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Atlassian launches a $50M venture fund to invest in its ecosystem

Atlassian today announced the launch of Atlassian Ventures, a new $50 million fund that will invest into startups — and even more established companies — that are building products in the

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Canada's health minister praises China's handling of COVID-19

A paramedic transports a COVID-19 patient to Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, Canada, April 17, 2020. /Reuters Canada's Health Minister Patty Hajdu has praised China's handling of the COVID-19

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HKSAR unveils $3 billion package to fight COVID-19, prop up economy

File aerial photo shows the scenery on both sides of the Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong, south China. /Xinhua Hong Kong announced Tuesday its third round of anti-epidemic funding worth about 24

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Coronavirus: Facebook and NHS team up for blood donations

People with black heritage and men are being targeted in particular due to a lack of donors from these groups.

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Sternum raises $6.5M Series A on its IoT security bet

If we have learned anything from the mass production of cheap internet-connected devices is that security was an afterthought. Default passwords are the norm and security flaws aren’t patched, l

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JFrog’s IPO strong initial price range values it ahead of the larger Sumo Logic

Despite the public markets posting a few days of losses, the IPO wave continues to crest as a number of well-known technology companies line up to float their equity on American exchanges. Most recent

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Find out what’s new with the upgraded Disrupt 2020 Digital Pass

We’re just days away from Disrupt 2020, a tech summit of (literally) global proportions. It’s our biggest Disrupt ever, stretching over five days — September 14-18. We’ve packed the conference agenda

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Tesla shares drop sharply in broader tech selloff, falling 17% in morning trading

Last Thursday and Friday’s public market selloff has stretched into this week, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite off 2.5% this morning. But while tech shares are down broadly to start the hol

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India reports global daily record of new coronavirus cases

India added more than 90,000 cases of the novel coronavirus on Sunday, a global daily record, according to data from the federal health ministry.There were 90,632 new c

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South Korea reports lowest daily tally in three weeks

00:33 South Korea has reported 168 new coronavirus cases, the lowest daily tally in three weeks. It comes after the country tightened social distancing rules to blunt a second wave of

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New cases jump as global COVID-19 count passes 25 million

More than 25 million people around the world have been infected with COVID-19 and 842,702 have died, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.While Europe is no longer the

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Hungary's daily COVID-19 infections hit record high

People visit the 'Memorial of National Unity' commemorating the Trianon treaty, in Budapest, Hungary, August 20, 2020. /Reuters The number of registered coronavirus infections in Hungary rose

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Fans return to stadium in England for first time in almost six months

A general view inside the Amex Stadium during the friendly match between Brighton and Hove Albion and Chelsea in Brighton, Britain - August 29, 2020, as fans are allowed into a stadium following

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SoftBank to slash wireless carrier stake to 40 percent

A woman using a mobile phone walks past the logo of SoftBank Corp in Tokyo, Japan, May 11, 2015. /Reuters SoftBank Group Corp said on Friday it planned to slash its exposure to wireless carrie

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Synthetic biology startups are giving investors an appetite

There’s a growing wave of commercial activity from companies that are creating products using new biological engineering technologies.Perhaps the most public (and tastiest) example of the promis

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Film, TV production halted in S. Korea due to COVID-19 resurgence

Entertainment companies, including Netflix, have suspended production of TV series and films in South Korea, as coronavirus cases in the country surge again.Local enterprises, such as CJ ENM, JTBC, a

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France delays launch of 100 billion euro virus recovery plan

The Arc de Triomphe is seen from the Eiffel Tower on the day of the reopening of the top floor in Paris, France on July 15, 2020. /VCG The French government said Saturday that it will unveil a