October 31, 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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Microsoft launches Designer, its answer to $40 billion design startup Canva
Nickie Louise Posted On October 12, 2022


Microsoft today announced the launch of Designer, a simple graphic design app that will be available for free and as part of Office productivity software subscriptions, the tech giant said Wednesday. The Designer app is part of Microsoft’s attempt to capture […]


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Corporate travel startup TripActions raises $304 million in equity funding, pushing its valuation to $9.2 billion
Nickie Louise Posted On October 12, 2022


While technology has disrupted and transformed the travel and tourism industry, corporate travel is still plagued with antiquated products and services. Unlike personal travel, corporate travel has many limitations. And one startup is on a mission to revolutionize the sector by […]


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Former Google ads exec launches ‘Web3’ search startup NXYZ with $40M in funding to offer clean blockchain data to large crypto firms
Nickie Louise Posted On October 12, 2022


Every day, millions of transactions are processed on different blockchain networks. These transactions, which include cryptocurrency, NFT, and smart contracts, among others, resulted in terabytes of data being generated. But parsing data from the blockchain can be a messy and […]


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SEC launches investigation into Bored Ape Yacht Club creator Yuga Labs over securities violations
Nickie Louise Posted On October 11, 2022


Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are going through a difficult phase right now as crypto winter spreads across the entire digital asset markets. The NFT trading volume has plunged by 98% from January, according to data compiled from Dune Analytics. Now, one of the […]


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AllianceBlock, Onramper join forces to simplify fiat conversion and make DeFi more accessible to all
Nickie Louise Posted On October 11, 2022


The fintech industry is always changing and continues to evolve. In the last five years, decentralized finance (DeFi) has changed the way in which people gain access to financial services as mainstream users look for alternatives to traditional banks and financial […]


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German digital bank startup N26’s losses climb 14% to €172.4 million, IPO delayed
Nickie Louise Posted On October 11, 2022


Late last year, German digital bank startup N26 pulled out of the US market and shut down its U.S. operations less than three years after its launch. The shutdown affected about 500,000 of its customers in the United States. N26 said the […]


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Delta Air bets on electric air taxis with $60M investment in all-electric flying car startup Joby Aviation
Nickie Louise Posted On October 11, 2022


In January 2020, we wrote about Joby Aviation after Toyota made its first big bet on electric air taxis with a $394 million investment in the all-electric flying car startup. Fast forward more than two years later, a global airline […]


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Hackers attacked all the major US airports
Nickie Louise Posted On October 10, 2022


As the war between Russia and Ukraine rages on, a group of Russian-speaking hackers has now turned their attention to US airports. The group has claimed responsibility for knocking more than a dozen public-facing airport websites offline. The airports, which include those […]


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Twitter refuses Elon Musk’s new $44 billion takeover deal, Musk’s lawyers say
Nickie Louise Posted On October 10, 2022


On October 7, a Delaware Chancery Court judge ruled that Tesla CEO Elon Musk has until October 28 to complete his acquisition of Twitter if he wants to avoid a trial. In a new twist, Twitter is now refusing Elon Musk’s new $44 […]


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Oracle Cloud Marketplace Has a New Addition ⁠— Stellar Cyber’s Open XDR Platform, Powered by Oracle Cloud Expertise
Nickie Louise Posted On October 10, 2022


Stellar Cyber, a member of the Oracle Partner Network (OPN), unlocks a new achievement as it joins other top applications on Oracle Cloud Marketplace. This Silicon Valley-based company is the leading provider of Open XDR. By far, it has been […]


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Amazon to invest over €1 billion in European electric vans and truck fleet in a push for net-zero carbon emissions
Nickie Louise Posted On October 10, 2022


Amazon announced on Monday that it will invest nearly $1 million over the next five years in electric vans, trucks, and low-emission package hubs across Europe as part of its effort to achieve net-zero carbon emissions. The Jeff Bezos-founded company […]


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Hackers stole $570 million from Binance’s BNB Chain in one of the largest crypto hacks
Nickie Louise Posted On October 7, 2022


Hackers have stolen $570 million from Binance-linked blockchain BNB Chain, a spokesperson confirmed on Friday. The hack is the latest in a series of hacks to hit the crypto sector this year. This is the second time hackers have breached the BNB Chain. […]


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Brookfield Asset bets $2 billion on music copyrights in a deal with independent publisher Primary Wave Music
Nickie Louise Posted On October 7, 2022


Do you know how much musicians actually make from their music? According to some data, an average working musician in the United States earns $35,300 in annual gross revenue from their music career. Data from “Spotify’s Year in Music” also shows how […]


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Elon Musk must complete Twitter $44 billion takeover deal by October 28 to avoid trial, judge rules
Nickie Louise Posted On October 7, 2022


A Delaware Chancery Court judge ruled Thursday that Tesla CEO Elon Musk has until October 28 to complete his acquisition of Twitter if he wants to avoid a trial, granting Musk a slight reprieve. On Tuesday, Musk shocked the world after he […]


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South Korea freezes $39.6 million in crypto belonging to Terra founder Do Kwon, but Kwon says it isn’t his
Nickie Louise Posted On October 6, 2022


South Korean prosecutors have reportedly frozen $39.6 million in crypto assets belonging to the founder of Terraform and the creator of the failed Terra blockchain project Do Kwon. The announcement comes less than a month after the country’s authorities issued […]


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Spotify acquires Irish tech startup Kinzen to combat online hate speech and protect against harmful content
Nickie Louise Posted On October 6, 2022


Audio-streaming giant Spotify has acquired Kinzen, an Irish media tech startup founded by former RTÉ journalist Mark Little and Áine Kerr, a one-time political reporter with the Irish Independent. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. The deal is the […]


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Peloton to cut 12% of its global workforce in the fourth round of layoffs to ‘save’ the company from bankruptcy
Nickie Louise Posted On October 6, 2022


In February, we wrote about Peloton after the fitness technology company fired over 2,800 employees as the founder resigned as CEO. The writing has been on the wall for the once-valued $50 billion tech giant. But the company continues to kick the can down […]


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Cybersecurity tech startup Arctic Wolf raises $401 million in debt as it eyes IPO
Nickie Louise Posted On October 6, 2022


With the ongoing global economic downturn, tech startups continue to struggle to secure new funding as the glut of cheap money dries due to high-interest rates causing investors to pull back from risky bets. In the latest sign that pure equity financing is […]


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Cake DeFi launches Ethereum (ETH) Staking service with 5% yield
Nickie Louise Posted On October 6, 2022


As you may recall, last month, Cake DeFi announced the launch of a $50M global R&D hub in Singapore to develop best-in-class blockchain and digital asset technologies. That’s just one of the many ongoing efforts the Singapore-based fintech platform is working on. Now, […]


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NetSPI secures $410M in funding from KKR for its enterprise penetration testing and attack surface management platform
Nickie Louise Posted On October 5, 2022


With an ever-increasing attack surface, it’s a constant struggle for companies of all sizes to continue to protect their critical assets from bad actors and cyber hackers. That’s why Minneapolis-based cybersecurity startup NetSPI is on a mission to protect enterprises with […]


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