March 21, 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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Is digital fashion the key to breaking the cycle of environmental harm?
Nickie Louise Posted On March 29, 2022


The fashion industry — with its short trend cycles and massive production rates — was named one of the most polluting sectors of the previous year. However, the unexpected rise of digital fashion in video games and applications has revealed a […]


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Bitcoin turns positive for the first time in 2022, surges above $48,000
Nickie Louise Posted On March 29, 2022


Crypto mania is back! In just five days, the price of bitcoin jumped by more than 9 percent from $44,000 to over $48,000 on Monday. The sudden jump also means the world’s most popular cryptocurrency has now erased all its […]


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Boston Dynamics ‘Spot Mini’ painting by Agnieszka Pilat sells for $40k to benefit Ukrainian refugees
Nickie Louise Posted On March 28, 2022


The Russian invasion of Ukraine is currently in its fifth week. As war rages between the two countries, Ukrainian refugees have received an outpouring of support from the tech community and thousands, if not millions, of people from around the world. […]


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EU sets a date to end its reliance on Russian energy; currently gets 40% of its gas from Russia
Nickie Louise Posted On March 28, 2022


The European Union (EU) currently gets about 40% of all its energy from Russia, including 41.1% of its gas supply, according to data from FactSet. However, in the light of the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, the EU pledged in […]


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France blockchain tech startup Cross The Ages raises $12M in seed funding for its free-to-play-and-earn metaverse gaming platform
Nickie Louise Posted On March 28, 2022


With the popularity of NFTs, the demand for blockchain games is skyrocketing as more players look to make money from play-to-earn games. Just last week, we covered Binance-backed Heroes of Mavia, a blockchain-based play-to-earn massively multiplayer online (MMO) strategy game developed […]


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VR tech startup Osso VR lands $66M for its virtual reality surgical training and assessment platform
Nickie Louise Posted On March 28, 2022


Virtual reality surgical training and assessment platform Osso VR has raised $66 million in Series C funding to continue its mission to democratize healthcare and broaden access to surgical education for all healthcare professionals. The round was led by Oak HC/FT, with […]


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Elon Musk responds to another Washington Post’s hit piece: “For the 100th time, please give my regards to your puppetmaster”
Nickie Louise Posted On March 28, 2022


The feud between the once world’s richest man Jeff Bezos and Tesla CEO and the world’s richest person Elon Musk doesn’t seem to be cooling anytime soon. According to The Insider, the Musk-Bezos rivalry appears to date back to back to […]


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On-demand grocery delivery startup Instacart cuts its valuation by about 40% to $24 billion to reflect selloff in tech stocks
Nickie Louise Posted On March 28, 2022


In March 2021, Instacart doubled its valuation to $39 billion after raising $265 million in funding. It was the second time Instacart doubled its valuation since the start of the pandemic in February 2020, making the on-demand grocery delivery startup the second-largest U.S.-based […]


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Israeli tech startup Brain.space comes out of stealth with $8.5M funding to test brain-activity gear on space mission to ISS
Nickie Louise Posted On March 28, 2022


Israeli brain infrastructure startup brain.space has come out of stealth mode with an $8.5 million seed funding to conduct the first-ever EEG experiment in space. As part of the experiment, astronauts will wear the brain.space automated EEG helmet to collect microgravity brain […]


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HP buys Poly for $3.3 billion to ride hybrid work boom
Nickie Louise Posted On March 28, 2022


HP has acquired Poly for $3.3 billion in an all-cash transaction deal to accelerate its growth strategy and creates leading portfolio of hybrid work solutions. Poly, which recently rebranded from Plantronics to reflect its dual Plantronics and Polycom heritage, is a leading provider of […]


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Elon Musk says he’s giving ‘serious thought’ to building his own social media platform
Nickie Louise Posted On March 28, 2022


On Saturday, we wrote about Tesla CEO Elon Musk after he hinted at launching his own social media platform due to Twitter’s failure to promote free speech. It now appears that Musk is seriously considering building his own social media […]


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Elon Musk hints at launching his own social media platform due to Twitter’s failure to promote free speech
Nickie Louise Posted On March 26, 2022


Tesla CEO Elon Musk is fed up with Twitter. Earlier today, Musk asked whether a new social media platform should be created to challenge Twitter due to its failure to promote free speech. His question has sparked the speculation that the […]


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Binance NFT partners with Toni Kroos to launch Unique Mystery Box Collection
Nickie Louise Posted On March 25, 2022


Love it or hate it, non-fungible token (NFT) is no longer just a fad. NFTs have become digital assets that are slowly making their way into every industry. Initially, many people were dismissive of NFTs as some kind of craze. […]


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Cere Network to integrate with Boba Network to provide decentralized data solutions to users
Nickie Louise Posted On March 25, 2022


The popularity of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and the shift to decentralized finance has led to the rapid adoption of blockchain technology and the explosion of other decentralized applications (dApps). This has led to the growing demand for decentralized storage or […]


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Grocery delivery tech startup Gopuff partners with UK retail giant Morrisons for speedy deliveries
Nickie Louise Posted On March 25, 2022


We covered Gopuff back in January when the SoftBank-backed delivery tech startup expanded into the private label business with the launch of its own line of private label products. The Pennsylvania, PA-based startup kicked off with bottled water under the “Basically” brand, followed by […]


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ByBit to disrupt DeFi and become the infrastructure provider for decentralization
Nickie Louise Posted On March 25, 2022


Decentralized finance (DeFi) is slowly gaining momentum with prospects to replace traditional banks and other financial institutions. It decentralizes the system and adds greater transparency by eliminating the need for existing middlemen, such as brokerage and banks. In just a […]


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Indonesia’s most valuable tech startup GoTo has received sufficient orders for its highly anticipated IPO; to raise at least $1.1 billion
Nickie Louise Posted On March 24, 2022


GoTo Group, a unicorn tech startup formed last year as a result of a merger between Indonesia’s internet startups Gojek and Tokopedia, has received sufficient investor orders for its highly anticipated initial public offering (IPO), according to an exclusive report from Reuters, […]


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Binance-backed Mavia partners with Machinations to build a sustainable game economy
Nickie Louise Posted On March 24, 2022


Just last week, Binance-backed Heroes of Mavia, a blockchain-based play-to-earn massively multiplayer online (MMO) strategy game developed by Skrice Studios, announced its collaboration with Tribe Gaming in a major push for Esports-focused P2E gaming. While the news of the collaboration continues […]


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France-based CEA and quantum computing tech startup C12 join forces to develop next-generation quantum computers with multi-qubit chips at wafer scale
Nickie Louise Posted On March 24, 2022


Quantum computing has been around since the early 1980s when physicist Paul Benioff proposed a quantum mechanical model of the Turing machine. Unlike the conventional computers that store information using bits represented by 0s or 1s, quantum computers use quantum […]


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Video-sharing app Chingari launches new NFT collection whitelist on SolRazr
Nickie Louise Posted On March 24, 2022


Just a few months ago, video-sharing app Chingari launched its $GARI token on six major exchanges, becoming the first-ever blockchain-based firm to do this! The Chingari app, which is available on iOS and Android, allows users to create, watch, and share […]


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