Chinese space station’s Tiangong-2 has officially ended its mission, and the orbital research facility’s entire existence. The platform de-orbited and burned up as planned at just after 9 AM ET… Read more »
China is BMW’s largest market, and the German automaker knows in order to capture the country’s demanding consumers, its future models must support robust autonomous driving capability. But to build… Read more »
VertoFX, an Africa and emerging markets focused currency trading and payment startup, has raised a $2.1 million seed round, led by Accelerated Digital Ventures. The London based company, with a… Read more »
The final hours for China’s Tiangong-2 space station are at hand, as the 8-ton piece of hardware will fall to earth, or rather sea, some time in the next 20… Read more »
Cyrus Radfar Contributor Cyrus Radfar is the founding partner at V1 Worldwide. More posts by this contributor Amazon isn’t to blame for the Postal Service’s woes, but it will need… Read more »
As Facebook continues to lay the foundation for getting some of the world’s largest payment processing and technology companies a seat at the global monetary policy table, the company faces… Read more »
Facebook is leaning on fears of China exporting its authoritarian social values to counter arguments that it should be broken up or slowed down. Its top executives have each claimed… Read more »
Chinese startups continue to weather tough times as private investors, caught in a cash crunch, are concentrating money into fewer deals. China’s deal-making activity for startups in the six months… Read more »
Two years have passed since Snap Inc first struck a deal with Baidu that authorized China’s largest search engine to be a reseller of Snapchat ads for companies in Greater… Read more »
When Chinese internet companies seek initial public offerings, they tend to look to the United States where rules for profitability are less strict. SMZDM, an online shopping guide that few… Read more »
Just two years ago, investors were heavily pouring money into China’s dockless bike-sharing startups. Now that boom has busted with derelict bikes littering the streets of cities. Meanwhile, a new… Read more »
Police use pepper spray and truncheons after protest about cross-border traders Clashes broke out between police and protesters in Hong Kong on Saturday after thousands took part in a peaceful… Read more »
While not a startup visa, the EB-5 investor green card offers many entrepreneurs a path to a green card by investing money and creating jobs in the U.S. Under the… Read more »
Earlier this year, at MWC, Microsoft announced the return of its Kinect sensor in the form of an AI developer kit. The $399 Azure Kinect DK camera system includes a… Read more »
Apple has opened a design and development accelerator in Shanghai — its first for China — to help local developers create better apps as the iPhone maker looks to scale… Read more »
The future of car ownership: Cars-as-a-service It’s Mobility Day at TechCrunch, and we’re hosting our Sessions event today in beautiful San Jose. That’s why we have a couple of related… Read more »
Brian Kateman Contributor Share on Twitter Brian Kateman is President and Cofounder of the Reducetarian Foundation. Fish make up 16% of animal protein consumed globally, and demand is set to rise,… Read more »
Waresix, one of a handful of startups aiming to modernize logistics in Indonesia — the world’s fourth most populous country — has pulled in $14.5 million to grow its 18-month-old… Read more »
Foreign secretary says UK will always put its principles first, as Hong Kong row escalates Jeremy Hunt has refused to rule out imposing sanctions on China and expelling its diplomats… Read more »
Well, this has been interesting. After almost 30 years with Apple, Jony Ive is leaving, to found his own firm LoveFrom with his friend and frequent collaborator Marc Newson —… Read more »
Software extracts emails, texts and contacts and could be used to track movements Chinese border police are secretly installing surveillance apps on the phones of visitors and downloading personal information… Read more »
Beijing’s liaison office says storming of parliament is ‘an extreme challenge’ to the rule of law The Chinese government has issued a strong condemnation of protesters who stormed and vandalised… Read more »
Officers move to disperse crowds after breakaway group stormed parliament building Hong Kong police have fired teargas at demonstrators and moved to disperse crowds after protesters stormed the legislative council… Read more »
Anti-Beijing protesters filmed inside Legislative Council building as anniversary of 1997 transition coincides with anger about controversial extradition law Full story: protesters storm legislative building Analysis: A personal challenge to… Read more »
Anti-Beijing protesters block key streets as anniversary of 1997 transition coincides with anger about controversial extradition law Full story: Anti-government protests underway in Hong Kong on anniversary 9.34am BST These… Read more »
Back in 2013, Apple announced that it would it would be assembling its high-end desktop in the U.S. After manufacturing had mostly moved out the country, the company made a… Read more »
Chinese automotive startup Nio is recalling nearly 5,000 of its ES8 high-performance electric SUVs after a series of battery fires in China and a subsequent investigation revealed a vulnerability that… Read more »
India may have plans to follow France’s footsteps in building a chat app and requiring government employees to use it for official communications. The New Delhi government is said to… Read more »
Huawei may be on the ropes as it battles sanctions from the U.S. government, but fellow Chinese smartphone rival Xiaomi is in expansion mode with the launch of a new… Read more »
Not long ago, people in China would need to visit a posh, stylish mall for luxury shopping. That’s rapidly changing as high-end brands race to embrace digital channels, which aren’t… Read more »