Daniel Levi

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Daniel is a writer and editor for Tech Startups. Daniel has been involved in technology and gaming for over two decades. He has previous experience in software development and loves writing about emerging technologies, cybersecurity, and cryptocurrency. Daniel also enjoys hiking and camping.

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Bitcoin mining tech startup Core Scientific is going public via SPAC deal at about $4.3 billion valuation

Daniel Levi Posted On July 21, 2021

Back in May, we wrote about crypto mining startup Core Scientific after its CEO suddenly resigned from the company. Kevin Turner resigned from his role as the CEO after nearly three years running the Bellevue, Washington-based blockchain and artificial intelligence startup. […]

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Goldman Sachs leads $50M investment in climate-friendly cooling tech startup Phononic to revolutionize how the world cools and heats

Daniel Levi Posted On July 21, 2021

For many decades, the chemicals used in air conditioning, freezers, and refrigeration have been known to hurt the environment by destroying the ozone layer and polluting water sources. Now one startup wants to upend a century of antiquated compressor technology […]

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Japan sets a new record for the world fastest internet speed of 319 terabits per second

Daniel Levi Posted On July 20, 2021

Imagine if you could download more than 50,000 movies in just a second. Unfortunately, millions of people here in the U.S. are still paying hundreds of dollars per month only to get one of the slowest internet connections in the […]

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China unveils the world’s fastest high-speed train ever built, a maglev train capable of a top speed of 600 km/h

Daniel Levi Posted On July 20, 2021

Last month, we wrote about Japan’s SCMaglev (superconducting maglev), the world’s fastest train with a speed as high as 600 km per hour. The train was developed by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) and the Railway Technical Research Institute. Now, we have […]

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Jeff Bezos reaches the edge of space on Blue Origin’s historic suborbital flight and safely returned to Earth

Daniel Levi Posted On July 20, 2021

Jeff Bezos, the world’s most wealthy person, rocketed into space on the first crewed flight of the New Shepard spacecraft built by his company Blue Origin. The highly-anticipated flight includes Bezos his brother Mark Bezos, the 82-year-old pioneer of the space race […]

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Oxford-based BioTech startup Orbit Discovery raises $7.6 million to accelerate growth in peptide drugs for the treatment of a range of chronic diseases

Daniel Levi Posted On July 20, 2021

These days, there’s been a lot of buzz about peptides and what they can do for your skin, muscles, and health. Peptides, also known as antimicrobial peptides, are strings of amino acids which are the “building blocks” of proteins. They can help […]

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Crypto market crash

Daniel Levi Posted On July 20, 2021

After reaching an all-time high of above $64,000 in mid-April, the price of bitcoin crashed below $30,000 early Tuesday morning, as negative stock market sentiment spread across the broader global financial markets. The world’s most popular cryptocurrency dropped as low as […]

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China’s driverless car startup WeRide acquires autonomous trucking startup MoonX.AI

Daniel Levi Posted On July 20, 2021

We covered WeRide back in May after the Chinese driverless car startup raised millions of dollars in new funding that valued the company at a $3.3 billion valuation, making it a member of the global unicorn club. With millions in the war […]

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Elon Musk, Twitter founder Jack Dorsey and Cathie Wood will be at a one-day “The ₿ Word” summit to discuss the role of Bitcoin for institutions around the world

Daniel Levi Posted On July 19, 2021

Last month, we wrote about the upcoming summit designed to “destigmatize” Bitcoin narratives for business leaders. The one-day “The ₿ Word” summit was originally scheduled to be hosted by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey and ARK Investment Managements founder Cathie Wood. The ₿ Word is […]

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Former NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed a new terrifying leak that he said “is going to be the story of the year”

Daniel Levi Posted On July 19, 2021

It’s been a while since we covered some of the stories from the former National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden. Back in 2018, Snowden criticized Facebook in a tweet after the social media giant suspended Cambridge Analytica in response to […]

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Boston Dynamics set the social media abuzz with old video of its robot dancing to music

Daniel Levi Posted On July 19, 2021

The video of Boston Dynamics’ humanoid robot dancing to music never gets old. On December 29, 2020, Boston Dynamics released a video of its dancing robots to usher in the New Year. With over six months into the new year, […]

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Israeli healthtech startup Sweetch raises $20M for its AI-powered engagement platform to help people with chronic conditions

Daniel Levi Posted On July 19, 2021

Sweetch is an engagement platform that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to significantly increase individuals’ adherence to essential health promotion, disease prevention, and disease management recommendations, in a highly personalized and scalable way. Sweetch makes it possible for medical teams to […]

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Zurich-based property tech startup PriceHubble startup raises $34M to accelerate its international expansion and global footprint

Daniel Levi Posted On July 19, 2021

Investments in property tech (Proptech) startups dropped in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Thanks to vaccines, the global economy is slowly returning back to normal and investors are making more deals in the first half of this year than […]

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Fintech startup and free-trading app Robinhood is going public at a nearly $35 billion valuation

Daniel Levi Posted On July 19, 2021

Remember Robinhood, the commission-free stock trading app that blocked Reddit Army from trading blocked Gamestop and AMC stocks back in April? The notorious fintech startup also restricted thousands of retail investors from trading Dogecoin. Now, the startup is planning to go public […]

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FBI Assistant Director Brian Hale leaving the FBI to join AI tech startup QOMPLX to tackle global cyber and critical risk challenges

Daniel Levi Posted On July 16, 2021

In recent years, the number of targeted cyberattacks has been on the rise especially across government agencies and technology companies with intellectual properties that are of interest to nation-state threat actors. CEOs and CIOs of these organizations later turn to cybersecurity […]

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Elon Musk says Cybertruck could flop. “There is always some chance that Cybertruck will flop,” Musk says

Daniel Levi Posted On July 16, 2021

On November 22, 2019, Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveiled the “bulletproof” electric Cybertruck pickup truck in front of thousands of fans at its Design Studio in Hawthorne, California. However, the debut suffered a setback after its ‘armored glass’ windows shattered. Fast […]

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Self-driving tech startup Aurora to go public in $13 billion SPAC deal

Daniel Levi Posted On July 16, 2021

Driverless tech startup Aurora Innovation becomes the latest company to join the SPAC craze. Today, Aurora announced it has agreed to go public via a merger with Reinvent Technology Partners Y, a blank-check firm backed by Silicon Valley heavyweights including […]

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Seoul Robotics gets $12M investment from Korean Government to build intelligent robotic perception systems using AI and machine learning

Daniel Levi Posted On July 15, 2021

The use of LiDAR technology is on the rise. While it is commonly used in autonomous driving cars, other areas including logistics, robotics, security, intelligent traffic management, and smart cities are expected to be the dominant fields for LiDAR sensors. LiDAR, […]

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Cyber Pandemic: Western nations are prepping for a “cyber pandemic” that would shut down power and the internet

Daniel Levi Posted On July 15, 2021

This week, thousands of Cubans took to the streets to express their frustration with the authoritarian regime. In response, the Cuban Communist government on Monday shut down social media and messaging apps, making it impossible for people to share videos and […]

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Atlanta-based SecurEnds secures $21 million Series A to democratize cloud and identity governance

Daniel Levi Posted On July 15, 2021

Organizations are accelerating their digital roadmap with their assets now spread between on-premise and cloud environments. As part of their security and compliance needs, there is increasing demand for a SaaS-based product that can be easily stood up and allows […]

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