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Crypto donations are surging as Engage Labs leads the charge

Nickie Louise Posted On November 2, 2022

Engage Labs is working with many congressional candidates, allowing them to receive digital currency donations seamlessly As the American political landscape continues to heat up, with the upcoming midterm elections scheduled to take place on November 8th, crypto donations have […]

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Roam, a tech startup founded by former Yext CEO, raises $40M to take on Zoom with virtual office spaces

Nickie Louise Posted On November 2, 2022

Although the pandemic is for the most part behind us, one thing is clear–the workplace will never remain the same again. The pandemic has accelerated the remote work revolution and employees have grown accustomed to working from home after experiencing […]

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Argo Ai, a Ford-backed self-driving startup that shut down after raising $1 billion, lays off 78 employees

Nickie Louise Posted On November 2, 2022

Late last year, we covered Argo AI after the Ford and Volkswagen-backed autonomous vehicle startup partnered with retail giant Walmart to launch an autonomous vehicle delivery service in Miami, Austin, and Washington, D.C. At the time, Argo AI founder and CEO Bryan Salesky said the […]

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“Power to the people!” Elon Musk unveils $8/month blue checkmark on Twitter for everyone

Nickie Louise Posted On November 1, 2022

Just a few days after taking ownership of Twitter, Elon Musk has reached out to Twitter users soliciting ideas on how to make Twitter better. Two days ago, Jason Calacanis polled Twitter users about how much they would like to […]

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Aeroseal is a climate tech startup that seals your leaky home so you waste less energy and save on electric bill

Nickie Louise Posted On November 1, 2022

Every year, the average American home spends about $40 every year on leaking electricity from major household appliances. Other studies also showed that leaky ductwork increases total cooling and heating energy usage by as much as 30%. That’s about 30 cents […]

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Volkswagen sells WeShare to German car-sharing tech startup Miles Mobility

Nickie Louise Posted On November 1, 2022

German automaker Volkswagen AG is selling its WeShare car-sharing business to German tech startup Miles Mobility GmbH. The sale is part of the effort by Europe’s biggest automaker to pull back from what has largely been known as an unprofitable sector. […]

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Is Elon Musk bringing back short-video app Vine to take on Tik Tok?

Nickie Louise Posted On November 1, 2022

In early 2015, Twitter bought the short-video app Vine for $30 Million before it had ever gotten a chance to launch. By December 2015, Vine had grown in popularity with over 200 million active users. But in October 2016, Twitter shut […]

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Ammunition tech startup TV Ammo to go public in a $1.2 billion SPAC deal

Nickie Louise Posted On November 1, 2022

After several months of drought, special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) deals appear to be gaining momentum once again. So far this year, SPAC deals account for 82 out of the 107 US initial public offerings (IPOs), according to data from the SPAC analytics […]

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JP Morgan launches Story, an online real estate management platform that simplifies rent collection for property owners and landlords

Nickie Louise Posted On October 31, 2022

J.P. Morgan has quietly rolled out an online real estate management platform that let property owners, landlords, and managers automate the invoicing and receipt of online rent payments. Called Story, the all-in-one platform helps to make payments stress-free for property owners […]

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The rise and fall of Facebook: Meta loses over $700 billion over risky bet on the metaverse; stock sinks 73%

Nickie Louise Posted On October 31, 2022

Before changing its name to Meta, Facebook is probably the most hated company in the world. In a just few months, the once $1 trillion social giant has seen its market value crash to just $246 billion. “Facebook’s monopoly is […]

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Dublin-based tech startup EVERYANGLE bags €2.7M to grow its computer vision and machine learning platform to analyze CCTV footage

Nickie Louise Posted On October 31, 2022

In just eight decades, closed-circuit television (CCTV) has grown in popularity as homes, businesses and organizations use the video surveillance system to help record images and videos of their critical assets. The CCTV camera works by monitoring, recording video images, and transmitting them […]

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Twitter to lay off 25% of workforce of 7,500 employees in first round of job cuts, report

Nickie Louise Posted On October 31, 2022

Less than a week after billionaire Elon Musk completed the $44 billion acquisition, Twitter is planning to lay off 25% of its workforce of 7,500 employees in the first round of job cuts, the Washington Post reported on Monday, citing a person familiar […]

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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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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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