by admin | Feb 10, 2021 | News
In a large win for the Korean startup ecosystem, dating powerhouse Match Group announced this afternoon that it would buy social networking company Hyperconnect for a combined cash and stock deal valued at $1.73 billion. Hyperconnect, which is projected to have $200...
by admin | Feb 10, 2021 | News
OpenOcean, a European VC which has tended to specialise in big-data-oriented startups and deep tech, has reach the €92 million ($111.5 million) mark for its third main venture fund, and is aiming for a final close of €130M by mid-way this year. LPs in the new fund...
by admin | Feb 10, 2021 | News
NASA has announced that SpaceX will take two major parts of the Gateway lunar orbiter that will function as a pit stop for future Moon missions. The Power and Propulsion Element and Habitation and Logistics Outpost — which together will form the first usable lunar...
by admin | Feb 10, 2021 | News
The pandemic has upended many aspects of urban life but perhaps the most visible upheaval is to citydwellers’ social lives, with curfews calling time on traditional night life across much of the Western world and social distancing putting a chilly spin on...
by admin | Feb 10, 2021 | News
Hyundai Motor Group is back with a new “walking car” robot that can use its wheels to roll along a path or stand up and navigate tougher terrain on its legs. This time, the concept is designed to carry cargo and is small enough to be carried by a drone. The TIGER...
by admin | Feb 10, 2021 | News
What, you are no doubt asking, is a worm a blob? Well, it’s a blob of worms, obviously. More specifically, it’s a blob of California blackworms. It’s not a flock, nor a swam nor a school. It’s a big, undulating mass of a Lumbriculus variegatus tangled up, but somehow...