For two weeks, Boston Dynamics’ Spot robot has been walking the halls of local hospital Brigham and Women’s. Telemedicine wasn’t generally listed as one of the primary applications for the company’s f
In a story that’s become all too common these past few weeks and months, Magic Leap this morning announced that it will be laying off “a number of employees” across the country. The size and scope of
Facebook makes a $5.7 billion investment in Reliance Jio, Netflix’s latest quarter was even better than expected and Patreon lays off 30 employees.Here’s your Daily Crunch for April 22, 2
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has published guidance for the use of location data and contacts tracing tools intended to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.Europe’s data pr
U.S. President Donald Trump (R) and Dr. Anthony Fauci during the daily coronavirus task force briefing at the White House in Washington, April 5, 2020. /Reuters Editor's note:Tom Fowdy is a Br
As much of the world has ground to a temporary halt over stay at home orders, Amazon has continued churning. The retail giant is nothing if not an essential business for many in the U.S. and abroad, a
There are few more messages more timely than the opening line, “Dance your cares away, worry’s for another day” (or is it “worries?”). Today the familiar Fraggle Rock bass line returns, along with the
Aurora Cantone, an 18-year-old self-taught illustrator and comic artist based in Naples, Italy, says she was almost born with a pencil in her hand. Drawing is the way she expresses her feelings and a
Former Vice President Joe Biden at an event in Delaware. /AFP Editor's note:Tom Fowdy is a British political and international relations analyst and a graduate of Durham and Oxford universitie
Delegates from permanent missions of eight countries to the United Nations Office at Geneva visit a planting and farming class at the vocational education and training center in Moyu County of Ho
President Donald Trump listens during a conference call with banks on efforts to help small businesses during the coronavirus pandemic, at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, April 7, 2020. /
Wuhan, China. /VCG Editor's note:Tom Fowdy is a British political and international relations analyst and a graduate of Durham and Oxford universities. He writes on topics pertaining to China,
Every afternoon, Nami Moallem puts on a mask, wears a red band around his arm and checks residents' temperature at the front gate of a community with an infrared therm
TikTok is introducing a new set of parental controls to its platform to users worldwide, including in the U.S. The features, collectively referred to as “Family Pairing,” will allow parent
The Libra Association, the consortium created by Facebook to oversee all things Libra, has updated its white paper to make some changes. The association is abandoning its original plan to create a gl
The European Commission has published detailed guidance for Member States on developing coronavirus contacts tracing and warning apps.The toolbox, which has been developed by the e-Health Network wit
Jeff Bezos dropped Amazon’s annual shareholder letter today, as the world struggles through the throes of a global pandemic. Naturally, the company’s response to the on-going COVID-19 crisis took cent
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