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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AI chip startup Cerebras unveils open-source ChatGPT-like models with support for up to 13 billion parameters

Daniel Levi Posted On March 28, 2023

Just two weeks before the launch of ChatGPT, Silicon Valley-based AI chip startup Cerebras Systems unveiled its AI supercomputer called Andromeda. With a focus on commercial and academic research, Andromeda was built by linking 16 Cerebras CS-2 systems, which are […]

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Binance and its founder Changpeng Zhao sued by US regulators for operating an “illegal” exchange and a “sham” compliance program

Daniel Levi Posted On March 27, 2023

First, it was the fall of Terra Luna, then the collapse of San Bankman-Fried crypto exchange FTX. Is Binance the other shoe to drop in the crypto industry? A few hours ago, the world’s biggest crypto exchange Binance and its […]

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SoftBank-backed Indian tech startup Oyo to cut IPO size by two-thirds as tech valuations plunge

Daniel Levi Posted On March 27, 2023

Amid the ongoing headwinds in the tech space, SoftBank-backed Indian hospitality startup Oyo is cutting its initial public offering (IPO) size as tech valuations fall, Bloomberg News reported on Monday. Citing two people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg said that […]

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Terra founder Do Kwon arrested in Montenegro with falsified documents, Interior Minister says

Daniel Levi Posted On March 23, 2023

Law finally catches on Terra founder Do Kwon. The founder of Terraform Labs is reportedly arrested in Montenegro, according to a tweet by the country’s minister of interior, Filip Adzic. Do Kwon was detained at the Podgorica airport with falsified […]

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SEC charges Tron founder Justin Sun, Linsday Lohan, Jake Paul, and other celebrities with crypto fraud

Daniel Levi Posted On March 22, 2023

The founder of the Tronix and BitTorrent crypto assets, Justin Sun, who is also a Grenadian diplomat, has been charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for fraud and offering unregistered securities. In addition, the SEC also charged celebrities […]

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Nimiq adds support for gas-abstracted USDC transactions on Polygon

Daniel Levi Posted On March 22, 2023

Nimiq is set to roll out gas-abstracted USDC transactions on Polygon, which will be incorporated into its native wallet. The new feature will make it easier and more feasible for merchants to accept crypto, avoiding the typical volatility. The Blockchain […]

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tomi secures $40M in funding to build a surveillance-free alternative internet controlled by the community

Daniel Levi Posted On March 21, 2023

Over the past few years, we’ve seen big tech companies working with governments to censor free speech and information on the internet. The modern internet, spearheaded by industry giants such as Google and Facebook, was originally designed to grant users unrestricted […]

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Top 10 Cryptocurrencies Of 2023

Daniel Levi Posted On March 21, 2023

2021 was the best year for cryptocurrency when Bitcoin reached its peak of $68,000 in November of that year. But everything changed a year later and cryptocurrencies lost more than half of their value. Then almost a year later came […]

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400,000 gallons of radioactive water leaked from a nuclear power plant in Minnesota; made public after 4 months

Daniel Levi Posted On March 20, 2023

Quick Brief In November 2022, 400,000 gallons of radioactive water was leaked at Xcel Energy’s Monticello nuclear power plant in Minnesota The leak was detected by routine groundwater monitoring systems and confirmed on Nov. 22, 2022, but it wasn’t made […]

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Here’s why Google is happy you’re using Adblock

Daniel Levi Posted On March 18, 2023

Online ads are everywhere. It’s almost impossible to find any website without some kind of ad because most online publishers depend on ads to keep the light on. But if you’re like me, I hate annoying ads. So in the early […]

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SVB Financial Group, the parent company of Silicon Valley Bank, files for bankruptcy

Daniel Levi Posted On March 17, 2023

SVB Financial Group, the company that owned the failed Silicon Valley Bank, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to seek buyers for its assets. The news comes just a week after its former unit Silicon Valley Bank was taken over […]

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This guy just used GPT-4 AI to create a $100 online business; the result will surprise you

Daniel Levi Posted On March 16, 2023

It was just two days ago that OpenAI announced the launch of GPT-4, the successor to ChatGPT that the company claimed to have better accuracy and the ability to beat 90% of humans on the SAT. Less than 24 hours […]

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Kraken launches its own digital asset bank following the fallout of Silvergate and Silicon Valley Bank

Daniel Levi Posted On March 16, 2023

The past few weeks have seen tech-focused banks offering services to startups and crypto-friendly VCs run into financial difficulties. Silicon Valley Bank, the 16th largest bank in the US, collapsed last week after a run on deposits left the bank […]

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Poolz Finance bolsters its security, announces a restructuring plan to shore up user safety following a token exploit

Daniel Levi Posted On March 16, 2023

On Tuesday, hackers exploited Poolz Finance’s decentralized IDO platform and made away with $390k just days after a $180 million Euler Finance exploit. However, within hours of the attack, the Poolz team wasted no time and immediately flagged the hacker’s […]

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Microsoft fired its entire AI ethics and society team

Daniel Levi Posted On March 16, 2023

“Microsoft fired their AI safety team?,” that was the question Elon Musk asked on Twitter following a Platformer report that “Microsoft laid off its entire ethics and society team within the artificial intelligence organization as part of recent layoffs that […]

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ChatGPT correctly predicted that stocks will crash on March 15

Daniel Levi Posted On March 15, 2023

In less than four months, ChatGPT has grown to become the most popular and powerful AI innovation of our time. ChatGPT took the internet by storm late last year as the dialogue-based AI chatbot crossed one million users just five days […]

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Americans lost a record $10.3 billion to online scammers in 2022, FBI says

Daniel Levi Posted On March 15, 2023

Americans lost $10.3 billion to a wide range of internet scams in 2020, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said in its report released this month. During the same year, the FBI also found an increase in the use of […]

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Korean gaming giant Wemade partners with Space and Time to power blockchain and gaming services

Daniel Levi Posted On March 14, 2023

Korean gaming giant Wemade has partnered with Microsoft-backed Web3 data platform Space and Time. As part of the partnership, Wemade will leverage Space and Time’s decentralized suite of developer tools to power its blockchain and gaming services. Wemade is a […]

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