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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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Top tech startup news for Thursday, January 12, 2023: Bill Gates, Climeworks, Nexo, T2, TikTok, and ZestyAI
Nickie Louise Posted On January 12, 2023


Good evening! Below are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Thursday, January 12, 2023. T2 Social raises $1.1 million in its first external funding to take on Twitter With Twitter in chaos since its takeover by Elon […]


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Privacy  / Startup Spotlight  / Startups  / Tech Startup News  / Tech Startups  / Technology News
TikTok fined $5.4 million for making it difficult for users to reject cookies
Nickie Louise Posted On January 12, 2023


TikTok has bee been hit with a fine of $5.4 million over failures in policies that allow users to accept and refuse tracking cookies on its website. French data protection watchdog CNIL fined the ByteDance-owned company 5 million euros (about $5.4 million) […]


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Press Release
U.S. Fire Administrator to Join U.S. Representatives Dean and Torres in DC to Honor Those Lost in Tragic Fires Over the Past Year, Announce National Fire Strategy
Nickie Louise Posted On January 12, 2023


Today, the head of the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA), a component of FEMA, will join U.S. Representatives Madeleine Dean (D-PA) and Ritchie Torres (D-NY) and principals of America’s national fire service organizations in Washington, D.C., to honor those lost to fires and launch the […]


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Education  / Featured  / Startup Spotlight  / Tech Startup News  / Tech Startups  / Technology News
JP Morgan paid $175 million to acquire college financial aid startup Frank only to shut it down over a year later; accuses founder of fraud
Nickie Louise Posted On January 12, 2023


Really? JP Morgan acquired college financial aid platform Frank in 2021 for a whopping $175 million only to shut it down a little over a year later. So, what went wrong? Is Frank’s founder the next Elizabeth Holmes? In September 2021, JPMorgan Chase […]


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Gaming  / Press Release  / Technology News
Cimu Games to use Ready Games to bring its million-selling Runestone Keeper to Web3
Nickie Louise Posted On January 12, 2023


Cimu Games, which publishes high-quality games for the global market, has integrated Ready’s technology to bring its popular Runestone Keeper Game to Web3. In an announcement today, Cimu Games said that it is using Ready Games’ web3 game development tools […]


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Artificial Intelligence  / Emerging Technology  / Tech Startup News  / Tech Startups  / Technology News
Black Knight partners with ZestyAI to deliver property risk and value insights
Nickie Louise Posted On January 12, 2023


AI has been getting a lot of attention for generating original artwork, drafting essays, and even spitting out images for dating profiles, thanks to the popularity of OpenAI’s ChatGPT. However, while everyone is talking about AI-powered chatbots, what’s often neglected […]


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Crypto lender Nexo is under criminal investigation in Bulgaria for fraud and money laundering just a month after exiting the US market
Nickie Louise Posted On January 12, 2023


Just a little over a month after exiting the US market following cease-and-desist orders from state and federal regulators, crypto lender Nexo finds itself in hot water again, but this time from authorities in the Eastern Europe country of Bulgaria. According to multiple […]


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Top tech startup news for Wednesday, January 11, 2023: Alphabet’s Verily, Binance, FTX, Oxbotica, and Peppy
Nickie Louise Posted On January 11, 2023


Good evening! Below are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Wednesday, January 11, 2023. Alphabet’s Verily to lay off 15% of its workforce Alphabet’s health sciences unit Verily is cutting 15% of its workforce as part of a restructuring […]


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Venom, Iceberg launch a $1 billion Web3 venture fund VVF to invest in early-stage startups ahead of the next crypto bull run
Nickie Louise Posted On January 11, 2023


The ongoing recession and economic slowdown have created opportunities for companies and investors looking to invest in promising startups with the potential to become industry leaders and unicorns of tomorrow. The impact is even more felt in the crypto industry where […]


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Bankrupt FTX recovered over $5 billion in cash and ‘liquid’ assets, attorney says
Nickie Louise Posted On January 11, 2023


