A European coalition of techies and scientists drawn from at least eight countries, and led by Germany’s Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute for telecoms (HHI), is working on contacts-tracing pr
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, the DPRK, Britain and
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, the DPRK, Britain and
Uber co-founder Garrett Camp is relinquishing his role as a board director and switching to board observer — where he says he’ll focus on product strategy for the ride hailing giant.Camp
Medical staff from Wuhan No. 1 Hospital bid farewell to medical supporters from Tianjin upon their leaving in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, March 21, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's
Muslim matchmaking app Muzmatch is getting (slightly) involved with video: It’s adding a button to enable users to request a video chat with a prospective match’s father.If the user impres
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, the DPRK, Britain, and
Boris Johnson has raised the prospect of stricter lockdown measures in a letter that will be sent to every household in the UK.The prime minister, who tested positive f
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, the DPRK, Britain, an
A staff member arranges masks at a medical equipment company in Suining, southwest China's Sichuan Province, March 6, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note: Tom Fowdy is a British political and internat
We had a great time hosting noted immigration attorney Sophie Alcorn on a live conference call with Extra Crunch members earlier this week.Sophie writes our “Dear Sophie” column, where she answers que
As part of its response to the public health emergency triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, the European Commission has been leaning on Europe’s telcos to share aggregate location data on their
Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the G20 Extraordinary Virtual Leaders' Summit on COVID-19 via video link in Beijing, China, March 26, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note: Tom Fowdy is a British p
Airbnb says it will subsidize housing for 100,000 workers at the front lines of COVID-19 care, Groupon gets a new CEO and Stripe invests in a universal checkout startup. Here’s your Daily Crunc
Microsoft today announced that it has acquired Affirmed Networks, a company that specializes in fully virtualized, cloud-native networking solutions for telecom operators.With its focus on 5G and edge
Mike Pompeo. /Reuters 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 Ch
Editor's note: Italy has been in lockdown for two weeks to contain the novel coronavirus pandemic. Eric J. Lyman, a freelance journalist and frequent contributor to Xinhua, reviews the two weeks in R
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