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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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Top startup news stories you need to know this Wednesday, March 21
Nickie Louise Posted On March 21, 2018


Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories today Wednesday, March 21. Chinese investors back  TCR2 Therapeutics in a $125 million cash round to fuel a preclinical assault on solid tumors. In yet another display of […]


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Cryptocurrency  / ICOs  / Press Release
Shping confirms Asia-Pacific expansion plan as Token Sale draws to a close
Nickie Louise Posted On March 21, 2018


21 March 2018, Melbourne, Australia – Melbourne-based blockchain business, Shping has confirmed that it is moving ahead with its development and expansion roadmap, having already achieved 2 of its 5 funding milestones, and edging closer to its third as its […]


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Cryptocurrency market bounces back after positive G-20 cryptocurrency meeting, calls for Cryptocurrency regulation recommendations by July 2018
Nickie Louise Posted On March 20, 2018


The cryptocurrency market received the much-awaited boost after a positive G-20 cryptocurrency meeting. The world’s economic leaders gathered in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 19-20 March 2018, for the G20 summit. The price of Bitcoin jumped above $9,000 after the positive statement from […]


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WhatsApp co-founder, who made billions from Facebook, now told his Twitter followers it’s time to delete Facebook
Nickie Louise Posted On March 20, 2018


The co-founder of a company Facebook bought for $19 billion just told followers to delete Facebook. In a tweet  posted at about 4PM, WhatsApp co-founder, Brian Acton, told his Twitter followers to delete Facebook. Within 4 hours, his tweet already […]


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Artificial intelligence recruiting startup AllyO raises $14 million in funding from Bain Capital Ventures, Google’s AI Fund and others
Nickie Louise Posted On March 20, 2018


Artificial intelligence (AI) recruiting has come of age. Before AI, human resource professionals rely on applicant tracking system (ATS) software to electronic handling of recruitment needs. ATS can either be implemented in-house or hosted in the cloud depending on company needs and […]


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Emerging Technology  / Featured  / Hardware  / Robotics  / Technology News
Japanese government to boost space startups with nearly $1 billion funding pool
Nickie Louise Posted On March 20, 2018


Japanese government is earmarking about ($940 million) to speed and accelerate space startups toward the final frontier. The government is also creating a human resource hub and weighing a legal path for commercial development on the moon. The government will offer the […]


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Featured  / Technology News
Google launches a big news initiative to fight fake news and help publishers make money
Nickie Louise Posted On March 20, 2018


Google is taking extra steps to fight fake news. Yesterday, the tech giant announced the launch of “The Google News Initiative (GNI).” The initiative is a journalism-focused program that fight fake news and help publishers earn money.  The Google News initiative […]


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Emerging Technology  / Featured  / Hardware  / Self-Driving  / Startup Funding  / Tech Startup News  / Technology News  / Transportation
Blackmore Sensors and Analytics raises $18 million from BMW i Ventures and Toyota AI Ventures to scale its automotive LIDAR solution
Nickie Louise Posted On March 20, 2018


Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) is the most important and expensive component of any autonomous vehicle. It is a sensor that detects objects in a car’s proximity using lasers. Not so long ago a LiDAR sensor used to cost $75,000. […]


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Top startup news stories you need to know this Tuesday, March 20
Nickie Louise Posted On March 20, 2018


Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories today Tuesday, March 20. Alibaba is putting $2 billion to work in online mall Lazada.  The Chinese tech giant  Alibaba is pumping another US$2 billion into Lazada as […]


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Affirm, a startup founded by PayPal co-founder, just launched Apple Pay Credit Card without the plastic
Nickie Louise Posted On March 19, 2018


We live in a different time with different worldviews. Millennials, those born between 1980 and year 2000, grew up in a time of rapid change.Unlike the baby boomers, millennials hate debt and aren’t into credit cards. One company is trying […]


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Uber’s self-driving car kills Arizona woman crossing the street; Uber halts autonomous-car testing
Nickie Louise Posted On March 19, 2018


An Uber self-driving car hit and killed a 49-year old woman crossing the street in Tempe, Arizona, police said on Monday. This makes it the first fatality caused by an autonomous vehicle and a potential blow to the technology everyone […]


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Artificial Intelligence  / Emerging Technology  / Featured
A new AI breakthrough developed by Microsoft will remove language barriers and help people around the world communicate better
Nickie Louise Posted On March 19, 2018


Since the Tower of Babel, humans have never been closer than it is today. With the global emergence of the Internet and advances in translation and speech technologies, it’s now possible to communicate with people around the world than any […]


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Bitcoin  / Cryptocurrency  / Featured  / Tech Startup News  / Technology News
PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel is betting on cryptocurrency bitcoin; will become the ‘online equivalent to gold’
Nickie Louise Posted On March 19, 2018


PayPal co-founder, Peter Thiel, is once again betting on bitcoin because he believes the cryptocurrency will one day become “the biggest” of the cryptocurrencies. Speaking at the recent event hosted by the Economic Club of New York last Thursday, Thiel […]


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Featured  / Technology News
Facebook faces existential crisis, lost billions in market value as reports of data misuse intensify
Nickie Louise Posted On March 19, 2018


Facebook is now facing existential crisis of its life after New York Times first broke the news that Aleksandr Kogan, a University of Cambridge professor, accessed the data of more than 50 million Facebook users after creating a survey filled out […]


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Blockchain  / Press Release
Humaniq celebrates success: First working hybrid Blockchain and 100,000-strong community
Nickie Louise Posted On March 19, 2018


Reaching a technological and a community-building milestone gives Humaniq reason to be confident for future expansion, as it finds way to cut transaction costs, and hundred thousandth community member joins. London, March 20, 2018 – Humaniq has achieved the first […]


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Top startup news stories you need to know this Monday, March 19
Nickie Louise Posted On March 19, 2018


Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories today Monday, March 19. Aerial imagery startup Skycision just raised $1.1 million to build better data platforms for farmers. Skycision is a 3-year old aerial imagery startup that provides […]


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Cybersecurity  / Featured  / Hacking  / Security  / Tech Startup News  / Technology News
Edward Snowden: Facebook is a surveillance company collecting personal data, rebranded as ‘social media’
Nickie Louise Posted On March 18, 2018


Edward Snowden, former National Security Agency contractor criticized Facebook in a tweet Saturday after the social media giant suspended Cambridge Analytica in response to a private information theft has been reported that may have reached 50 million Facebook profiles. Facebook […]


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Featured  / Gadgets  / Gaming  / Hardware  / Music  / Product Reviews
Mobius is the world’s first immersive cinematic 3D audio gaming headphone
Nickie Louise Posted On March 18, 2018


Do you want to take your gaming experience to the next level? Mobius might be the next immersive cinematic 3D audio gaming headphone you need. Created by a California-based startup, Audeze, Mobius is the first premium high-end, fully immersive 3D cinematic […]


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Top tech startup news of the week (startup weekend roundup)
Nickie Louise Posted On March 18, 2018


Happy Sunday! Here is a weekend roundup of top startup news for the past week. Please subscribe to the TechStartups Newsletter using the form at the right corner of this page, if you want this weekly update in your inbox […]


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Featured  / Guest Post  / Startups
What to look for in a Co-Founder
Nickie Louise Posted On March 17, 2018


It’s extremely easy, as an entrepreneur, to get overwhelmed with the requirements of a startup – whether those be finances, time constraints, or limited talents (we can’t all be good at everything!). Many founders, after careful consideration, decide to bring […]


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