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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Israeli tech startup Shopic bags $35M to bring its AI-enabled smart cart to top U.S. grocery chains

Daniel Levi Posted On August 9, 2022

These days, leading grocers and retailers are constantly exploring smart cart technologies to meet the growing demand for frictionless shopping and cashier-less checkout. However, introducing purpose-built smart carts to a store is often operationally complicated and very costly. Enter Shopic, a […]

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SoftBank reports its biggest ever loss, posts a $21.6 billion in quarterly loss

Daniel Levi Posted On August 8, 2022

Softbank reports its biggest loss ever, posted a $23.4 billion in quarterly loss as the global market sell-off spread to tech stocks and shredded valuations at its Vision Fund unit. The announcement comes just two years after the Japanese giant posted a […]

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Vietnam’s EV tech startup VinFast is hiring 8,000 new employees even as tech companies continue to lay off thousands

Daniel Levi Posted On August 5, 2022

Late last month, we wrote about VinFast after the new Vietnamese electric vehicle (EV) tech startup made its push into the US market. VinFast is a subsidiary of Vingroup, Vietnam’s largest conglomerate founded by Vietnam’s richest man Phạm Nhật Vượng. […]

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Stock and crypto trading app Robinhood lays off 23% of its workforce as recession hits the crypto market

Daniel Levi Posted On August 4, 2022

Commission-free stock and trading app Robinhood is laying off 780 staff, about 23% of its total workforce. The layoffs followed a previous round of layoffs that the company announced in April, which saw 9% of its people (~342 people) out of jobs. […]

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FAA selected New York UAS Test Site (NYUASTS) for the UTM Field Test Project

Daniel Levi Posted On August 4, 2022

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded a task order contract to the New York UAS Test Site (NYUASTS) for the next uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS or drone) integration project to help advance the reality of safe, high-volume drone operations, […]

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Coinbase inks a deal with BlackRock to offer bitcoin access to institutional investors, despite crypto bear market

Daniel Levi Posted On August 4, 2022

Crypto exchange Coinbase has partnered with the world’s largest asset manager BlackRock to offer direct access to bitcoin to some institutional clients. The partnership further shows that the ongoing crypto bear market has done little to stop investors’ interest in […]

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Swiss IIoT tech startup VISENSE bags €750K in pre-seed funding to help industrial manufacturers battle machine downtime

Daniel Levi Posted On August 3, 2022

In the past three years, over 80% of producers recorded an unexpected downtime in manufacturing leading to an hourly cost of up to $260.000, according to a recent report from Aberdeen Research. The situation is even direr in the industrial sector. Now, […]

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Michael Saylor steps down as the CEO of MicroStrategy after 33 years

Daniel Levi Posted On August 2, 2022

Michael Saylor is leaving his role as CEO of MicroStrategy to become Executive Chairman of the company, according to a statement released this afternoon. MicroStrategy’s president, Phong Le, will become the company’s new CEO. Saylor founded MicroStrategy in 1989 with his […]

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Is 5G really worth it? Should you buy a 5G phone now or wait?

Daniel Levi Posted On August 2, 2022

If you are a regular audience of this platform, you’ve probably read our article about the conspiracy theory and erroneous claim that 5G networking equipment weakens the immune system. That claim has since been debunked. Over the years, the development […]

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Robinhood crypto unit fined $30 million by New York State’s financial regulator for money laundering

Daniel Levi Posted On August 2, 2022

Robinhood is in trouble with government regulators again. The commission-free trading app found itself in hot water after the New York State’s financial regulator fined the crypto unit of Robinhood $30 million for alleged violations of anti-money-laundering, cybersecurity, and consumer protection […]

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More EU countries are now banning Google Analytics

Daniel Levi Posted On August 2, 2022

On August 17, 2020, The Italian Supervisory Authority (SA) banned the use of Google Analytics, ruling that it was non-compliant with EU data protection rules. They banned the popular analytics tool, finding that the protections Google applied were not sufficient to […]

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Tesla Rival Nikola buys energy storage company Romeo Power for $144M to secure control of its supply chain

Daniel Levi Posted On August 1, 2022

Electric heavy truck maker Nikola Motors announced on Monday it has agreed to buy energy storage technology company Romeo Power for $144 million as part of its effort to secure control of critical battery pack engineering and production process, giving the Tesla rival control […]

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Israeli robotics startup Cogniteam partners with AAEON to develop ready-to-build robotic hardware

Daniel Levi Posted On August 1, 2022

Creating robots is hard and challenging. Most roboticists will tell you that it took years before the last robot they built or programmed was any good at performing a specific task. So to avoid reinventing the wheels, most robotic companies typically begin […]

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Autonomous vehicle tech startup Pony.ai joins the driverless truck revolution; plans to mass produce robotrucks in China

Daniel Levi Posted On July 28, 2022

In April, Chinese self-driving tech startup Pony.ai received a taxi license in China to become the first autonomous driving taxi company in the country. The startup said it was awarded a license to operate 100 driverless vehicles in the Guangzhou city […]

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Facebook’s Meta continues to lose billions in pursuit of the metaverse; already lost $6B on its metaverse project

Daniel Levi Posted On July 28, 2022

In October 2021, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced with great fanfare that it was changing its corporate name to Meta to reflect its focus on the metaverse, a term the social giant described as “an embodied internet where you’re in the experience, […]

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Blockchain domain startup Unstoppable Domains joins unicorn club with $65 million Series A funding

Daniel Levi Posted On July 27, 2022

Unstoppable Domains, a San Francisco-based tech startup and pioneer of blockchain domains, has become a new member of the highly coveted unicorn club after raising $65 million in Series A funding. The round, which now puts the company at a […]

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The impact of Bitcoin adoption on the developing world

Daniel Levi Posted On July 27, 2022

There’s no denying that the crypto market has continued to be faced with a lot of bearish pressure over the last half a year or so, as is made evident by the fact that the total capitalization of this space […]

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5 NFT Platforms Every Sports Fan Should Know

Daniel Levi Posted On July 26, 2022

Fan engagement has always been a massive part of sports. This is a large component of the home field advantage, and sports teams have been prioritizing it accordingly. If you’re a sports fan, you’ll want to engage with your favorite […]

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Microsoft bans NFT sales on Minecraft, causing NFT Worlds’ $75 million NFT project to crash by more than 70%

Daniel Levi Posted On July 25, 2022

The world’s biggest game has rejected non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Last week, Minecraft developer Mojang dropped the ban hammer on NFTs saying that NFTs “do not align” with Minecraft values. The news of the ban quickly spread across the NFT space causing […]

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