January 11, 2025
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Daniel Levi

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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Microsoft releases VALL-E, a new text-to-speech model that can produce speech in any voice with just 3 seconds of training
Daniel Levi Posted On January 9, 2023


Text-to-speech (TTS) technology has come a long way since its early days over five decades ago. The first English text-to-speech system was invented by Japanese researcher Noriko Umeda at the Electrotechnical Laboratory in Japan in 1968 when he generated a computer […]


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Types of funding for startups
Daniel Levi Posted On January 8, 2023


Since our inception five years ago, we have covered thousands of startups that have raised billions in funding from angel investors, accelerators and incubators, and venture capital firms. Any founder would tell you that starting a new business venture can […]


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91% of cryptos from 2014 have died, while Bitcoin lost over 75% of its value from its peak of $69,000 in Nov. 2021
Daniel Levi Posted On January 6, 2023


The crypto market has lost over $2.1 trillion from its peak of over $3 trillion when Bitcoin hit an all-time high of $69,000 in November 2021. There is also no sign recovery is in sight anytime soon as weary investors […]


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The Rise of Bitcoin Casinos – Why Are They So Popular?
Daniel Levi Posted On January 5, 2023


A lot of people are always looking for the next big thing. With technology constantly evolving, there are always plenty of exciting additions coming to different sectors. It’s no different for those who have an interest in the world of […]


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Unicorn Startups 2023
Daniel Levi Posted On January 5, 2023


Back in August 2019, when we first put together a rundown of the world’s unicorn startups, we counted a total of 360 of these privately-held companies with valuations hitting the $1 billion mark or beyond. Fast forward to 2020, and […]


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Top tech startup news for today, Thursday, January 5, 2023: Amazon, BMW, EVgo, Forj, Genesis, and Twitter
Daniel Levi Posted On January 5, 2023


Good evening! Below are some of the top tech startup news stories for Thursday, January 5, 2023. Twitter hacked, 235 million user email addresses leaked, researcher says Late last year, a hacker by the name ‘Ryushi’ demanded Twitter pay a […]


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Amazon’s Alexa will soon help EV drivers find and pay for charging, thanks to partnership with EVgo
Daniel Levi Posted On January 5, 2023


TL;DR EVgo,  one of the largest U.S. charging networks, teams up with Amazon to let EV drivers locate and pay for charging with Alexa EV drivers will soon be able to find and navigate to charging stations while on the […]


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CatchProbe receives $1M in funding from Applied Value Group to eliminate misinformation in cyber intelligence
Daniel Levi Posted On January 5, 2023


We’re all well aware of misinformation and fake news. But who would have thought of misinformation in cyber intelligence? For decades, cyber-defense systems have been used to automatically ingest Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) that contains semi-structured data or text to populate […]


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Facebook’s Meta fined over $400 million by EU privacy regulator for forcing users to accept targeted ads
Daniel Levi Posted On January 4, 2023


In early December 2022, the EU privacy watchdog ruled that Meta cannot run advertising based on personal data and will need users’ consent to do so, according to a report from Reuters, citing a person familiar with the matter. Now, the hammer […]


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Coinbase to pay $100 million to settle with US regulators over anti-money-laundering law violations
Daniel Levi Posted On January 4, 2023


Coinbase is making headlines again but not for the reasons the U.S.-based crypto exchange would like. Today, Coinbase Global has reached a $100 million settlement with New York’s Department of Financial Services (DFS), the exchange and the regulator said in statements […]


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How to prevent data breaches in 2023
Daniel Levi Posted On January 4, 2023


Headlines are filled with stories of businesses and organizations falling victim to data breaches. Data breaches have been on the rise for a number of years, and sadly, 2022 has been littered with thefts of sensitive information, affecting companies and […]


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Salesforce to fire 10% of its employees as tech layoffs continue
Daniel Levi Posted On January 4, 2023


“We hired too many people leading into this economic downturn we’re now facing.” Salesforce announced Wednesday it is laying off 10 percent of its over 70,000 employees. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Salesforce said it plans to reduce […]


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Nexus Circular raises $150M in equity funding in a push for plastic recycling solution
Daniel Levi Posted On January 4, 2023


Nexus Circular, an Atlanta-based waste management and energy production company, has raised $150 million in equity funding led by Cox Enterprises. The latest financing will enable Nexus to build additional capacity to serve its expanding customer base and meet the outsized […]


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Mass tech layoffs spawn new wave of startups
Daniel Levi Posted On January 3, 2023


Great companies are made during a recession, so the saying goes. When we look back at major recessions throughout history, we found that some of today’s best-known US companies like FedEx, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, and Walt Disney, got their early starts during past […]


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Ethereum-Killer Solana lost 96% of its value last year with over $50 billion wiped out
Daniel Levi Posted On January 3, 2023


Solana was once touted as an Ethereum killer, in part because of its eco-friendlier approach, high scalability, lower cost, and faster transaction speeds. But 2022 turned out to be the worst year for the one darling of the “Proof of […]


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You can now hire a digital human for your company for as little as $14,000 a year
Daniel Levi Posted On January 2, 2023


Happy New Year! Last year, ChatGPT dominated the news, sparking a flurry of excitement and infinite possibilities as over a million users signed up for the new OpenAI’s dialogue-based AI chatbot that does almost everything—from writing codes, and telling stories […]


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MultiDAG 2.0 Public Mainnet is LIVE!
Daniel Levi Posted On December 29, 2022


Early this year, we wrote about COTI Network after the organization announced its plan to create a new token standard for stablecoins issued on the new COTI’s MultiDAG 2.0 Layer, that will be the equivalent of the ERC20 token standard […]


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Geoengineering startup releases sulfur particles into the atmosphere in attempt to ‘stop climate change’
Daniel Levi Posted On December 28, 2022


”It’s morally wrong, in my opinion, for us not to be doing this,” that was a statement made by the founder of Make Sunsets about why his startup has to block the sun to save us from the climate apocalypse. […]


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Grocery delivery startup Instacart cuts internal valuation to $10 billion from $39 billion a year ago as it prepares for 2023 IPO
Daniel Levi Posted On December 28, 2022


In October, Grocery delivery startup Instacart postponed its much-anticipated IPO as stock market volatility, soaring inflation, and interest rates left investors worried about growing volatility in capital markets. The company had planned to go public this year but decided to shelve […]


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Top tech startup stories of 2022
Daniel Levi Posted On December 27, 2022


From the FTX scandal to tech layoffs, it has been an intense year, to say the least. If 2021 was the year of cryptocurrencies, NFTs, and massive funding for startups, 2022 was the complete opposite. This year, tech companies, large […]


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