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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.




Gaming  / Technology News
Life in isolation: How millions turned to online gaming to cope with the Covid-19 pandemic
Nickie Louise Posted On July 12, 2021


When the coronavirus pandemic started in early 2020, telecom giant Verizon reported that gaming usage went up 75% (between March 12-19) and 102% (April 2) as people spend more time at home amid coronavirus pandemic. Thanks to vaccines, life is slowly […]


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Tech Startup News  / Tech Startups  / Technology News
Elon Musk goes on trial today to defend the $2.6 billion acquisition of SolarCity after Shareholders filed a lawsuit against him
Nickie Louise Posted On July 12, 2021


Tesla CEO Elon Musk gets a day in court today to defend his role in Tesla’s $2.6 billion acquisition of SolarCity in 2016. Shareholders filed a lawsuit against Musk alleging that the deal amounted to a SolarCity bailout that enriched […]


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Energy  / Environment  / Startup Funding  / Tech Startup News  / Tech Startups  / Technology News
UAE-based Vortex Energy closes $200M for its flagship Fund to invest in renewable energy and support global clean energy transition
Nickie Louise Posted On July 12, 2021


While fossil fuels were formed 360 million years ago, we’ve only been using them for fuel for a fairly short period of time – just over 200 years. The world has a limited amount of fossil fuels and very soon, we […]


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Health  / HealthTech
Did Covid-19 vaccines violate the World War II-era Nuremberg Code?
Nickie Louise Posted On July 10, 2021


Late last month, Dr. Robert Malone, one of the original inventors of mRNA vaccines, was banned and censored by YouTube and LinkedIn after he called spoke out about the risk of “experimental vaccines.” During a TV appearance, Dr. Malone said he […]


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Gadgets  / Tech Startup News  / Tech Startups  / Technology News
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak backs the “Right To Repair” movement to allow consumers the right to repair their own devices
Nickie Louise Posted On July 9, 2021


Steve Wozniak, the co-founder of Apple and the technical brain behind the original Apple, expressed his strong support for the “Right To Repair” movement. Wozniak voices his support for the movement in a recent Cameo video appearance made in response to […]


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Health  / HealthTech
CDC, FDA contradict Pfizer on the need for third booster dose. Fully vaccinated people “do not need a booster shot at this time,” CDC, FDA say
Nickie Louise Posted On July 8, 2021


With the Delta variant of the COVID-19 virus continues to spread around the country, Pfizer and BioNTech announced Thursday that they are developing a booster shot to the new covid variant. Pfizer also said this evening that it will seek FDA approval […]


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Energy  / Environment  / Technology News
Stellantis to invest $35 billion through 2025 for the electrification of all its 14 brands of vehicles
Nickie Louise Posted On July 8, 2021


Stellantis, the world’s sixth largest automaker, unveils a new electrification plan Thursday for all its 14 brands of vehicle lineup including new electric vehicles (EVs) with up to a 500-mile range. Formed out of the merger between Italian-American automaker Fiat Chrysler […]


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Health  / HealthTech
Pfizer deleted its article that says its “Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine has not been approved or licensed by the FDA” Why now?
Nickie Louise Posted On July 8, 2021


On June 19, 2021, a Twitter user from Québec, Canada by the name Mone C, posted a link to Pfizer’s website about an informational article titled, “The Facts About the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine | pfpfizeruscom not approved. Authorized.” The article, which was presumably […]


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Health  / HealthTech
Data from the UK’s ZOE covid symptom study app shows covid rates among vaccinated people have roughly tripled in the last two weeks; higher among the unvaccinated
Nickie Louise Posted On July 8, 2021


Late last month, Public Health England, an executive agency of the Department of Health and Social Care in the United Kingdom, found that more vaccinated people died of the Delta variant in the UK than the unvaccinated. The data further shows […]


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Technology News
Chevy Bolt electric vehicle (EV) caught fire while charging
Nickie Louise Posted On July 7, 2021


Opponents of electric vehicles have one more reason not to buy one as General Motors made headlines this week, for the wrong reasons. Today, Vermont State Police reported that a Chevrolet electric vehicle owned by a Vermont state lawmaker caught fire while […]


