January 21, 2026
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Nickie Louise

Nickie is a writer and editor for TechStartups.com. Nickie loves writing about early-stage startups, new technologies, cryptocurrencies, gaming, and gadgets. When not writing about technology, Nickie enjoys crafts, spending time with family, hiking, and exploring God's majestic creation.


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Imperial College spinout Honeycomb Network bags $170K pre-seed funding to develop smart charging and storage infrastructure for e-scooters and e-bikes in the UK
Nickie Louise Posted On November 11, 2021


Imagine you want to go on a long ride on your electric scooter but are unsure of how long the battery charge will last. This is one of many challenges facing users of e-scooters around the world–getting enough juice to […]


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EV charging tech startup ElectricPe raises $3M seed funding to help users locate and access EV charging points that offer the best charging rates in India
Nickie Louise Posted On November 11, 2021


With growing demands for electric vehicles across the globe, more charging points are needed to power millions of new electric vehicles that are going to hit the roads in years to come. That’s why charging platform ElectricPe is leading the […]


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Indonesia’s unicorn startup GoTo Group raises $1.3 billion in a pre-IPO funding round
Nickie Louise Posted On November 11, 2021


GoTo Group, a unicorn tech startup created in May as a result of a merger between Indonesia’s internet startups Gojek and Tokopedia, announced Thursday it has secured $1.3 billion from investors in the first close of an ongoing funding round ahead […]


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Epic Games prevails again as federal judge denies Apple’s latest attempt to force developers to use its App Store
Nickie Louise Posted On November 10, 2021


In early September, a federal judge ruled that Apple must allow third-party payments in its App Store and not force developers to in-app purchasing. Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers said in a verdict of a closely-watched trial between Apple and Epic Games. But Apple […]


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Is America slowly becoming the 1923 Germany’s Weimar Republic?
Nickie Louise Posted On November 10, 2021


Late last month, we wrote about Twitter founder Jack Dorsey after he warned about how “hyperinflation is going to change everything.” But economists and the so-called financial experts were so quick to dismiss what he said. Some even went as […]


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Amazon-backed EV tech startup Rivian is going public at $66.5 billion valuation
Nickie Louise Posted On November 10, 2021


Late last month, Amazon quietly increased its stake in electric vehicle tech startup Rivian to 20%, bringing its total equity to $3.8 billion. The revelation came from quarterly filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The retail giant stated […]


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London-based ‘buy now, pay later’ tech startup Zilch quadruples valuation to $2 billion after raising $110M for U.S. expansion
Nickie Louise Posted On November 10, 2021


The Buy now, pay later (BNPL) phenomenon has grown in popularity in recent years as customers seek alternative methods of financing. BNPL is a new payment option that allows consumers to receive their purchase right away (Buy Now), either online […]


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Video streaming startup Struum raises $7M to build a cable bundle for the streaming era and lets viewers access 1000s of movies from 60+ niche services for $4.99 a month
Nickie Louise Posted On November 9, 2021


Today, the online video streaming landscape is dominated by larger subscription services like Netflix, YouTube, Disney+, Peacock, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, and HBO Max.Together, these subscription services account for a 75% share of the total streaming market while the remaining […]


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Tesla shares plunged 10% in just minutes and Musk lost billions after famous short-seller Michael Burry claims Musk is selling Tesla shares to cover personal debts
Nickie Louise Posted On November 9, 2021


Over the weekend, Elon Musk launched his first-ever Twitter poll to ask Twitter users if he should sell 10% of his Tesla stock to pay billion in taxes. 24 hours later, 58% of Twitter poll respondents say Musk should sell […]


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Apple CEO Tim Cook says he owns cryptocurrency, sending the price of Bitcoin to an all-time high of $68,564.40
Nickie Louise Posted On November 9, 2021


Apple CEO Tim Cook said on Tuesday that he personally invested cryptocurrency. Cook made the revelation after he was asked at the DealBook Online Summit conference if he owns bitcoin or ethereum. “I do. I think it’s reasonable to own it […]


