A board indicates 'nil' available beds at the Lok Nayayak Jaiprakash Hospital in New Delhi, India, April 25, 2021. /Getty Editor's note: Tom Fowdy is a British political and international rela
04:27 Gloria's Grocery is a fixture of New Orleans, and just about everyone who pops in takes the time to chat with the owner, Gloria Hilliard, 81.She uses an old ceiling fan and props
You can always tell a system is broken when you change the inputs and the outcomes don’t improve. Any software engineer will tell you that.Using this metric, it’s clear the United States’ antiquated h
Apple was questioned on its inability to rein in subscription scammers on its App Store during yesterday’s Senate antitrust hearing. The tech giant has argued that one of the reasons it requires
While most startups today are creating software, not every upstart enterprise is taking a code-only approach to building a business. Some of today’s most ambitious startups are aiming quite a bi
The Internet of Things has a security problem. The past decade has seen wave after wave of new internet-connected devices, from sensors through to webcams and smart home tech, often manufactured in bu
A man holds a sign before U.S. Supreme Court. /Getty Editor's note: Sheldon Whitehouse is a U.S. Senator from Rhode Island. Hank Johnson is a U.S. Representative for Georgia's fourth congressi
Some of the most popular running apps are still lagging behind on security and privacy. That’s the verdict from security researchers who examined the leading running apps five years apart and fo
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga listens to a question from a reporter during a joint press conference with U.S. President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 16,
Tel Aviv’s Orca AI, a computer vision startup that can be retrofitted to cargo ships and improve navigation and collision avoidance, has raised $13 million in a Series A funding, taking its total rais
Restaurants rode a wave of usage of food delivery services like Deliveroo, Uber Eats and DoorDash in the last year, discovering new revenues and ways to connect with diners to offset the fact that in-
As AI improves, the possibilities of what we can do with the technology grow exponentially (for better or worse). Synthesia, an AI video generation platform, is looking to make video content creation
John Kerry, U.S. special presidential envoy for climate, listens during a news conference at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 27, 2021. /Getty Editor's note: Freddie Reidy is
The International Conference Center in Boao Town, Qionghai City, south China's Hainan Province. /Xinhua Editor's note:Timothy Kerswell is a research fellow at the Chinese University of Hong Ko
The global death toll from the coronavirus topped a staggering 3 million people Saturday amid repeated setbacks in the worldwide vaccination campaign and a deepening cr
Migrant families recently released from detention arrive at a bus depot in McAllen, Texas, U.S., May 16, 2019. /VCG Editor's note: Cyrus Hadavi is the CEO and Chairman of Adexa. Previously, he
Lettering CO2 and drawing planet earth from grass and moss. /Getty Editor's note: Keith Lamb is a University of Oxford graduate with an MSc degree in Contemporary Chinese Studies. His primary