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Two astronomers at Caltech have found evidence that indicates the presence of a ninth planet in our solar system. If confirmed, it would transform the model of our solar system as we know it. While the proposed planet has yet to be directly imaged, its gravitational influence on other known objects has allowed astronomers to detect its presence and determine its characteristics. Read More... →

Facebook has released several updates to its Mentions iOS app designed to make celebrities and public figures more comfortable in using it. The company has added support for landscape videos, improved filtering, and the ability to reply to messages. Launched in July 2014, Facebook Mentions is a product that lets public figures manage their online […]... →

GUEST: Between last Thursday and Saturday, Bitcoin lost over 13% of its value to settle at below $365 for the first time since early December last year. That’s a long fall from the net gain of 35% last year that made it the “best performing currency of 2015.” This is despite the fact that global stock, […]... →

In case you missed it, the NFL, TechCrunch and Stanford GSB have teamed up to create 1ST and Future, a pitch-off competition featuring startups in three categories, Stadium of the Future, Bringing Home the Game and Tomorrow’s Athlete. Today, we’re announcing the judges. Read More... →

A day after the news broke that General Motors was picking up assets from failed Uber competitor Sidecar, today the startup’s CEO finally confirmed the details directly in a blog post and provided a few more details about the deal. A “key component to the transaction”, writes CEO Sunil Paul, was Sidecar’s patents, for which GM has taken a license, but… Read More... →

Cumulus Networks, a startup selling a version of Linux for data center networking hardware, has closed a $35 million round of funding. The valuation of Cumulus has fallen below what it was two years ago for an earlier round, cofounder and chief executive JR Rivers told VentureBeat. Participants in the round include Andreessen Horowitz, Battery […]... →

Google today announced that it has made a proposal to submit its Dataflow data processing technology to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) in order to make Dataflow an Apache incubator project and thereby introduce broader governance and transparency around the software. Dataflow is interesting because it can handle both batch and stream processing of large […]... →

Руководитель сервиса для перевода денег TawiPay Паскаль Бриод поделился в своём блоге на Medium инструментами, которые он постоянно использует на работе: от сервисов для отслеживания метрик до инструментов для проведения командных встреч. Редакция vc.ru выбрала несколько наиболее интересных инструментов.... →

It’s easier than ever to start making a game, and one of the companies responsible for this democratization of development is getting an influx of cash. Marmalade Technologies has secured $5 million in funding. Investment firm Bloc Ventures led the round. Marmalade will use this money to bolster its game-development engine, which is also known as […]... →

The virtual fire continues to heat beneath the AR/VR industry with investments continuing to build and soar. According to a report from Digi-Capital, AR and VR investments are taking off pretty rapidly with nearly $700 million being invested into the space in 2015. The overall trends show investment steadily rising. The report notes that there “have now been 6 straight quarters of… Read More... →

Apple’s App Store rules are designed to maintain a level playing ground for developers, and keep them from overtaking the operating system’s interface or feature set in ways Apple did not intend. But at times, the rules also bump up against innovative leaps in terms of how we could use our smartphones. Case in point: a walkie talkie-like messaging app called Punch has come up with… Read More... →

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Yik Yak, the anonymous, location-based social network that has taken college campuses by storm, has today launched a web client. The company has been working on the web version of the app for the past few months in a closed beta, and is now ready to unveil it to the public. To get going on the web, users simply add in the same phone number they use with the mobile app, and verify their… Read More... →

ARM launched a new Mali-based low-power processor that is capable of running a 4K video display. That is an interesting accomplishment because it takes a lot of performance to drive 4K displays, which account for about 20 percent of all TVs sold now. At the same time, ARM chips are known for their power efficiency, […]... →

Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you have a deal to share. Norwest Venture Partners raises $1.2 billion for its 13th fund Norwest Venture Partners announced that it has raised $1.2 billion for its 13th fund, which it’ll use to support its sector and stage independent investment […]... →

Состояние сооснователя и главы Twitter Джека Дорси по состоянию на 20 января 2016 года упало ниже отметки в $1 млрд, сообщает Forbes, основываясь на собственных подсчётах. Это произошло из-за падения стоимости акций сервиса микроблогов и платёжной компании Square — ещё одного проекта Дорси.... →

Cisco and Verizon Ventures led a $25 million investment for Kumu Networks, the startup announced today. Deutsche Telekom and Swisscom also participated in the series C round. Kumu Networks said it developed a telecommunications technology called Full Duplex, which “doubles the capacity of existing wireless spectrum,” and enhances existing LTE by canceling “self-interference.” Kumu Networks […]... →

So about this time of year my inbox gets flooded with junk from Sundance. Reps, PR, invites to parties; Raise a chalice with Matt Damon and Stella Artois at Sundance! [sure, why not]; Raise a glass with Canon [sense a trend?]; See the Extraordinary Difference Vaseline is Making [what?]. You get the picture. But for the last couple of years, the big inbox trend for Sundance has been VR. In… Read More... →

Андрей Романенко, управляющий партнер фонда Run Capital, дал оценку прошедшему году и сделал прогноз на 2016 год. Три важных итога года для вас лично? Мы провели первый конкурс Karpov Venture Awards, для меня и для друзей Сергея – это очень значимое событие. Во-вторых, в прошедшем году были внесены и вступили в действие законодательные изменения, позволяющие более грамотно структурировать сделки в рамках российского законодательства – введены «новые» для нашего законодательства понятия, наличие которых стал... →

The 9th Annual Crunchies are fast approaching, with the event best described as the Oscars of Startup and Technology taking place on February 8 at San Francisco’s War Memorial Opera House. Some of your favorite startups, entrepreneurs and investors will be competing to win a coveted Crunchie award in one of 12 categories up for grabs. The Best Technology Achievement Crunchie goes to… Read More... →