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You.com is a new search engine that aims to challenge Google’s dominance; raises $20M led by Salesforce founder Marc Benioff
Nickie Louise Posted On November 9, 2021


According to the latest estimates, Google controls a little more than 92% of the search engine market share worldwide, which includes 72% of the desktop market and 92% of the mobile search engine market. Google’s nearest competitor, Bing, only controls 2.5% of […]


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Belgian data governance startup Collibra raises $250M to compete with Microsoft in the cloud market; now valued at $5.25 billion
Nickie Louise Posted On November 9, 2021


Data governance tech startup Collibra announced Tuesday it has raised $250 million in a late-stage investment round of funding that values the 13-year old startup at $5.25 billion. The round was led by Sequoia Capital and Belgium-based holding company Sofina, with […]


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BlueHalo acquires AI-powered drone startup Citadel Defense to bolster its directed energy and layered perimeter defense capabilities
Nickie Louise Posted On November 8, 2021


AI-powered drone startup Citadel Defense announced today it has been acquired by BlueHalo, a mid-market defense innovation company backed by Arlington Capital Partners‘ $1.7B investment fund. The total amount of the deal was not disclosed. Citadel CEO Chris Williams told Tech Startups […]


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Addressing the Top Cybersecurity Challenges of 2021
Nickie Louise Posted On November 8, 2021


In its Global Risks Report 2021, the World Economic Forum listed five top cybersecurity challenges. These are the increased complexity of cyber threats, fragmented and complex regulations, dependence on other parties, lack of cybersecurity expertise, and the difficulty in tracking cybercriminals. […]


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Chinese auto giant Geely unveils a new electric semi-truck called the Homtruck, its answer to Tesla’s Semi
Nickie Louise Posted On November 8, 2021


With the electric car market is getting more crowded, automakers around the world are beginning to set their sights on a new smaller portion of the market: the electric trucks. Unlike the electric cars, there are a few handful companies in […]


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Landing AI, a tech startup launched by the founder of Google Brain, raises $57M to help manufacturers create their own visual inspection software
Nickie Louise Posted On November 8, 2021


Artificial intelligence pioneer Andrew Ng is an adjunct professor at Stanford University Department of Computer Science and Department of Electrical Engineering and the brain behind the Google Brain research lab. In 2011, he co-founded Google Brain, a deep learning artificial intelligence […]


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Compliance and security automation startup Drata reaches unicorn status after $100M funding round
Nickie Louise Posted On November 8, 2021


Less than 10 months after emerging from stealth, San Diego-based compliance and security automation startup  Drata joins the coveted unicorn club after raising $100 million in Series B funding. The round, which was led by ICONIQ Growth, makes Drata one of the fastest SaaS companies […]


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Elon Musk faces a $15 billion tax bill after 58% of Twitter users voted that if he should sell 10% of his Tesla stock 
Nickie Louise Posted On November 8, 2021


Over the weekend, we wrote about Elon Musk’s first-ever Twitter poll when he asked Twitter users if he should sell 10% of his Tesla stock to pay billion in taxes. Now the results are in 24 hours after the poll […]


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Space  / Technology News
Here is how Jupiter protects Earth from asteroids and saves us from destruction
Nickie Louise Posted On November 7, 2021


Have you ever wondered why asteroids have not hit our planet? Asteroids are small, rocky, or metallic objects orbiting the Sun. Most Asteroids are usually a little over 1 meter in diameter. The largest asteroid is Ceres, which has a diameter of 965 […]


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Elon Musk launches a Twitter poll to ask if he should sell 10%  of his Tesla stock to pay billion in taxes; pledges to abide by the results of the poll
Nickie Louise Posted On November 6, 2021


Late last month, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen proposed a tax on unrealized capital gains of billionaires. Responding to criticism that he’s avoided paying his fair share of taxes, Tesla CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter on Saturday to ask over 62 […]


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