Apple has reportedly warned Taiwanese suppliers to ensure shipments to China comply with a longstanding labeling regulation following House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s recent visit to Taipei. According to Nikkei (via The Guardian), the company recently told ma...
Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines.Alex and Grace are back to cover the biggest and most interesting technology, startup and markets news. Sitting as we a...
The news: Last month, Stanford’s Sewer Coronavirus Alert Network, or SCAN, added monkeypox to the suite of viruses it checks wastewater for daily. Since then, the virus has been detected in 10 of the 11 sewer systems that SCAN tests, including those in Sa...
Popular video calling and messaging app JusTalk claims to be both secure and encrypted. But a security lapse has proven the app to be neither secure nor encrypted after a huge cache of users' unencrypted private messages was found online.The messagin...
Automakers are frequently keen to show off self-driving concept cars without steering wheels, but Baidu is close to putting a vehicle like this on real-world roads. The tech giant has unveiled a new robotaxi, the Apollo RT6, with a removable steering whee...
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TikTok has begun a global restructuring of its business that includes layoffs, according to five people with knowledge of the process.The short-form video app, owned by Chinese parent company ByteDance, has rapidly expanded both its user base and workforc...
Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines.Alex and Grace are back to cover the biggest and most interesting technology, startup and markets news. Today was a fun...
Removing Chinese equipment from American wireless networks will cost more than anticipated. On Friday, Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel told Congress the agency needs an additional $3 billion to reimburse carriers that “rip...
You’d be hard pressed to find a game that doesn’t include some form of microtransactions these days, especially in mobile games. It just makes sense for gaming companies — an immensely lucrative source of revenue, the microtransactions market was worth at...
Asia In Brief Australia's government has scrapped an app that had been intended to replace paperwork for incoming visitors to the country.Commissioned last year with a AU$60 million ($41m) budget, the software developed by Accenture worked, but was n...
Some Beijing residents have lashed out at local COVID measures after they were required to wear electronic monitoring wristbands.The wristband, worn 24 hours a day for seven days straight, was issued to returning domestic travelers in the northern Beijing...
TikTok's global chief security officer (CSO) will step down from that position and shift into a strategic advisory role. Roland Cloutier's change in duties follows concerns about how the company is handling US user data. TikTok recently admitted...
Removing Chinese equipment from American wireless networks will cost more than anticipated. On Friday, Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel told Congress the agency needs an additional $3 billion to reimburse carriers that “rip...
TikTok's global chief security officer (CSO) will step down from that position and shift into a strategic advisory role. Roland Cloutier's change in duties follows concerns about how the company is handling US user data. TikTok recently admitted...
Crypto owners tend to be more generous when donating to charity than other investors, research shows. Whether that's because of their strong sense of community or because of the lucrative tax benefits of doing so is anyone's guess, but nonethele...
A company from China is ready to capture Japan's demand for autonomous service vehicles as robots play an increasingly important role to address the aging society's labor shortage.Pix Moving is joining hands with TIS, a publicly listed informati...
Asia In Brief Australia's government has scrapped an app that had been intended to replace paperwork for incoming visitors to the country.Commissioned last year with a AU$60 million ($41m) budget, the software developed by Accenture worked, but was n...
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy.The app industry continues to grow, with a record number of downloads and consumer spending across bo...
Exactly two weeks after Russia invaded Ukraine in February, Alexander Karp, the CEO of data analytics company Palantir, made his pitch to European leaders. With war on their doorstep, Europeans ought to modernize their arsenals with Silicon Valley’s help,...
Astrologer predicts that WW3 will last 9 years and 'everyone will lose'
In great news to start your day with, an astrologist has predicted that World War III could be started by a number of hugely influential countries and could last a staggering nine years, three years longer than World War II.Mhoni Vidente is an astrologer from Cuba who regularly shares her prediction...
Newlyweds fight after video is played at wedding of bride cheating with groom's relative
Wedding celebrations took a dramatic turn for one newly married couple after the groom revealed the bride had been cheating on him with her brother-in-law by playing an X-rated video of the two in bed together.In the clip, the newlyweds and their wedding party can be seen making their way toward the...
There’s No ‘Reset Password’ for Your DNA | Opinion
Access to genetic data should be tightly controlled, with a transparent and verifiable system of regulations in place to determine who may utilize such information and for what purposes.
Apple Stock Edges Higher Despite Cautious Smartphone Outlook From Supplier Foxconn
Foxconn, the world's biggest electronics manufacturer and Apple's most important supplier, posted better-than-expected second quarter earnings Wednesday but cautioned that waning smartphone demand would keep revenues in check heading into the autumn months
Hillary Clinton Trolls Donald Trump After FBI Raid, Latter Throws A Fit As Son Eric Whines
Former US Secretary of State and Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton trolled ex-President Donald Trump after an FBI raid on his Florida residence, implicitly reminding people of some of the reportedly brazenly destructive impacts of Trump's time in the public spotlight.
True destruction of food wastage revealed
As even the price of the humble spud skyrockets, Aussies are spending more time eating leftovers and less time taking out the bins.
A New Low for Antisemitism at the UN | Opinion
Just when you thought the United Nations could not stoop any lower in its relentless antisemitism, this past week, it reached a new despicable low, with obscene antisemitic comments made by a U.N. Human Rights Council official, alleging "the Jewish Lobby" controls social...
New Leadership Can Renew Canada’s Sense of Purpose
Canada is objectively one of the 12 or so most important countries in the world. But it still can’t explain exactly what its purpose is, other than to be more caring and sharing and kinder and gentler than the United States.
United States: the end of an illusion ofomnipotence
The United States still sees itself as the world’s one and only superpower… The reality is now quite different: for several years, the country has been undergoing a slow but inevitable decline.
Summary of C20 Working Group Dialogue
The C20 Indonesia Policy Dialogue is a dialogue between the C20 working group (WG) and related G20 representatives in conveying their recommendations
No, human brain did not shrink 3,000 years ago
Did the 12th century B.C.E. — a time when humans were forging great empires and developing new forms of written text — coincide with an evolutionary
AHA News: 12-Year-Old Is on Pacemaker No. 3
Jennifer and Patrick Tallquist were resting peacefully with their 1-day-old daughter, Abrielle, when a nurse entered their hospital room to give the newborn a test.
Deaths From Alzheimer’s Far More Common in Rural America
Death rates from Alzheimer's disease are particularly high in the rural United States, a preliminary study finds, highlighting a need for health care resources in traditionally under-served areas.
AHA News: Stroke May Lead to Lower Vitamin D
Low vitamin D levels do not lead to strokes but can result from them, according to the latest study that looks at the relationship between the two.
Coronavirus Cases Now Climbing in the Midwest
Midwestern states are starting to see surges in coronavirus cases, just as Southern and Western states are scrambling to contain their own outbreaks of COVID-19.
