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Bitcoin / Cryptocurrency / Ethereum / ICOs / Technology News

Goldman Sachs CEO warns: “I’m extremely cautious on bitcoin, buyer beware”

Nickie Louise Posted On May 27, 2021

Can you imagine the emotional roller coasters crypto investors went through in the last few days? In a little over a week, bitcoin went from its peak of $64,829.14 in mid-April to as low as $30,001.51 on May 19. Some blamed […]

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Electric Car / Energy / Environment / Technology News

Lithium-ion batteries might lose their global dominance in stationary applications, a new report found

Nickie Louise Posted On May 27, 2021

The history of lithium-ion batteries goes all the way back to the late 1970s when a team of global scientists began developing what would become the Li-ion battery, a type of rechargeable battery that would eventually power everything from electric vehicles to […]

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Featured

SoftBank is backing Europe’s most valuable tech startup Klarna in a funding round that values it at over $40 billion

Nickie Louise Posted On May 27, 2021

Softbank is back. Two weeks ago, Softbank shocked its critics when it announced a $36.99 billion profit in just 3 months, making it the biggest profit in the history of a Japanese company. Now, with billions in spending war chest, […]

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Featured / Startup Funding / Tech Startup News / Tech Startups / Technology News

Silicon Valley fintech startup SpotOn joins the unicorn club at $1.875 billion valuation after raising $125M in funding led by Andreessen Horowitz

Nickie Louise Posted On May 27, 2021

For over three years now, we’ve featured thousands of startups around the world. For some reason, SpotOn slipped under our radar. SpotOn is a San Francisco-based payments and software startup redefining the merchant services industry. The startup was founded to bring together […]

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Featured

Indian fintech startup Paytm to raise $3 billion in an IPO

Nickie Louise Posted On May 27, 2021

The initial public offering (IPO) season is here. This week, two payment fintechs made their debuts on both the NASDAQ and NYSE. Boston payments startup Flywire raised $250 million. Paymentus stock also surged nearly 40% in its IPO debut. Now, Indian fintech […]

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Featured

Bluzelle 2.0 – The Past, Present and Future of the Creator Economy

Nickie Louise Posted On May 27, 2021

Back in March, we wrote about Bluzelle after the blockchain startup partnered with $50B data infrastructure leader Equinix to enable secure cloud-hosted PoS validators for the first time. For some of our readers who may not know what Bluzelle does, the […]

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Apps / Tech Startup News / Tech Startups / Technology News

The Top Free Apps In The World 2021: Who Reigns Supreme?

Nickie Louise Posted On May 26, 2021

At the present moment, there are an estimated 3.6 billion smartphone users in the world. That works out to be nearly half of the global population, which means why it’s surprising to learn the mobile application industry is thriving more […]

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Self-Driving / Technology News

This Chinese electric car tech startup left its car lot to rot after filing for bankruptcy

Nickie Louise Posted On May 26, 2021

In May 2018, Chinese Internet giant Baidu and Panda Auto, an EV rental operator under the Chongqing-based automaker Lifan Group, jointly launched China’s first shared autonomous vehicle pilot program in Chongqing. During the one-month trial operation, Panda Auto deployed six […]

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FinTech

A new job post hints at Apple getting into cryptocurrency payment as it seeks a person with a cryptocurrency background for a new ‘Alternative Payments’ job

Nickie Louise Posted On May 26, 2021

Is cryptocurrency payment on the horizon for Apple? The answer may be yes, according to a recently listed job posting. Apple, the world’s largest company is looking to hire a business development manager for its “Alternative Payments” program. According to […]

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Launch / Tech Startup News / Tech Startups / Technology News

GameStop is launching its own NFT platform on Ethereum

Nickie Louise Posted On May 26, 2021

NFT mania continues with no sign of slowing down. Many prominent companies are now joining the bandwagon and get their slice of the non-fungible token (NFT) market before it fizzles out. Last week, we told you about Voice.com, a $30 […]

