June 8, 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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This Chinese tech startup mounts drones on a car and flies it: Watch
Nickie Louise Posted On October 29, 2022


Remember late last year when a Japanese drone startup unveiled a hoverbike that can fly above public roads? Now, a Chinese tech startup XPeng is aiming to take flying cars to another level. During its TechDay demo earlier this week, XPeng […]


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Startup Spotlight  / Technology News
Rent the Runway, a $1 billion fashion startup, loses 90% of its value exactly one-year after IPO
Nickie Louise Posted On October 28, 2022


13 years ago, Rent the Runway CEO Jennifer Hyman and her co-founder Jenny Fleiss pioneered “closet in the cloud,” an idea that women can rent designer apparel and accessories without having to buy them outright. The duo later launched a fashion rental […]


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Binance launches a series of educational resources to prove crypto doesn’t have to be scary
Nickie Louise Posted On October 28, 2022


Just in time for Halloween, the world’s largest crypto exchange Binance has launched a series of educational resources that aims to demystify the world of Web3 and take the creepy out of crypto by making it one less thing to be frightened […]


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Elon Musk becomes Twitter CEO after firing former CEO Parag Agrawal; will reverse lifetime bans on users
Nickie Louise Posted On October 28, 2022


Minutes after completing the $44 billion Twitter acquisition, Elon Musk began his Twitter ownership with the firings of four top Twitter executives. The first to be fired was former CEO Parag Agrawal. Musk also fired Ned Segal, the chief financial officer, Sean […]


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Google acquires Twitter-backed AI avatar startup Alter for $100M to help creators and brands express their virtual identity
Nickie Louise Posted On October 27, 2022


Google has acquired Alter, an AI avatar startup and the maker of the app that lets people create their own virtual avatars. The transaction was completed about two months ago but the news of the acquisition first became public. A Google spokesperson confirmed […]


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The first physical NFT vending machine is coming to London as MyNFT brings non fungible tokens to the masses
Nickie Louise Posted On October 27, 2022


While many tech pundits have predicted the early death of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), it appears the NFT craze is not going away anytime soon. Instead, NFT adoption has accelerated despite the ongoing economic slowdown and crypto winter. In a clear sign that […]


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EdTech startup Classera raises $40M Series A for the largest education platform in the Middle East and North Africa
Nickie Louise Posted On October 27, 2022


Classera, the largest EdTech in the Middle East and North Africa(MENA), has raised $40 million in series A funding led by Sanabil Investments, wholly owned company by Public Investment Fund (“PIF”), with participation from Global Ventures, Endeavor Catalyst, 500 Global, Sukna Venture, and […]


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Shares of Intel’s self-driving unit Mobileye pops 30% on IPO debut, now valued at $22 billion
Nickie Louise Posted On October 27, 2022


Intel’s self-driving technology unit Mobileye finally made its debut on the Nasdaq stock exchange after many months of turbulence. Shares of Mobileye Global opened for trading at $26.71, after the company priced its initial public offering (IPO) at $21 late Tuesday. Its shares later jumped by […]


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Elon Musk posts a video of himself entering Twitter HQ with a bathroom sink and a message: “Let that sink in!”
Nickie Louise Posted On October 26, 2022


The judgment day may be near for Twitter employees as Tesla CEO Elon Musk posted a video of himself carrying a bathroom sink with the message, “Entering Twitter HQ – let that sink in!” On Wednesday, Leslie Berland, Twitter’s Chief Marketing Officer […]


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Israel’s tech startup Trigo raises $100M for its cashier-less and checkout-free grocery shopping platform
Nickie Louise Posted On October 26, 2022


The era of a cashier-based store is slowly coming to an end. The idea of walking into a store and grabbing what you need without having to stand in line at the cashier is slowly making its way into stores in […]


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Elon Musk will complete the $44 billion takeover of Twitter this Friday
Nickie Louise Posted On October 26, 2022


Tesla CEO Elon Musk said he’s committed to closing the $44 billion acquisition of Twitter on Friday, Reuters reported, citing sources familiar with the ongoing talks. According to the report, the world’s richest person notified co-investors who pitched in to fund the […]


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FoodTech startup Forsea bags $5.2M to cultivate cell-based seafood alternatives to endangered fish species
Nickie Louise Posted On October 26, 2022


The global demand for seafood has led to overfishing that threatens the world’s oceans and drives species like eels to extinction. As the global demand for seafood continues to rise, it will exacerbate the intensive aquaculture that is already disrupting oceanic […]


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Crypto winter is hurting Google’s ad business as companies pull back on search spending
Nickie Louise Posted On October 26, 2022


Alphabet’s Google reported a lackluster result on Tuesday during its third-quarter earnings call. It’s now clear that not even Google is immune from the ongoing Crypto winter. The tech giant misses on earnings as revenue growth dipped to 6%. The tech behemoth saw […]


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Dubai-based crypto exchange BitOasis inks a deal with Mastercard to let users make payments with crypto-linked credit cards
Nickie Louise Posted On October 25, 2022


BitOasis, a Middle East-focused cryptocurrency exchange startup, has struck a deal with Mastercard to launch payment credit cards linked to cryptocurrencies, the two companies said in a joint statement Tuesday. The Dubai, United Arab Emirates-based BitOasis said the cards will enable its […]


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Cybersecurity  / Hacking  / Security  / Technology News
Blockchain hackers stole over $2.5 billion in the first three quarters of 2022 despite slowdown in crypto market
Nickie Louise Posted On October 25, 2022


Over the past decade, hackers and scammers have stolen over $12 billion in crypto assets. Unfortunately, the trend has accelerated rapidly in 2022. In the first nine months of this year, companies and investors have lost billions to cyber criminals […]


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Seqera Labs lands €22M in Series A funding for its data orchestration and workflow platform for life sciences
Nickie Louise Posted On October 25, 2022


Seqera Labs, a provider of open-source data orchestration and workflow software for life sciences, has raised €22 million in Series A funding led by Addition, with follow-on funding from Talis Capital, Speedinvest, BoxOne Ventures, and Amino Collective. The Barcelona-based Seqera Labs will use […]


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WhatsApp is partially back online after global outage hits millions of users
Nickie Louise Posted On October 25, 2022


Meta’s messaging app WhatsApp is slowly coming back online after a global outage hits millions of users. At around 0900 GMT, WhatsApp reported the issue has been fixed after millions of users reported problems earlier on Tuesday. Outage monitoring site Downdetector […]


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CryptoQuant becomes the first on-chain data provider for CME Group
Nickie Louise Posted On October 25, 2022


CryptoQuant, an on-chain data platform, has become the official provider of on-chain data for CME Group’s Datamine. This on-demand platform allows traditional financial institutions to access detailed historical data. Being the first and only on-chain data provider of CME Datamine […]


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Fintech Holdings, a fintech startup founded by former Tinkoff execs, raises $16M to focus on Southeast Asia market
Nickie Louise Posted On October 24, 2022


On February 24, Russia launched a full-scale military attack on Ukraine. Immediately after the invasion, the United States and Europe imposed hefty sanctions on Russia. The sanctions forced thousands of Russian banks and financial institutions to stop doing business with the […]


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EV tech startup VinFast gets a $135 million climate financing package led by ADB to support electric mobility in Vietnam
Nickie Louise Posted On October 24, 2022


While hundreds of tech companies were laying off thousands of their staff, Vietnam’s EV tech startup VinFast announced in August it was hiring 8,000 new employees to further ramp up production and meet the increasing demands for its electric cars. Now, VinFast has […]


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