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Observability platform Chronosphere raises additional $115M in Series C funding at a $1.6 billion valuation

Daniel Levi Posted On January 10, 2023

One of the biggest IT infrastructure challenges facing organizations as they move their applications to the cloud is knowing the health of the systems and services in operations. These organizations are also under pressure to keep their IT infrastructure and cloud […]

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Flare (FLR) airdrops over 4 billion tokens to millions of recipients

Daniel Levi Posted On January 9, 2023

Flare, the Layer 1 oracle network, finally launches tonight with the distribution of over 4 billion tokens to millions of recipients. Flare announced it has successfully initiated its long-awaited token airdrop at 11:59 pm UTC on January 9th. According to the […]

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China’s NetEase acquires Canadian tech startup SkyBox Labs, a gaming studio involved in major titles including Halo Infinite and Minecraft

Daniel Levi Posted On January 9, 2023

With funding drying up, deep-pocket companies are scooping up promising and high-growth tech startups before their IPOs. Earlier today, we wrote about Wolters Kluwer, an Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands-based global that has acquired two startups in just a week. But Wolters […]

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Targeted ads are stalking you. Here’s how to avoid and stop targeted ads

Daniel Levi Posted On January 9, 2023

As you may recall, last week we wrote about Meta and Apple after the two tech giants were fined for breaking EU data rules with their targeted ads. Facebook’s Meta was fined over $400 million by the EU privacy regulator for […]

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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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