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COVID-19 Vaccine: Fight against misinformation

05:06 The fast spread of unverified information on social media has become a huge problem in recent years. But now more than ever, spreading misinformation during a pandemic could very

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Stability & safety: That's what everyone wants

06:31 Editor's note:Mario Cavolo is a senior fellow at the Center for China and Globalization. In this video, he shares his own observations about China's development while refutes Wes

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Six million people have travelled through US airports before Christmas Eve despite rising Covid cases

More than 6 million passengers have travelled through airport security checkpoints within the week before Christmas.Despite warnings from health officials and overwhelm

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Use Git data to optimize your developers’ annual reviews

The end of the year is looming and with it one of your most important tasks as a manager. Summarizing the performance of 10, 20 or 50 developers over the past 12 months, offering personalized advice a

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ICYMI: The week's quirky news - Christmas edition

A diver in a Santa Claus suit swims in a fish tank at the Kaiyukan aquarium in Osaka, Japan, November 27, 2020. /Kyodo News via Getty Between travel restrictions, social distancing rules and l

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Ang Lee reflects on success of Crouching Tiger

It's physically impossible to get to the forest fight scene that takes place above a bamboo forest in the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and not let out some kind of verbal exclamation.Twenty

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How Zoox turned a failed Series C into the future

I often begin calls with founders by asking why they’re willing to bet their livelihoods on an idea that will most likely fail. It’s a small hack that lets me see how vulnerable a founder is, and how

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Googling for “Baby Yoda” will beam him into your living room via augmented reality

Google has been all about the fun little augmented reality Easter Eggs lately, with a bevy of search terms triggering Halloween-themed AR experiences back in October. Ghosts! Jack-o-lanterns! Dancing

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Google now lets you virtually try on makeup using AR, shop from influencer videos

If you’ve ever used a Snapchat or Instagram filter, you know that one of the popular use cases for AR (augmented reality) is to change up your appearance with virtual makeup — like a diffe

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Spryker raises $130M at a $500M+ valuation to provide B2Bs with agile e-commerce tools

Businesses today feel, more than ever before, the imperative to have flexible e-commerce strategies in place, able to connect with would-be customers wherever they might be. That market driver has now

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Look at what’s happening at day two of TC Sessions: Space 2020

Yesterday, day one of TC Sessions: Space 2020, was (brace yourself) out of this world. Bad puns aside, today’s lineup promises even more in-depth interviews, QAs and breakout sessions with the top exp

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Zoomin raises $21M for a platform to make fragmented product content troves easier to use

Technical manuals and other product content may not be the first things that come to mind when you are thinking of software. But if you’ve ever found yourself in a pickle or just need some help

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Table tennis grand slam champion Ding Ning on why she is still playing

Ding Ning, Chinese table tennis grand slam champion /CFPDing Ning, 30, is one of the most experienced members of the Chinese national table tennis team. She won a title

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Inside Zoox’s six-year ride from prototype to product

Zoox, the autonomous vehicle company that was acquired this year by Amazon, revealed this week the product of six years of work: A purpose-built self-driving vehicle designed to carry people — and som

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Scientists discover dinosaur that may have invented 'dress to impress'

The discovery sheds new light on how birds like peacocks inherited an ability to show off from their ancient dinosaur ancestors.

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Five ways you can help to reduce carbon emissions

03:13 From what you eat to your personal investments, we look at five ways that you can help reduce carbon emissions – five years on from the landmark Paris climate agreement.World lea

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Malalai Maiwand - 'Brave Afghan journalist with open eyes' shot dead

Screenshot of Afghani TV anchor Malala Maiwand in Enikass TV./ Reuters "A brave, top-notch journalist with open eyes," that's how Aziz Tassal, director of the Kabul Press Club, described 26-y