October 30, 2026
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Nickie Louise

Nickie is a writer, editor, and co-founder of TechStartups.com based in the Washington Metropolitan Area. She covers early-stage startups, AI, emerging technologies, cryptocurrencies, gaming, and gadgets. When she’s not writing about innovation, Nickie enjoys crafts, spending time with her family and children, hiking, and exploring God’s majestic creation.


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OpenAI can’t detect AI-generated content after all; shut down its AI Classifier tool due to low accuracy rate
Nickie Louise Posted On July 26, 2023


You’ve probably read that AI can detect AI-generated content. As it turns out, OpenAI, the AI company that took the Internet by storm with its popular chatbot tool, can’t even tell if something was written by AI or a human. […]


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TikTok launches text-only posts to compete with Twitter just a week after Meta’s Thread lost 70% of its user base
Nickie Louise Posted On July 25, 2023


Bloomberg’s Erik Schatzker once said, “Anyone who has bet against Elon Musk has lived to regret it.” Apparently, Meta and TikTok did not get that memo. Just last week, Threads, Meta’s so-called Twitter killer and a supposed rival to Twitter, […]


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Mobilo raises $4.1M to revolutionize business networking and eliminate millions of business cards thrown away every year
Nickie Louise Posted On July 25, 2023


Did you know that 27 million paper-based business cards are printed every day? But here’s the really troubling part – over 80% of those cards end up being thrown away each year. This is not just a waste of resources, […]


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TikTok to launch e-commerce platform in the US to sell Chinese-made goods as it aims for US market domination, WSJ report
Nickie Louise Posted On July 25, 2023


TikTok is about to make waves again, but this time not for its popular short videos. You know those addictive short videos that keep us scrolling for hours? Well, TikTok is looking to take that addictive energy and channel it […]


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Elon Musk says “X would become half of the global financial system, if done right”
Nickie Louise Posted On July 24, 2023


Elon Musk’s resilience and intense work ethic have turned Tesla into a multi-billion-dollar powerhouse and the largest electric car company in the world. Despite initial skepticism and naysayers who predicted failure, Musk’s relentless determination has led Tesla to become the […]


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Bunq, a Dutch neobank startup, raises $111M at a $1.8 billion valuation to expand into the US market
Nickie Louise Posted On July 24, 2023


In the first half of 2023, the fintech industry experienced a significant decline in venture funding, with investments dropping almost by half to just $23 billion. This funding drought was a result of the ongoing economic downturn that affected the […]


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H2Ok Innovations, a tech startup founded by Harvard dropout and brother, raises $6.8 million to conserve liquids in factories
Nickie Louise Posted On July 24, 2023


In the entrepreneurial world, they say the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, and that’s certainly the case for Annie and David Lu. They both hail from a family with a rich heritage in manufacturing, where their paternal grandfather […]


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Anik Singal Reviews Legit Uses of ChatGPT and Other AI Marketing Tools
Nickie Louise Posted On July 23, 2023


Artificial Intelligence (AI) has taken the world by storm over the past year. In the space of only a few months, AI has gone from a fairly unknown technology to a global system of powerful integrations, platforms, and tools that […]


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The end of AI content creation? OpenAI, Google, and others pledge to watermarking AI content for safety, White House says
Nickie Louise Posted On July 21, 2023


Just yesterday, The New York Times reported that Google is working on a new AI tool that will assist journalists in creating news articles and usher in a new era of news reporting. The AI tool, known internally within Google […]


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Google is testing new AI tool that can write news articles
Nickie Louise Posted On July 20, 2023


Step aside, human writers. While AI has been used by many media outlets to augment and write news content, Google is about to unleash a new AI tool that many say would revolutionize news article creation and usher in a […]


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Bain Capital raises its offer to buy Swiss cloud software company SoftwareOne to $3.7 billion
Nickie Louise Posted On July 20, 2023


Last month we wrote about Bain Capital after the private equity firm offered to buy SoftwareOne in a deal that valued the Switzerland-based software and cloud technology solutions company at 2.9 billion Swiss francs ($3.21 billion). Despite the massive offer, […]


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Zeebu partners with three telecom carriers, expanding its global blockchain network
Nickie Louise Posted On July 20, 2023


The global telecom carrier industry faces financial operation challenges due to high costs associated with international billing, revenue collection, remittance, transaction settlement, currency fluctuations, and forex charges. That’s why one blockchain startup has made it its mission to tackle these […]


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Apple GPT: Apple is reportedly working on its own version of ChatGPT; stock gains $60 billion in seconds
Nickie Louise Posted On July 19, 2023


The AI chatbot landscape is becoming increasingly crowded, with numerous generative AI startups launching their own AI-powered chatbot tools since the debut of ChatGPT in November 2022. As the AI race heats up, many players including tech giants are vying […]


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Meta’s ‘Twitter killer’ Threads lost over 50% of its daily active users; total daily minutes collapsed from 21 minutes to just 6 minutes
Nickie Louise Posted On July 19, 2023


Last week, we were all abuzz about Threads, the supposed Meta ‘Twitter app killer’ which some believed would send Elon Musk’s social platform to the grave. And boy, did it make an entrance! Within just a week of its launch, […]


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Digital health startup WalkWise lands $1.2M in funding to commercialize its patented smart mobility aid attachments for senior care
Nickie Louise Posted On July 19, 2023


Imagine a world where seniors can confidently walk around, staying active and independent, without worrying about falls or accidents. As we age, it’s natural for our mobility to decrease, but that doesn’t mean we have to give up on being […]


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Adtech startup Aleph withdraws its IPO filing a year after filing paperwork to go public
Nickie Louise Posted On July 19, 2023


Aleph Group, a global player in digital advertising for emerging countries, announced on Tuesday it filed to withdraw its IPO plans, citing reasons related to “public interest and the protection of investors,” Reuters reported. The move comes after more than […]


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Meta releases the commercial version of its latest open-source AI language model, Llama 2
Nickie Louise Posted On July 18, 2023


Just a week after the Financial Times (FT) reported that Meta was working on rolling out the commercial version of its AI model to the general public, Meta officially announced today that it is making Llama 2, its highly anticipated […]


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Indian coders and programmers will lose their jobs in 2 years due to AI, Stability AI CEO says
Nickie Louise Posted On July 18, 2023


India is currently home to more than 5 million software programmers, making it one of the largest hubs for the most in-demand workers worldwide. However, these programmers are also under threat from the impacts of advanced AI tools like ChatGPT, […]


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Tractable raises $65 million in funding led by SoftBank to assess insurance claims using AI
Nickie Louise Posted On July 18, 2023


Artificial intelligence (AI) startups continue to attract significant investment, as investors see the potential of AI to transform industries. The latest is Tractable AI, a London-based tech startup that uses AI to assess insurance claims using visual images. Today, Tractable […]


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US government agencies got hacked after Microsoft lost its keys
Nickie Louise Posted On July 17, 2023


In a major cybersecurity incident, Microsoft disclosed last week that a group of hackers believed to be linked to China successfully infiltrated the email accounts of over two dozen organizations across the globe. With targets ranging from U.S. Commerce Secretary […]


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