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British online supermarket Ocado acquires robotics tech startup Myrmex for $10.2 million

Nickie Louise Posted On May 23, 2022

Ocado, a British online supermarket, announced Monday it has agreed to buy materials handling robotics tech startup Myrmex Inc for $10.2 million. In 2020, Ocado recently acquired a minority stake in Athens-based Myrmex. Ocado said that the acquisition of Myrmex will enable […]

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Broadcom to buy cloud service provider VMware for $60 billion

Nickie Louise Posted On May 23, 2022

Chipmaker giant Broadcom is in talks to acquire cloud service provider VMware Inc in a deal that could transform the company into a diversified tech firm, according to a report from Reuters, citing people familiar with the matter. The terms of […]

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More than half of successful phishing attacks end in data breach, report shows

Nickie Louise Posted On May 22, 2022

Every year, millions of people around the world fall victim to credit card fraud. The situation is not getting any better as hackers and scammers are now improving their tradecraft and tools by targeting victims on social media. Last month, […]

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Crypto tech startup iZUMi Finance raises $30M in new funding to expand ecosystem and debuts iZiSwap on BNB Chain

Nickie Louise Posted On May 20, 2022

Back in March, crypto tech startup iZUMi Finance, , the innovative multi-chain DeFi protocol that provides Liquidity as a Service (LaaS) on multi-chains, made a splash after it partnered with HOURAI to bring its upcoming NFTs with value from iZUMi’s DeFi derivatives. A month earlier, […]

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Meet Grand Time: The community-driven web3 platform where you can tokenize your time

Nickie Louise Posted On May 20, 2022

One of the things we like about covering technology startups is the ability of the founders to come up with innovative ideas no one ever thought of before. In other cases, some of these ideas might not be unique but […]

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Y Combinator warning to tech startups: “Plan for the worst. Good times may be coming to an end”

Nickie Louise Posted On May 20, 2022

Y Combinator (YC) is one of Silicon Valley’s most renowned startup accelerators that provides funding for early-stage startups. Since its inception in 2005, over 2,000 tech startup companies have been launched through its accelerator program. Notable among them include Stripe, Airbnb, […]

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Ankiti Bose, founder and CEO of Singapore-based fashion tech startup Zilingo, fired for “serious financial irregularities”

Nickie Louise Posted On May 20, 2022

Singapore-based B2B e-commerce startup Zilingo has ousted its CEO and co-founder Ankiti Bose for what the company described as “serious financial irregularities.” In a statement on Friday, Zilingo said it fired Chief Executive Ankiti Bose after an independent investigation into complaints about […]

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The 1st International Symposium on Blockchain Advancements (ISBA) 2022 in Singapore Takes on the Cosmic Ray of Blockchain Future

Nickie Louise Posted On May 19, 2022

In just a few years, blockchain technology has revolutionized the Internet and cryptocurrency market. The impact of blockchain on business, finance, and wealth creation cannot be emphasized enough. It has heralded the digital revolution with lots of hopes and promises for new technologies […]

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Google ‘private browsing’ mode not really private, Texas lawsuit says

Nickie Louise Posted On May 19, 2022

In February 2021, a US District Judge was “disturbed” to learn that Google still tracks users in ‘Incognito’ mode in its Chrome browser. Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California said says she was “disturbed” over Google’s data collection practices after she […]

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Crypto.com donates to University of Pennsylvania’s Crypto Research Laboratory Fund

Nickie Louise Posted On May 19, 2022

Crypto.com is one of the tech companies making a big impact in the world. Late last year, the world’s fastest-growing cryptocurrency platform donated $1 million to support water.org’s mission of ending the global water crisis. Today, Crypto.com announced the company has committed […]

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Google donated $1.4 billion to combat Covid-19 pandemic, the most in the tech industry

Nickie Louise Posted On May 19, 2022

While millions of people around the world have moved on and put the covid pandemic behind them, it’s worth remembering the contributions made by scientists, researchers, nurses, doctors, truck drivers, and others. However, there is another group that gets less […]

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8fig Provides Flexible Equity-Free Capital to Help eCommerce Businesses Level Up

Nickie Louise Posted On May 19, 2022

The past couple of years may have been difficult for businesses in general, but e-commerce companies saw a windfall of opportunities with most consumers shifting to online transactions. E-commerce is estimated to be 19.6 percent of the total global retail […]

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FTX, Liberty City Ventures lead a $20 million Series B investment in Web3 Dev Platform DoraHacks

Nickie Louise Posted On May 18, 2022

DoraHacks, the organizer of the global hackathon and one of the most active Web3 developer incentive platforms, has raised $20 million in funding led by FTX Ventures, the investment arm of crypto exchange FTX, and Liberty City Ventures. Other participants in […]

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French Thales Group acquires two cybersecurity startup companies S21sec and Excellium for $125 million

Nickie Louise Posted On May 18, 2022

France’s Thales Group announced Tuesday it had struck a deal with Sonae Investment Management to acquire its two cybersecurity startup companies, S21sec and Excellium for a total of 120 million euros ($125.32 million). Thales said the acquisition will enable the company […]

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Top Solana P2E Contender DeFi Land Launches Its First Play-and-Earn Game

Nickie Louise Posted On May 18, 2022

The popularity of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) has led to the sudden explosion of blockchain games as more and more players look to cash in from play-to-earn games. According to some estimates, the number of ‘active’ blockchain games doubled in the past year […]

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UK self-driving tech startup Wayve to use Microsoft ‘supercomputer muscle’ to process data generated by autonomous vehicles

Nickie Louise Posted On May 18, 2022

Autonomous vehicles generate as much as 40 terabytes of data an hour from cameras, radar, and other sensors, according to a report from Morgan Stanley. That’s equivalent to the amount of data an iPhone use over 3,000 years. Now one tech […]

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Google says its Russian bank account has been seized; its Russian subsidiary files for bankruptcy

Nickie Louise Posted On May 18, 2022

The United States and its western allies have reportedly frozen more than $284 billion in Russian assets as part of the sanctions imposed on Russia amid the ongoing war with Ukraine. But so far, Russia has not responded in kind. Until now. Today, Google […]

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Mastercard launches biometric payment app that lets you pay with your face or hand in stores

Nickie Louise Posted On May 18, 2022

After many years of facial recognition payment being used in China, the technology is slowly making its way to the United States. Last year, payments giant Mastercard launched what it called Mastercard Biometric Card, a credit card that combines chip technology with […]

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Advanced materials tech startup Arieca raises $6.5M Series A to scale-up manufacturing of its Liquid Metal-based thermal interface material

Nickie Louise Posted On May 17, 2022

The semiconductor industry is currently facing acute heat and power issues. Miniaturization has led to increasing in the number of transistors on a single chip. However, as transistors become smaller, problems with heat dissipation and power consumption. That’s why one tech […]

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NUAIR to Host Upcoming ASTM International Meeting at New York UAS Test Site

Nickie Louise Posted On May 17, 2022

The annual ASTM International meeting brings together international leaders in the uncrewed systems industry to collaborate and develop UAS standards. NUAIR will host the June meeting of ASTM International’s unmanned aircraft committee (F38) at the New York UAS Test Site […]

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