Combat

Chan Zuckerberg's non-profit, CZ Biohub invests $50 million to fight diseases

The Chan Zuckerberg Biohub (CZ Biohub), which aims to create a "planet without disease", funded 47 scientists, technologists and engineers working at University of Stanford, University of California - San Francisco (UCSF) and University of Berkeley.

Fortis partners with wayForward to launch mobile platform to combat stress

Fortis Healthcare and US-based emotional wellness startup wayForward have for the first time in India launched an app-based wellness programme to manage stress and related ailments, at an event here on Saturday.

To combat fraud, Visa wants to track your smartphone

The payment processing company Visa will roll out a new feature this spring that will allow its cardholders to inform their banks where they are automatically, using the location function found in nearly every smartphone.

Boko Haram stages new assault on Niger border town

Residents say Boko Haram has attacked a border town in Niger for the second time since Friday, engaging in overnight combat with the army in an assault that was ultimately repulsed.