China helps build bridge in Croatia, lin...

Peljesac bridge in Croatia is designed to link the two physically separated parts at the south of the country. It's being built by the China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC), as the first ever majo

Venues that define the core character of...

Metro Line 2 is an important east-to-west transport link in Shanghai, connecting to the city's two airports and its largest railway station. It traverses the Nanjing Road area, a century-old commerci

Some ruminations on decentralization of ...

It’s tax season, which has me thinking about one of decentralized technology’s holy grails: self-sovereign identities. It’s a stirring vision, of a world in which control over our dr

How I Podcast: The Moth’s Dan Kennedy

The beauty of podcasting is that anyone can do it. It’s a rare medium that’s nearly as easy to make as it is to consume. And as such, no two people do it exactly the same way. There are a wealth of ha

Japan’s Hayabusa 2 probe is blasti...

It’s a big day for space: launches, tests, orbits, and now a distant probe is going to shoot an asteroid with its space gun and make a new crater to play in. It’s Hayabusa 2, Japan’s

Learning all about incense without a wor...

Cheng Yuanlong brushed the powdered incense off the circular mold, lifting it to reveal a Chinese symbol for “double happiness.” It looked like a tiny maze, sitting inside the incense burner. He lit

Pi Charging rebrands as Spansive, opens ...

Pi Charging is changing course and changing names. It’ll now be known as “Spansive”. As Pi, the company had been working on a cone-shaped wireless charger that would sit on a desk and allow the

Pokémon GO and the April Fools’ jo...

It’s the morning of March 31st, 2014, and the Google Maps team is about to release its April Fools’ Day gag to the world.It wasn’t the first time this team had goofed around with an

Eiffel Tower turns 130 this year

The construction of the Eiffel Tower was completed and it was inaugurated on Sunday March 31, 1889. This year marks the unique structure's 130th birthday. It took designer, Gustave Eiffel, and the co

Sign up for the TechCrunch Hackathon at ...

Calling all hackathon fans across Europe and beyond. It’s time once again to put your creative coding skills to the test at the TechCrunch Hackathon at VivaTech 2019, which returns to Paris on May 17-