Nickie Louise

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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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Israel’s Fuse teams up with African fintech startup ChromePay to bring Web3-based D.ID & payment services to Africa

Nickie Louise Posted On September 20, 2022

In just a few years, Web 3.0 has transformed the cryptocurrency industry and the fintech landscape as it creates new business models and opportunities for everyone, especially in developing countries. Unlike its predecessor, Web 3.0 changes the narrative through its distributed […]

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Datamaran lands $13.3M in funding led by Fortive to assess ESG risks for companies and financial institutions

Nickie Louise Posted On September 20, 2022

With the growing threats of climate change, businesses and big corporations no longer focus on short-term profit but also on their impacts on the environment and the world at large. Over the past few years, some of these companies are […]

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Peter Thiel-backed conservative video platform Rumble goes public in a $2.1 billion SPAC merger deal

Nickie Louise Posted On September 19, 2022

Rumble, a conservative video network backed by billionaire Peter Thiel, today becomes a publicly-traded company after a $2 billion SPAC merger deal with a blank-check firm CF Acquisition Corp. Trading under the ticker symbol “RUM” on NASDAQ Stock Exchange, the company shares […]

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Berlin-based MVP Match lands €5 million seed funding to match companies with vetted freelancers

Nickie Louise Posted On September 19, 2022

Even with the pandemic almost behind us, employers are still finding it increasingly difficult to find the right candidates to fill millions of open positions. The number of US job openings hit a record high of 11.55 million in March, […]

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Bitcoin plunges below $18,400 yet again over regulatory concerns and looming interest rate hike

Nickie Louise Posted On September 19, 2022

One of bitcoin’s selling points is that the world’s largest cryptocurrency is a hedge against inflation and immune from government regulations and rising interest rates. But as we’ve seen in recent months, the reality could not be further from the truth […]

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Launch / Startup Spotlight / Technology News / Token

Method and Everyrealm to conduct Method MetaGuild regulated token sale, $MMG token allowlist registration is now open

Nickie Louise Posted On September 17, 2022

eSports gaming has been around for more than two decades. But its popularity has soared in recent years as new eSports streaming platforms were created to meet the increasing demand during and after the pandemic. In 2017, eSports awareness reached 1.28 […]

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Free-speech social app Parler acquires cloud infrastructure startup Dynascale following a $16M Series B fundraise

Nickie Louise Posted On September 16, 2022

Remember Parler, the free-speech social app that was censored and de-platformed over accusations that it helped incite U.S. Capitol attacks on January 6, 2021? It now appears the app is back and thriving. After many months of onslaughts from big tech giants […]

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Cybersecurity / Featured / Hacking / Security / Startup Spotlight / Technology News

Uber Hacked! Teenage hacker advocating driver’s rights used social engineering to gain access to Uber’s Slack & internal systems

Nickie Louise Posted On September 16, 2022

Uber has been hacked by a teenage hacker, forcing the ride-hailing giant to take several of its internal communications and engineering systems offline as it investigated the hack. Uber announced Thursday it’s conducting investigations into what led to the hack, […]

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Goldman Sachs leads a $90M investment in data security startup Fortanix to help enterprises protect their sensitive data

Nickie Louise Posted On September 15, 2022

Every year, businesses in nearly every sector have become victims of data breaches. The cost of a data breach continues to skyrocket. According to a recent IBM study conducted by the Ponemon Institute, data breaches cost American companies on average more than $8 […]

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Launch / NFT / Technology News / Web3

Starbucks wants you to have an “immersive coffee experience” with its web3 and NFT rewards program, Starbucks Odyssey

Nickie Louise Posted On September 15, 2022

Starbucks, the world’s largest coffee chain, is joining the Web3 and NFT craze with the launch of Starbucks Odyssey, a new web3 and NFT rewards program that offers Starbucks Rewards members and Starbucks partners (employees) in the United States. The program appears to […]

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Ratio emerges from stealth with $411 million in equity, credit to launch ‘buy now, pay later’ (BNPL) for B2B SaaS

Nickie Louise Posted On September 15, 2022

The Buy now, pay later (BNPL) phenomenon has grown in popularity over the years as consumers seek alternative methods of financing. BNPL is a new payment option that allows consumers to receive their purchase right away (Buy Now), either online […]

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Adobe agrees to buy online design startup Figma for $20 billion deal

Nickie Louise Posted On September 15, 2022

The ongoing recession and market turmoil have done little to slow down merger and acquisition activities. This morning, Bloomberg just reported that Photoshop maker Adobe is nearing a deal to acquire online design tech startup Figma for $15 billion. Citing people with […]

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Startup Spotlight / Technology News

Twilio to lay off 11% of its total workforce as tech layoffs top 41,000

Nickie Louise Posted On September 14, 2022

Cloud communications provider Twilio will lay off 11% of its total workforce as part of a major restructuring plan, according to an SEC filing published Wednesday. According to the filing, Twilio said the Restructuring Plan will include the elimination of approximately 11% of the […]

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Verkada raises $205M at $3.2 billion valuation to protect every building with cloud-connected security camera systems

Nickie Louise Posted On September 14, 2022

Verkada, a Silicon Valley startup founded six years ago with the vision to modernize the world of physical security, said on Wednesday it has raised a $205 million Series D funding round led by Linse Capital. The round now pushes the […]

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How The New Internet Will Fix Online Privacy & Censorship

Nickie Louise Posted On September 14, 2022

The infamous Cambridge Analytica scandal blew the lid wide open on the Faustian bargain that every Internet user is forced to make. The scandal was one of the most notorious abuses of user data in history. In the mid 2010s, […]

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African most valuable startup Flutterwave adds Nigeria’s eNaira digital currency as payment option for merchants

Nickie Louise Posted On September 14, 2022

Flutterwave, an Africa-focused unicorn fintech startup, announced on Wednesday it has added Nigeria’s eNaira as a payment option for merchants, in a move that could help boost the adoption of the country’s digital currency. The announcement comes just two days […]

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FinTech / Technology News

The 6 largest U.S. tech companies lost over $500 billion in just one day of stock market rout

Nickie Louise Posted On September 14, 2022

The elite trillion-dollar big tech club known as MAMATA used to be worth a combined market value of $10 trillion. But that changed this week after the turmoil in the stock market caused the six largest U.S. tech companies to lose over $500 billion in […]

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Cake DeFi launches a $50M global R&D hub in Singapore to develop best-in-class blockchain and digital asset technologies

Nickie Louise Posted On September 13, 2022

While the news of the crypto bear market dominates the headlines, one fintech continues to focus on the long-term view by building alliances and investing in the R&D and technology required to build the next phase of the digital asset […]

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EV charging tech startup TeraWatt Infrastructure raises over $1 billion to expand its charging networks

Nickie Louise Posted On September 13, 2022

In a battle against climate change, automakers and governments around the world are slowly moving away from traditional internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles in favor of electric vehicles. But one of the reasons for the slow adoption of electric vehicles […]

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Norwegian tech startup Xeneta lands $80 million to provide visibility into ocean and air freight rates

Nickie Louise Posted On September 13, 2022

The world is more global than ever. An estimated 80% of global goods are transported via ocean freight. On the other hand, air freight represents more than 35% of global trade by value, but less than 1% of trade by volume. In […]

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