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Artificial Intelligence / Emerging Technology / Startup Funding / Tech Startup News / Tech Startups / Technology News

SoftBank leads a $0.5 billion investment in AI-driven digital experience analytics tech startup Contentsquare

Nickie Louise Posted On May 26, 2021

Just two days ago, Softbank led a $175 million investment in South Korea-based EdTech startup and AI tutoring platform Riiid to further R&D and enhance its AI technology. Over the past three years, Softbank, through its SoftBank Vision Fund, has been betting on […]

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Acquisition / Technology News

Amazon buys MGM Studios for $8.45 billion

Nickie Louise Posted On May 26, 2021

Yesterday, we reported that Amazon was nearing a deal to acquire Hollywood studio MGM Holdings in a deal that valued the co-owner of the James Bond franchise and other film and TV series, for between $8.5 billion and $9 billion, according […]

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Food logistics tech startup CMX secures $50M Series A funding led by Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital

Nickie Louise Posted On May 26, 2021

CMX (ComplianceMetrix), a La Jolla, California-based tech startup that provides a platform to enable companies of all sizes to gain control and transparency over their supply chains, announced today it has closed a $50 million Series A investment led by Morgan […]

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Contributor / Guest Post / Reuters

Startup teaches young Nigerians to code on smartphones

Nickie Louise Posted On May 26, 2021

Authored by Angela Ukomadu via Reuters Samuel Anyaele regularly tells his students that everything they need to write a software code can be found on their mobile phones. He writes HTML codes on his phone, which are displayed on a […]

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Space / Technology News

Watch: Is Bezos’ Blue Origin really turning out to be a complete failure or a winner?

Nickie Louise Posted On May 25, 2021

Just last month, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) officially selected SpaceX for the $2.9 billion Human Landing System (HLS) beating out Bezos’ Blue and Dynetics. It was just the latest in strings of defeats recorded by Jeff Bezos’ space […]

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Acquisition / Featured / Technology News

Amazon nears deal to buy MGM Studios for nearly $9 billion as streaming competition heats up

Nickie Louise Posted On May 25, 2021

Amazon is nearing a deal to acquire Hollywood studio MGM Holdings in a deal that valued the co-owner of the James Bond franchise and other film and TV series, for between $8.5 billion and $9 billion, according to several published reports. The deal […]

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Health / HealthTech / Social Media

Fact-checkers are now scrambling to salvage their reputations after repeatedly dismissing the Wuhan lab leak as a ‘debunked conspiracy theory’

Nickie Louise Posted On May 25, 2021

We now live in a country where six media giants control a whopping 90% of our media consumption. Be it online or on TV, these six corporations now control the news we hear, read, and watch. Back in 2018, Jim Morrison, a singer, […]

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Bitcoin / Cryptocurrency / Ethereum / ICOs / Tech Startup News / Tech Startups / Technology News

This Ex-Google Engineer and a multi-millionaire just sold all his bitcoins. He’s now warning others about the risk of cryptocurrencies and Tether scandal

Nickie Louise Posted On May 25, 2021

Patrick Shyu is an Ex-Google Tech Lead and Ex-Facebook Software Engineer. After leaving the corporate world, Shyu launched TechLead, an online training program, and professional community. TechLead is a great platform for those who’re interested in Tech, programming, Big Tech companies, money, […]

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Canadian FoodTech startup 7shifts raises $21.5 million in Series B funding to grow its labor-management platform for restaurants

Nickie Louise Posted On May 25, 2021

The coronavirus pandemic has forever changed our ways of life. Millions of people lost their jobs and thousands of businesses were decimated. Some of the sectors most impacted by this deadly virus are the foods and the travel industry. Thanks […]

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Canadian tech startup Novisto raises $8 million to track and improve the accuracy of corporate sustainability reporting

Nickie Louise Posted On May 25, 2021

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) are fast becoming central to corporate reporting. In 2019, 90 percent of S&P 500 companies disclosed ESG-related metrics in some form, compared to just 20 percent in 2011. Until now, there’s been a deficit of ESG […]

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