November 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 agrees to buy electricity from Sam Altman-backed nuclear fusion startup Helion in 5 years
Daniel Levi Posted On May 10, 2023


Microsoft announced on Wednesday it has signed a power purchase deal with nuclear fusion startup Helion Energy to buy electricity from the company in about five years, making it the first time a fusion company inked a deal to sell […]


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BobaBNB sets a new record with 2.8 million transactions processed in April, surpassing 45,000 wallets
Daniel Levi Posted On May 10, 2023


We covered Boba Network back in April when the Ethereum blockchain startup saw a massive increase in the number of transactions on its BnB Chain network despite the ongoing slowdown in the crypto industry. The company reported an astounding increase […]


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Elon Musk says “WhatsApp cannot be trusted” after the app allegedly accessed microphone while not in use
Daniel Levi Posted On May 9, 2023


Twitter CEO Elon Musk said on Tuesday that Meta’s owned WhatsApp cannot be trusted. The billionaire made the statement after Twitter user by the name Dabiri claimed that WhatsApp used the microphone on his phone in the background while he […]


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Crypto exchange Bittrex files for bankruptcy as regulators crackdown on crypto industry intensifies
Daniel Levi Posted On May 9, 2023


Bittrex crypto exchange is the latest casualty of the ongoing chaos and government crackdown on the crypto industry. Bittrex filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday following allegations from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it operated an unregistered securities […]


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LinkedIn lays off 716 workers and shut down its China jobs app
Daniel Levi Posted On May 9, 2023


LinkedIn, the professional social media platform Microsoft acquired in 2016 for $26.2 billion, announced on Monday that it is cutting 716 jobs due to decreased demand. The social giant also announced it is shutting down its China-focused job application. The […]


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Meta’s Facebook has 3 billion users but many of them are old
Daniel Levi Posted On May 8, 2023


Facebook, the once-cool social media platform started by Mark Zuckerberg from a Harvard dorm room in 2004, is slowly going the way of the dinosaurs. Facebook is not dead yet but most of its users are up there in age. Today, […]


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Binance temporarily halts Bitcoin withdrawals due to heavy volumes and rising processing fees
Daniel Levi Posted On May 8, 2023


Binance temporarily halted Bitcoin withdrawals for several hours, causing shares of cryptocurrency- and blockchain-related companies to fall in premarket trading on Monday. The exchange said the halt was due to heavy volumes and rising processing fees. The halts caused the […]


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ChatGPT is powered by contract laborers making $15 an hour with no benefits
Daniel Levi Posted On May 8, 2023


Since its release on November 3, 2022, ChatGPT has been hailed as one of the most significant breakthroughs in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). Despite its remarkable success as an AI-powered chatbot, OpenAI’s ChatGPT still depends largely on an […]


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Google engineer jumps to his death from the 14th floor in New York City, second worker suicide in months
Daniel Levi Posted On May 5, 2023


A senior software engineer at Google jumped to his death from at Google’s headquarters in Chelsea, Chelsea late Thursday, according to a report from New York Post, citing authorities and police sources. The 31-year-old man, whose identity is being withheld […]


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OpenAI is trying to trademark GPT: OpenAI issues warning that “GPT” cannot be used for product or site names
Daniel Levi Posted On May 4, 2023


“If your project uses GPT-3, GPT-4, or ChatGPT you may choose to say in the Product description (not in the Product/Site name) that it is “Powered by GPT-3” or “Powered by GPT-4” or “Powered by ChatGPT” and/or “Powered by DALL-E” […]


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Venom achieves a major milestone in its first public testnet launch with 223,446 wallets created
Daniel Levi Posted On May 4, 2023


Last week, we wrote about Venom after the Abu Dhabi-based Layer-1 blockchain organization launched its long-anticipated public testnet following many years of development. The launch marks a significant accomplishment in Venom’s roadmap as it prepares to launch on mainnet. Now, […]


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Dun & Bradstreet expands its ESG rankings coverage to nearly 74 million public and private companies
Daniel Levi Posted On May 3, 2023


JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – May 3, 2023 — Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE:DNB), a leading global provider of business decisioning data and analytics, announced it has expanded its ESG Rankings coverage across public and private companies from 42 million to 74 million in […]


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Hackers target users with ChatGPT malware: ChatGPT scams are now the new crypto scams, Meta says
Daniel Levi Posted On May 3, 2023


ChatGPT has soared in popularity in recent months. In just two months after its launch, ChatGPT went from an obscure AI tool to reaching 100 million monthly active users in January, making it the fastest-growing consumer application in history. But […]


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The Quest of Evolution launches the world’s first crypto-novel called The Oracle’s Verse on OpenSea
Daniel Levi Posted On May 3, 2023


When you think about NFTs, the first thing that comes to mind is often digital art and images of apes. However, The Quest of Evolution, a decentralized artist collective, is taking NFTs to a new level by using dynamic NFT […]


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Inflection AI, an AI startup founded by LinkedIn and DeepMind co-founders, launches ChatGPT-like chatbot
Daniel Levi Posted On May 2, 2023


Move over, ChatGPT! Inflection AI, the artificial intelligence startup founded by LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and Google DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman, today released its first AI chatbot product called Pi similar to OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Inflection said that Pi uses generative […]


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Vice is preparing to file for bankruptcy just 2 weeks after Buzzfeed News shuttered
Daniel Levi Posted On May 2, 2023


First, it was BuzzFeed News, now Vice is reportedly preparing to file its own bankruptcy. The New York Times reported late yesterday that Vice Media Group, the parent company of media websites Vice and Motherboard, is on the verge of […]


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IBM plans to replace 7,800 jobs with AI and pause hiring
Daniel Levi Posted On May 1, 2023


International Business Machines Corp (IBM) said today that thousands of jobs within the company are going to be replaced by AI and automation in the next few years. In an interview with Bloomberg on Monday, CEO Arvind Krishna told the […]


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HubSync closes Series A funding to simplify and automate tax and accounting processes for CPA firms
Daniel Levi Posted On May 1, 2023


The market size of the Accounting Services industry, measured by revenue, is valued at $144.5 billion in 2023. And yet, the CPA profession, which makes up a large portion of this industry, has been struggling with fragmentation and inefficiency when […]


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Lyft to lay off 1,072 workers or 26% of its workforce, just a month after the founders stepped down
Daniel Levi Posted On May 1, 2023


Lyft is the latest to join the layoff trend. The ride-hailing app giant is laying off 1,072 employees, or about 26% of its corporate workforce, the company said in an SEC filing Thursday. Lyft also added that it won’t hire […]


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Clubhouse, a social audio platform startup valued at $4 billion a year ago, is laying off half of its staff
Daniel Levi Posted On April 28, 2023


“Today we announced that we’re scaling back our org by over 50% and saying goodbye to many talented, dedicated teammates in the process. We’re deeply sorry to be doing this, and we would not be making this change if we […]


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