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Netflix acquires the publisher of Walking Dead game Next Games for $72 million

Daniel Levi Posted On March 2, 2022

Netflix has cratered since the streaming giant announced it only expects to add just 2.5 million users in the current quarter–the number is well short of Wall Street expectations. Since early 2020 when Disney announced its Disney+ streaming service, Netflix has […]

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AI legal tech startup ZERØ secures $12 million in funding to automate time-consuming tasks for lawyers

Daniel Levi Posted On March 2, 2022

Do you know that an estimated 30% of knowledge workers’ time is wasted on administrative tasks? Now, small and big enterprises alike are seeking new ways to reduce waste and become more productive. That’s why this tech startup has made […]

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Crypto has become a two-edged sword: Crypto is used to send donations to Ukraine but now emerging as a way to bypass sanctions against Russia

Daniel Levi Posted On March 2, 2022

In the past five days, the Ukrainian government and NGOs have raised over $20.9 million through more than 23,000 crypto asset donations since the start of the Russian invasion. During the same period, the price of bitcoin also jumped from about […]

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Israeli real-time fraud prevention tech startup nSure.ai raises $18M in funding to provide guaranteed chargeback coverage to merchants

Daniel Levi Posted On March 1, 2022

As online marketplaces boom, fraudsters are taking advantage of outdated fraud-prevention systems that weren’t developed to manage the sales of FinTech products, crypto, NFTs, and other virtual goods. For digital goods, such as gift cards, gaming, crypto, financial services, and […]

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US Department of Defense gives over $10M to biotech startup Appili Therapeutics to develop biodefense vaccine to prevent a pathogen that’s 1,000 times more infectious than anthrax

Daniel Levi Posted On March 1, 2022

Appili Therapeutics, a Nova Scotia, Canada-based biotech startup that focuses on drug development for infectious diseases, announced Tuesday it has received over $10 million in new funding from the US Department of Defense for biodefense vaccine candidate ATI-1701. As part of […]

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Crypto exchanges Binance and Kraken reject Ukraine’s request to block Russian crypto accounts

Daniel Levi Posted On March 1, 2022

In the wake of ongoing tensions between Russia and Ukraine, governments around the world have imposed a series of sanctions on Russian banks to put more economic pressure on Moscow to withdraw its troops from Ukraine. In the latest response […]

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Kim Jung-ju, founder of South Korea-based Gaming giant Nexon, dies at age 54

Daniel Levi Posted On March 1, 2022

Kim Jung-ju, the billionaire founder of gaming giant Nexon, has died at the age of 54, the parent company NXC Corp announced Tuesday. Kim founded the Tokyo-listed Nexon in 1994 to become one of the biggest game developers and publishers, with hit […]

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JP Morgan CEO Dimon on SWIFT ban on Russian banks: SWIFT sanctions can be circumvented and may bring unintended consequences to the US and its allies

Daniel Levi Posted On February 28, 2022

In the latest response to Russia’s attack on Ukraine, western leaders on Saturday slapped Russia with a series of sanctions the likes of which the world has never seen. The sanctions, which will be implemented in the coming days, include freezing of the […]

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Demand for VPNs spike in Russia and Ukraine as internet control tightens

Daniel Levi Posted On February 28, 2022

As the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine reaches its fifth day, there were multiple reports that Russia has already lost about 2,800 soldiers and 80 tanks in the attacks. There were also reports of misinformation and fake news spreading on Russian […]

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Satellite outage knocks out 5,800 wind turbines in central Europe as war between Russia and Ukraine intensifies

Daniel Levi Posted On February 28, 2022

As the fight intensifies between Russia and Ukraine, Germany’s Enercon said on Monday that a “massive disruption” of satellite connections in Europe was affecting the operations of 5,800 wind turbines in central Europe, according to a report from Reuters. Enercon said […]

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Tech world unites to build AirBnB-like solutions for millions of Ukrainians as Russian invasion trigger refugee crisis

Daniel Levi Posted On February 28, 2022

● More than 200,000 people have fled Ukraine due to Russia’s invasion, and an estimated 3-4 million are likely to follow. The imminent challenge is to help the refugees with temporary housing, medical care, and transportation, and then provide them […]

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NFTs and P2E in Gaming: New Ways to Play, and Win

Daniel Levi Posted On February 28, 2022

There’s something specific happening right now with digital gaming, and it has to do with blockchain assets. Some of the biggest proponents of new decentralized finance systems for gaming are coining a term called GameFi, and a related idea called […]

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Poland-based fintech startup Mizar bags $3M funding led by Nexo to solve the complexity of trading crypto with next-gen smart trading tools

Daniel Levi Posted On February 27, 2022

In recent years, institutional support for bitcoin As mainstream adoption of crypto grows in recent years, many now see cryptocurrency trading as a source of generating passive income. However, crypto trading is not without its challenges and complexity, which makes it […]

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Russian and Ukrainian troops strike a deal to jointly guard Chernobyl nuclear power plant

Daniel Levi Posted On February 26, 2022

With all the negative news about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, today there is a piece of good news coming from Ukraine. Today, Russian troops struck a deal with Ukrainian soldiers to jointly maintain the safety of reactors at the Chernobyl […]

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Health / HealthTech / Research

New Swedish study shows that Pfizer mRNA vaccine does indeed integrate into our DNA through liver cells in as fast as 6 hours, in-vitro

Daniel Levi Posted On February 26, 2022

For about two years, we’ve been told unequivocally that the mRNA vaccine will not integrate itself permanently into our DNA. Now a new study out of Sweden just confirms one of our worst fears. It turns out that the RNA from the […]

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Russian invasion of Ukraine may put a network of US-linked labs in Ukraine that work with dangerous pathogens at risk, US official said

Daniel Levi Posted On February 26, 2022

While all eyes are on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, what has received little attention in the news is the risk of releasing dangerous pathogens. However, defense experts are concerned that the invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces may put a network […]

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Russian tank runs over Ukrainian civilian car; the driver miraculously survives: Watch

Daniel Levi Posted On February 25, 2022

Earlier today, several people in the Obolon district in Kyiv, Ukraine watched helplessly as a rampaging Russian tank runs over a civilian car, totally crushes the car, before it later reverses over it. The Ukrainian car driver miraculously survived. The terrifying […]

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University of Chicago Professor John Mearsheimer gave the best advice to solve the Russia-Ukraine Conflict in 2015 but nobody listened, here’s what he said

Daniel Levi Posted On February 25, 2022

Early this month, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping present in Beijing, China ahead of the Beijing Winter Olympics opening ceremony. In a rare in-person meeting, the two leaders issued a statement opposing a “further enlargement of NATO.” […]

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Russia captures a large quantity of weapons supplied by the U.S. and UK to Ukraine, including U.S. Javelin Missile Systems and British NLAW missiles, IFX reports

Daniel Levi Posted On February 25, 2022

Weeks before the war started, Western nations including the United States, Great Britain, and other NATO countries shipped a large number of weapons to Ukraine to defend the country against Russia’s invasion. In January, the US sent a shipment of […]

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Insight Partners raises a staggering $20 billion for its 12th flagship fund to invest in growth-stage tech startup companies

Daniel Levi Posted On February 25, 2022

In a sign of rapid growth in venture spending, Insight Partners, a New York-based venture capital and private equity firm, announced it has raised a staggering $20 billion for its twelfth flagship fund. The firm said yesterday as it looks to ramp […]

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