CES Asia, the Asian leg of the influential American tech conference, has been axed as China-US tensions rise amid the Coronavirus pandemic. Organizers announced the show would be canceled today, adding they…
Trump Fires First in China Trade War – Tech Looks on Nervously
Is it ever a quiet week at the White House? After Donald Trump fired H.R. McMaster as national security advisor, replacing him with Bush Jr-era hawk John Boston, the President launched his…
Las Vegas Shooting: Social Media Has Failed America Again
As information about Sunday’s massacre in Las Vegas emerges, the United States has reverted to its usual polarized self, forcing voices on either side of the gun control debate into ever-decreasing circles…
Tijuana: From Sin City to Software Sanctuary
When Ramon Toledo ditched a career in diplomacy for tech, in 2001, he knew success would be a tall order. He had spent years matchmaking between the public and private worlds at…
As America Looks Inwards, Canada Opens its Arms to Tech
As US president Donald Trump spoke of a “survival of the West” in Warsaw yesterday, Canada’s tech leaders were counting their chips. The country’s tech market has been enjoying a boom of…
Kalanick’s Dramatic Uber Departure: Too Little, Too Late
First, a disclaimer: losing a parent is a horrendous and painful ordeal. We at Red Herring do not want to lose sight of the grief and loss Travis Kalanick must still be feeling,…
In Two Separate Corners of the World, Tech Changes a Police Crisis
America and the Philippines are enduring police crises. In the former, riots continue to break out and public debate is fierce following a string of deaths–mostly of black men–at the hands of…