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WhatsApp competitors Signal and Telegram report a massive increase in downloads after WhatsApp says it will share data with Facebook
Nickie Louise Posted On January 12, 2021


Yesterday, we wrote about Signal after Elon Musk urged his 42 million Twitter followers to leave Facebook and use secure messaging app Signal instead. It all started when WhatsApp, a Facebook-owned app, began issuing a privacy update notification to users making clear that […]


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Featured  / Self-Driving  / Smart Car  / Startup Funding  / Technology News  / Transportation
Chinese Tesla rival Xpeng secures $2 billion in new funding to expand manufacturing
Nickie Louise Posted On January 12, 2021


We wrote about Xpeng back in November 2020 after the Chinese electric vehicle startup unveiled a new flying car. The Alibaba-backed electric car maker unveiled a flying car prototype at the Beijing Auto Show. Dubbed Kiwigogo, the new flying vehicle can carry two passengers […]


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Startup Funding  / Tech Startup News  / Technology News  / Venture Capital
Fintech startup SellersFunding lands $100 million in fresh funding to provide working capital for eCommerce sellers
Nickie Louise Posted On January 12, 2021


SellersFunding, a New York-based fintech startup that provides an alternative working capital solution for e-commerce marketplace sellers, announced today it has closed on a $100 million global eCommerce funding program with European alternative asset manager Fasanara Capital. The multi-currency deal will allow […]


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Elon Musk tweets cryptic “X.com/x” message that leaves everyone guessing about his next project
Nickie Louise Posted On January 12, 2021


Early this morning, Tesla and Space CEO Elon Musk tweeted a meme gif with a cryptic message that reads: “X.com/x.” A click on the link takes you to a page on the X.com website with just the letter “y.” For […]


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Social Media  / Tech Startup News  / Tech Startups  / Technology News
Gab.com is now down as Big Tech’s onslaught on free speech continues
Nickie Louise Posted On January 11, 2021


Just yesterday, we wrote about Gab.com after the Twitter competitor and free speech social app reported a 750% increase in traffic and 18 million visits within 24 hours. Now, it seems Gab has suffered the same fate as Parler, another […]


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Social Media  / Technology News
European leaders shocked and outraged over Twitter’s decision to permanently ban President Trump
Nickie Louise Posted On January 11, 2021


European leaders expressed their shocks and outrage on Monday that a private technology company has the power to permanently ban a sitting world leader from its platform. Germany and France said they are shocked over Twitter’s decision to permanently ban President Trump. […]


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Launch
Walmart to launch a fintech startup with investment firm behind Robinhood
Nickie Louise Posted On January 11, 2021


Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, announced Monday that it will launch a fintech startup designed to develop and offer modern, innovative, and affordable financial solutions. According to the announcement, the new startup will be created as part of a strategic partnership […]


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Bitcoin  / Cryptocurrency  / Ethereum  / ICOs
$250 billion wiped off cryptocurrency market as bitcoin lost 25% of its value; crashes from near $42,000 to $32,576 in just 24 hours
Nickie Louise Posted On January 11, 2021


As the saying goes, what goes up must come down–the same is true for Bitcoin. After surging to an all-time high of about $42,000, Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency, plunged over 12% from a day earlier to $32,576 as investors beginning to take […]


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Artificial Intelligence  / Emerging Technology  / Launch
Expert.ai unveils the first-ever “NL & Text Analytics API” to make scaling AI-based natural language apps easy
Nickie Louise Posted On January 11, 2021


Expert.ai is a Rockville, Maryland-based tech startup that helps organizations understand their information and data through its artificial intelligence platform for Natural Language (NL) understanding. Expert.ai’s unique hybrid approach to NL combines symbolic human-like comprehension and machine learning to transform language-intensive processes […]


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Hardware  / Social Media  / Technology News
This is Elon Musk in 1995, fixing his car by himself because he couldn’t afford to pay for repairs
Nickie Louise Posted On January 11, 2021


Today, Elon Musk is the world’s richest person with a net worth of more than $185 billion, surpassing Jeff Bezos. His journey to riches was not always a smooth one. In our last year’s story titled, “10 things you probably […]


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Cybersecurity  / Security  / Social Media  / Technology News
A new executive order issued to address the threat posed by apps and other software developed or controlled by Chinese companies; 8 Chinese apps banned
Nickie Louise Posted On January 11, 2021


In late June, we covered a story about the Indian government after it banned 59 Chinese apps including TikTok, WeChat, and UC Browser. Since then tensions between China and India have escalated amid border disputes in the Himalayas.  In June, a border clash […]


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German LiDAR tech startup Blickfeld to unveil new automotive LiDAR sensors at digital CES 2021
Nickie Louise Posted On January 11, 2021


It’s almost a year since we wrote German LiDAR tech startup Blickfeld. At the time, the company closed its Series A financing round to ramp up production and qualify its LiDAR sensors for the automotive market. Since then, the team at Blickfeld has […]


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Technology News
Signal Advance, a one-man startup that has nothing to do with Elon Musk’s recommended company Signal, now has a market cap of $421.6M after its stock surged by 1,100% 
Nickie Louise Posted On January 11, 2021


When Elon Musk talks, people listen. Last week, Elon Musk urged people to ditch Facebook and use Signal, a secure messaging app developed by the Signal Foundation and Signal Messenger. It didn’t take long before investors started to pour millions […]


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Social Media
How to permanently delete your Facebook account
Nickie Louise Posted On January 11, 2021


For many years, experts have raised concerns about Facebook ranging from tracking its users to sharing your personal data to third-party companies like Cambridge Analytica. With recent Big Tech censorship and assaults on free speech by Facebook and Twitter, people are fed-up […]


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Elon Musk advises people to leave Facebook and use secure messaging app Signal
Nickie Louise Posted On January 11, 2021


The ongoing assaults on free speech by big tech companies like Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, and others, reached a climax last week after the Big Tech de-platformed President Trump and all his supporters. The decision caused many people to move to […]


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Twitter lost $2.5 billion of its market value after it deleted President Trump’s account; shares in free fall
Nickie Louise Posted On January 11, 2021


Shares of Twitter plunged 7% on Monday the social media giant permanently suspended the account of U.S. President Donald Trump. The company lost about $2.5 billion from its market value. It was the first time Twitter had banned a head of state. The […]


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Twitter competitor and free speech social app Gab.com reports 750% increase in traffic; 18 million visits in the last 24 hours
Nickie Louise Posted On January 10, 2021


In the wake of the Big Tech’s recent onslaughts on free speech, Twitter competitor and free speech social app Gab announced today it has seen a 750% increase in traffic to its website, with 18 million visits in the last 24 […]


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Social Media  / Technology News
Amazon is shutting off all of Parler servers at midnight on Sunday, CEO of Twitter alternative app says
Nickie Louise Posted On January 10, 2021


In a coordinated attack by the Big Tech to kill the competition and silence free speech, Google, Apple, and now Amazon, are banning “free speech” social app Parler from their platforms. Just a couple of hours ago, Apple removed Parler from its […]


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Apple removes Parler from its App Store
Nickie Louise Posted On January 9, 2021


The Big Tech onslaught continues over the weekend as Apple followed through on its threat to remove Parler, a “free speech” social media app popular among conservatives and President Trump supporters. This evening, Apple said it has removed Parler from its […]


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Social Media  / Technology News
The Best Alternatives to Big Tech
Nickie Louise Posted On January 9, 2021


Since its inception in the late 90s, the internet has been known for free and rapid dissemination of uncensored information. But in recent years, Big Tech companies like Facebook, Twitter, Google have been censoring content, which is a violation of their First […]


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