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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SoftBank leads a $200M investment in fitness tracker startup Whoop, tripling its valuation to $3.6 billion in less than a year

Daniel Levi Posted On August 30, 2021

In October 2020, Whoop closed a $100 million in Series E funding with backing from SoftBank, IVP, Eli Manning. The round valued the company at $1.2 billion making the Boston-based health tech startup and the maker of a wearable device a member […]

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Space / Technology News

Director of Russian space program Dmitry Rogozin says Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship program is for Pentagon special forces and NOT about flights to the Moon and Mars

Daniel Levi Posted On August 30, 2021

In May, NASA invited Russian cooperation on its new Artemis Program, but Russia only played a very limited role. Dmitry Rogozin, the director of the Russian Space Program, later rejected NASA’s proposal as “too U.S.-centric” and instead sought out a more equal […]

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Featured

SenseTime, a Chinese AI facial recognition startup used by the Chinese government for mass surveillance, files for Hong Kong IPO despite U.S. ban

Daniel Levi Posted On August 30, 2021

As you may recall from our coverage two weeks ago, Chinese AI facial recognition startup SenseTime was reportedly aiming to go public in a $2 billion IPO on the Hong Kong stock exchange. SenseTime is the maker of AI-powered technology used […]

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FinTech / Launch / Technology News

PayPal is reportedly exploring stock-trading platform for its U.S. users

Daniel Levi Posted On August 30, 2021

The online stock trading business is booming and PayPal wants a piece of the pie. PayPal is exploring ways to let its U.S. customers trade individual stocks on its platform, CNBC reported on Monday, citing two sources familiar with the […]

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TikTok owner ByteDance acquires VR tech startup Pico to expand into virtual reality and gaming

Daniel Levi Posted On August 30, 2021

With its popularity and success in short video clips, TikTok’s parent company ByteDance is making its first foray into virtual reality (VR) with the acquisition of a San Francisco-based tech startup Pico Interactive as it looks to expand into gaming. The […]

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Cryptocurrency / Startups / Tech Startup News / Tech Startups / Technology News

Gamban Extends Blocking to Crypto and Trading Platforms in Addition to Blocking Access to Online Gambling Sites

Daniel Levi Posted On August 30, 2021

Gambling addiction is a problem that affects millions of people worldwide and can lead to significant social, mental, and financial problems for many. With the growth of online cryptocurrency trading, people with a tendency towards online gambling have taken to […]

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Featured

Elon Musk says SpaceX will try to catch Starship booster, the largest-ever flying object, with robot chopsticks

Daniel Levi Posted On August 30, 2021

As you may recall, we reported back in June about a mind-blowing concept designed to catch SpaceX Starships and its superheavy boosters to bring humanity to Mars. The idea was designed by a small obscure startup called Small Stars which can be […]

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Health / HealthTech / Medical News

George Mason University (GMU) Professor fought back and won in court after GMU penalized him for not getting mandatory vaccine despite having fully recovered from Covid-19 and acquired natural immunity

Daniel Levi Posted On August 29, 2021

Have you ever had covid-19, fully recovered from the virus, and later to be asked by your employer to go and get vaccinated? That was the case with George Mason University (GMU) Professor Todd Zywicki. Prof. Zywicki has already contracted and […]

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Guest Post / Technology News

Autonomous Machine Vision enables quality assurance for SMEs

Daniel Levi Posted On August 27, 2021

Lacking the technical and financial resources of big enterprises, small to medium businesses (SMBs) might think that machine vision is not a viable option for them. Their perception is that automating quality assurance (QA) is complex and expensive. As a […]

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Technology News

U.S. Air Force Teams up with Constellation Network to Secure Interactions with Commercial Partners

Daniel Levi Posted On August 27, 2021

The US Air Force (USAF) had signed a working contract with Constellation Network, a San Francisco-based technology and blockchain company, to secure a variety of data interactions in its defense operations. Constellation has received a Phase II Small Business Innovative […]

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Berlin-based Atheneum raises $150M to accelerate global expansion and grow its expert networks research platform

Daniel Levi Posted On August 26, 2021

We live in the digital age and data is rapidly becoming the lifeblood of the global economy. Data now represents a new type of economic asset used by leading companies to gain a competitive advantage over their rivals. This has brought […]

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

Meet Benyamin Ahmed, the 12-year-old coder who earns over $400,000 in less than 2 months selling NFTs

Daniel Levi Posted On August 26, 2021

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are all the rage these days. They’ve gone from cryptocurrency side projects to digital art collectors queuing up for hours online for a chance to buy some. NFTs are not just collectors, public figures like Elon Musk, […]

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UK healthcare startup Cera to recruit, train and employ 500 refugees from Afghanistan in response to crisis

Daniel Levi Posted On August 26, 2021

Afghanistan has been in the news since last week after the Afghan government fell to the Taliban on August 15. The collapse of the Afghan government has led to the fleeing of thousands of Afghan refugees to neighboring countries like Pakistan […]

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Spartan Radar raises $10M to advance autonomous vehicle radar software and provides next-generation of biomimetic automotive radar solutions

Daniel Levi Posted On August 26, 2021

For years, autonomous vehicle industry veterans say only an aerospace and defense skunkworks team can successfully deliver automotive radar with the range, resolution, and real-time edge processing smarts necessary to enable Level 4-5 autonomy. Now, this new tech startup is […]

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Acquisition / Featured

Politico sold to German publisher Axel Springer for $1 billion

Daniel Levi Posted On August 26, 2021

German publisher Axel Springer announced Thursday that it is buying the digital media site Politico. The two companies did not disclose the exact price of the deal, but early reports value it at about $1 billion. The Virginia-based Politico is […]

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Xiaomi acquired autonomous driving tech startup Deepmotion for $77.4 million to enter into the EV market

Daniel Levi Posted On August 26, 2021

Xiaomi said Wednesday that it had acquired autonomous driving tech startup Deepmotion for about $77.37 million as it aims to expand into the crowded electric vehicle market. Xiaomi said the acquisition will “enhance the technological competitiveness” of its nascent electric vehicle business and move […]

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London-based healthtech startup Abtrace raises £2.1M to transform the detection and treatment of chronic and long-term conditions using machine learning

Daniel Levi Posted On August 26, 2021

Abtrace, a London, UK-based healthtech startup, announced today it has raised £2.1 million in seed funding to transform how chronic and long-term health conditions are detected, monitored, and treated. This round was led by the Lisbon-based VC fund Faber, with participation […]

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Health / HealthTech

Two new studies from Israel and the UK found that natural immunity is FAR superior and MUCH better than the artificial immunity from vaccines; vaccinated people were also 13 times as likely to be infected

Daniel Levi Posted On August 25, 2021

In recent days, the FDA approval of Pfizer vaccines and vaccine mandates by employers and other organizations have managed to suck the oxygen out of the 24-hour news cycle. However, while vaccines and therapeutics play major roles in combating the deadly covid-19, what’s […]

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Google-backed drone delivery startup Wing delivered 10,000 cups of coffee and 1,200 roast chickens in 2020

Daniel Levi Posted On August 25, 2021

As you may recall, we reported in the middle of last year when Google-backed drone startup Wing delivered library books so kids in Virginia can keep reading during the summer. At the time, Wing partnered with Kelly Passek, a middle school […]

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

Your Startup can Benefit from AI

Daniel Levi Posted On August 25, 2021

It’s perhaps fair to say that AI and machine learning still occupy the realm of science-fiction within our minds, yet there’s a strong chance that something using artificial intelligence already exists in most of our homes. Voice assistants like Siri […]

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