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Bitcoin  / Blockchain  / Cryptocurrency  / Ethereum  / ICOs  / Tech Startup News  / Tech Startups  / Technology News  / Token
Banksy’s ‘Spike’ To Be Auctioned By NFT Startup Valuart
Nickie Louise Posted On July 7, 2021


In a week where two big news focused on non-fungible tokens (NFTs) made headlines, a blockchain startup Valuart announced plans to drop its first digital artwork. The startup, founded in March this year by Etan Genini, Vittorio Grigòlo, and Michele […]


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Artificial Intelligence  / Emerging Technology  / Startup Funding  / Tech Startup News  / Tech Startups  / Technology News
AI tech startup WellSaid Labs raises $10M to generate synthetic voices and build “voices for every brand”
Nickie Louise Posted On July 7, 2021


As an owner, creating voiceover for all your digital content could provide another avenue to further engage with your customers and grow your business. Voiceover translation also offers more benefits compared to using subtitles or transcripts in your video. However, voiceover can […]


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Technology News
Pentagon cancels a $10 billion JEDI cloud computing contract with Microsoft 
Nickie Louise Posted On July 6, 2021


Back in October 2019, the Pentagon awarded a $10 billion JEDI (Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure) contract to Microsoft. Then in December of the same year, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos blamed former President Trump for losing the cloud contract to rival Microsoft. […]


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Health  / HealthTech
Biden says government will now be going door-to-door to Americans who have not been vaccinated and get them vaccinated through “targeted community outreach”
Nickie Louise Posted On July 6, 2021


As part of the effort to boost the vaccination rate in the country, President Bident announced Tuesday that the US government will now be conducting a “targeted community door-to-door outreach” to get unvaccinated Americans vaccinated. Unless government health officials knock […]


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Launch  / Tech Startup News  / Tech Startups  / Technology News
Fat Llama, the world’s largest item rental marketplace, launches “Shopify for rental” service platform that lets retailers rent goods to customers
Nickie Louise Posted On July 6, 2021


As businesses feel the pressure from consumers to be sustainable, as well as short-term renting being at an all-time high, the practice of renting items is becoming increasingly popular. Retailers are also realizing that more sustainable practices — practices that include […]


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Acquisition  / Aerospace  / Space  / Tech Startups  / Technology News
German flying taxi startup Volocopter acquires DG Flugzeugbau to gain EU air safety production certification
Nickie Louise Posted On July 6, 2021


We last covered Volocopter back in September 2020 after the German flying taxi startup partnered with logistics group DB Schenker. The two companies teamed up together to deploy Volocopter’s heavy-lift drones, in a project that will gather vital practical flying experience […]


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Tech Startup News  / Tech Startups  / Technology News
Meet Lift eFoil, the $12,000 motorized hydrofoil surfboard Mark Zuckerberg used to celebrate 4th of July; travels at speed of 25 mph
Nickie Louise Posted On July 5, 2021


Yesterday, the internet erupted after Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared a dramatic Fourth of July video of himself toting an American flag while riding an electric surfboard across a lake. In the video, Zuckerberg appears to be riding a $12,000 motorized hydrofoil surfboard […]


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Featured  / Hardware  / Tech Startup News  / Tech Startups  / Technology News
China is acquiring UK’s largest and last remaining advanced chip factory in England as global semiconductor shortage continues
Nickie Louise Posted On July 5, 2021


While everyone is talking about the coronavirus pandemic, the semiconductor shortage is another global crisis that has been brewing for over six months now. Technology has permeated every facet of our lives. We now depend on semiconductors for almost everything […]


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Technology News
Meet Huka Pendel, an electric wheelchair scooter designed by a Dutch mobility startup that makes it possible for people with disabilities to travel independently
Nickie Louise Posted On July 4, 2021


While news of electric cars dominates the headlines, this tiny Dutch mobility startup is developing electric wheelchair scooter trikes to improve the quality of life for people with disabilities. Based in Oldenzaal, the Netherlands. For over 40 years, Huka has been […]


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Technology News
Leadership lessons for startup founders
Nickie Louise Posted On July 2, 2021


Happy Friday. As we all know, the startup journey is not easy, and building a successful startup is not for the faint of heart. It is fraught with risks, challenges, obstacles, and hardship. As Sumner Redstone once said, “Success is not built on success. […]


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