Crypto exchange FTX has recovered over $5 billion in cash and other liquid assets, an attorney representing the bankrupt Sam Bankman-Fried’s founded company told a judge on Wednesday. According to the lawyer, the $5 billion includes cash and digital assets, attorneys said […]


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Apps  / Startup Spotlight  / Tech Startup News  / Tech Startups  / Technology News
Apple paid $320 billion to developers since 2008, a jump of $60 billion from last year
Nickie Louise Posted On January 11, 2023


Since 2008, Apple has been releasing the total amount of money developers earned from its App Store. This year is no different. The iPhone giant recently released some information about the growth of its popular App Store. However, unlike the […]


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London’s HealthTech startup Peppy raises $45M in Series B funding to expand into the US market
Nickie Louise Posted On January 11, 2023


When it comes to healthcare, attention is mostly focused on treatments for major diseases such as cancer and heart issues. However, everyday health needs like going through menopause or being diagnosed with endometriosis or PCOS, are underserved. That’s why London-based HealthTech […]


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Top tech startup news for Tuesday, January 10, 2023: BioNTech, Coinbase, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Virgin Orbit
Nickie Louise Posted On January 10, 2023


Good evening! Below are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Tuesday, January 10, 2023. Virgin Orbit rocket launched from a jumbo jet suffered an anomaly that prevented it from reaching orbit UK space industry suffered a major […]


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Blockchain  / Press Release  / Technology News
Building Blocks event for web3 startups announced for ETH TLV with Collider, Fireblocks, and MarketAcross
Nickie Louise Posted On January 10, 2023


Building Blocks 23, a web3 builder-focused event, will be hosted in central Tel Aviv on February 7, 2023. Hosted by top Israeli companies as part of ETH TLV, the one-day Building Blocks event will bring together Ethereum developers and communities. […]


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Acquisition  / BioTech  / Startup Spotlight  / Technology News
BioNTech to acquire British AI startup InstaDeep for £562M to speed up drug discovery and bolster its drug development
Nickie Louise Posted On January 10, 2023


Over the years, AI and machine learning have been getting better and smarter in speeding up drug discovery. That’s why BioNTech, a German biotech company known for the development of covid vaccines with Pfizer, has decided to scoop up British artificial intelligence startup […]


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Coinbase to lay off around 1,000 employees as crypto contagion deepens
Nickie Louise Posted On January 10, 2023


Just a few days after Coinbase agreed to pay $100 million to settle with US regulators over anti-money-laundering law violations, the crypto exchange giant announced Tuesday that it will reduce its workforce by about 950 employees as part of the cost-cutting measures […]


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Microsoft in talks to invest $10 billion for 49% stake in ChatGPT owner, OpenAI
Nickie Louise Posted On January 10, 2023


Unless you’ve been living in a cave, you’ve definitely heard of ChatGPT, the best dialogue-based artificial intelligence chatbot ever released to the general public by OpenAI. However, Microsoft was one of the few companies that saw the potential in OpenAI before it became […]


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Top tech startup news for Monday, January 9, 2023: Ant Group, BlockFi, Microsoft, and Monogram Health
Nickie Louise Posted On January 9, 2023


Good evening! Below are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Monday, January 9, 2023. Monogram Health closes $375 million in growth funding to support continued expansion Monogram Health, a Brentwood, Tennessee-based health tech startup that provides evidence-based, whole-person, in-home […]


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Microsoft acquires data center chip startup Fungible to power its Azure cloud platform using Fungible DPUs
Nickie Louise Posted On January 9, 2023


Microsoft today announced it has acquired Silicon Valley-based data center chip startup Fungible to bolster its Azure data center infrastructure using the Fungible data processing units (DPUs). However, Blocks and Files reported that the deal was valued at $190 million. Reports about […]


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Wolters Kluwer acquires US-based startup NurseTim to enhance portfolio of nursing education solutions
Nickie Louise Posted On January 9, 2023


Wolters Kluwer is on an acquisition spree. As we reported last week, The Netherlands-based company started the year with the acquisition of London-based tech startup Della AI to shore up its Legal & Regulatory software unit. Today, Wolters Kluwer Health announced it has […]


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