Category: News

MIAMI, Florida – Montage: A Film Series is a program designed to link communities and people through the art of filmmaking and culture. Montage returns for its 2020 season in celebration of … Read More

Jaguar Land Rover has introduced a new concept vehicle that cuts a very different figure relative to its usual fare: It’s a four-wheeled electric urban mobility concept called ‘Project Vector’ … Read More

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Over the last few days, one of Jamaica’s leading local media entities, Jamaica Gleaner has been called out by Jamaica’s Health Minister, Dr. Christopher Tufton, for their … Read More

Apple says the coronavirus outbreak will hurt its manufacturing and sales, Jeff Bezos makes a big commitment to fighting climate change and SpaceX launches more Starlink satellites. Here’s your Daily … Read More

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (CMC) — A fluent Darren Bravo hundred was not enough to prevent West Indies from defeat as they went down by two wickets to a Sri Lanka … Read More

After WeWork exploded there was — at least supposedly — a change in sentiment among investors and founders alike. Gone were the days of easy nine-figure rounds, expensive growth, negative … Read More

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Reuters) – Fifteen children died in a fire on February 14 that swept overnight through an orphanage in Haiti run by a U.S. religious group. The tragedy has … Read More

The informal TechCrunch book club (which is now a whole week off schedule thanks to the news cycle — let’s see if we can catch up here shortly!) is now … Read More

Want to spice up the bedroom without paying for pills or awkward visits to a sex therapist? A new app called Lover lets you take a sexual personality quiz, explore … Read More

Just two weeks ago Facebook settled a lawsuit alleging violations of privacy laws in Illinois (for the considerable sum of $550 million). Now controversial startup Clearview AI, which has gleefully … Read More

Shares of Vodafone Idea fell by more than 23% on Friday after India’s apex court ordered the country’s second-largest telecom operator and Airtel, the third-largest telecom network, to arrange and … Read More

Launch startup Rocket Lab has been awarded a contract to launch a CubeSat on behalf of NASA for the agency’s CAPSTONE experiment, with the ultimate aim of putting the CAPSTONE … Read More

HQ Trivia is dead. Today the company laid off its full staff of 25 and will cease operation of its trivia, sports and word guessing games, a source close to … Read More

The International Astronomical Union has issued the preliminary results from a study on the potential effects of multi-thousand satellite constellations like that being built by StarLink. Finding that Earth-based astronomical … Read More

The Galaxy Z Flip ships with the same “Care Instructions” as the Fold. It’s a five-item list with the following basic points: Don’t scratch the screen with a pen or … Read More

Greg Epstein Contributor Share on Twitter Greg M. Epstein is the Humanist Chaplain at Harvard and MIT, and the author of The New York Times bestselling book “Good Without God.” … Read More

Scott Bade Contributor Share on Twitter Scott Bade is a former speechwriter for Mike Bloomberg and co-author of “More Human: Designing a World Where People Come First.” More posts by … Read More

“Not gonna lie. This f*cking sucks. This is the last HQ ever!” yelled host Matt Richards . And it just got crazier from there.The farewell game of HQ Trivia before … Read More

[Editor’s note: Want to get this weekly review of news that startups can use by email? Just subscribe here.]  My colleague Alex Wilhelm has been researching the companies that are … Read More

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the Extra Crunch series that recaps the latest OS news, the applications they support and the money that flows through it all. The app … Read More

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (CMC) – Less than a month after the United Kingdom exited the European Union (EU), it’s reported that the Cayman Islands will be placed on the … Read More

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC — The Ministry of Health and Wellness in Jamaica says a third Jamaican has been put in isolation following arrival into the island at the Sangster International … Read More

MIAMI, Florida – Even as Black America celebrates Black History Month, the persistent controversies that have plagued the annual commemoration of Black achievement has surfaced again. There are people who criticize … Read More

MIAMI, Florida – As a result of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling in favor of the Trump administration’s emergency request to allow the “public charge” immigration rule to be enacted, … Read More

MIAMI, Florida – Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) has been named one of the seven national recipients of the African American Youth STEM Initiative Grant from NAF and made possible by … Read More

PALM BEACH COUNTY – In its continuing commitment to provide more affordable housing opportunities throughout Palm Beach County, the Board of County Commissioners (BCC) recently approved several important funding requests. The … Read More

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – With the suite of legislation passed in the Federal Parliament on Wednesday, February 12, the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis demonstrated its foresight and willingness … Read More

TEXAS, United States – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today confirmed another infection with Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in the United States. The patient is among a group … Read More

The African National Congress (ANC) will govern South Africa for another five years. But this sixth victory of the democratic era since 1994 was hard-won. For the first time in … Read More

President Paul Kagame on Wednesday launched a model village in Karama Cell, Kigali Sector in Nyarugenge District which was built by Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) Reserve Force. The village – … Read More