crisis

The Israeli parliament will select a new speaker on Thursday after the Supreme Court forced the vote amid an unprecedented challenge to Israeli democracy unfolding amid

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Huawei announces the P40 and tries to stay relevant without Google

Huawei has unveiled new flagship phones today, the P40, P40 Pro and P40 Pro+. These are beautiful phones with great specs. But it would only take you a few minutes to realize that there’s something od

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Public optimism doesn’t convert to checks, founders report

Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between.How quickly our world has changed. In late February, TechCrunch covered the news t

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Gloves are off: Trumpians turn to disinformation

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

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What are the rules wrapping privacy during COVID-19?

In a public health emergency that relies on people keeping an anti-social distance from each other to avoid spreading a highly contagious virus for which humans have no pre-existing immunity governmen

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Cherry blossoms for frontline medics in Wuhan

Springtime means cherry blossoms are in full bloom in Wuhan. But this year's atmosphere is different due to the epidemic.With new COVID-19 cases in decline, many medica

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Wag! CEO Garrett Smallwood explains his firm’s ‘radically different path to profitability’

Wag!, the petcare company known for connecting pet owners with local dog walkers, has recently undergone a series of sweeping changes.In late November, after I was named the new CEO, my management tea

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Brooklyn Nets, NBPA defend testing players for COVID-19

Logo of the Brooklyn Nets on the wall of the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. /VCG The Brooklyn Nets, which just learnt the terrible news of four of their players testing positive for CO

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Storj brings low-cost decentralized cloud storage to the enterprise

Storj, a startup that developed a low-cost, decentralized cloud storage solution, announced a new version today called Tardigrade Decentralized Cloud Storage Service.The new service comes with an ente

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When the ‘dry powder’ disappears

Venture capitalists have raised record-breaking funds in recent years, but that doesn’t always mean the money is there for them when they want it. In extreme downturns, limited partners or LPs &

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Why investors not rushing to stocks when helicopter money is coming?

VCG Editor's Note: The series – COVID-19 Economic Analysis consists of articles expressing experts and scholars' analysis of the global macro and micro economy amid the coronavirus outbreak. T

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Kevin Durant among Brooklyn Nets players to test positive for COVID-19

Kevin Durant speaks to the media during Brooklyn Nets Media Day at HSS Training Center, New York City, September 27, 2019. /VCG Kevin Durant is reportedly among the four Brooklyn Nets players

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Trump supports direct cash payments to public in COVID-19 response

01:10 U.S. President Donald Trump wants the government to send checks directly to Americans in the next two weeks in an effort to curb the economic impact of the COVID-19 outbreak.Trea