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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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Robinhood restricts users from trading Dogecoin for the second day
Nickie Louise Posted On April 16, 2021


Robinhood, a commission-free trading platform, is back at what it does best: restricting users from trading surging assets. We all remember back in January when Robinhood restricted its users from buying surging stocks like GameStop, AMC Entertainment, and BlackBerry. Robinhood founder and CEO […]


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Digital health tech startups raise a record $7.2 billion in VC funding in the first quarter of 2021
Nickie Louise Posted On April 16, 2021


As we reported early this week, venture capitalists (VCs) poured a record $64 billion into tech startups in the first quarter of 2021. That equals 43% of the total fundraising in all of 2020, which was a record year. But what […]


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Dogecoin spikes 300% this week, making some Reddit users overnight Dogecoin millionaires
Nickie Louise Posted On April 16, 2021


We wrote about Dogecoin back in February after Elon Musk’s tweet sent the cryptocurrency that was created based on the “Doge”soaring another 53% to over $10 billion market cap. A few days earlier, Dogecoin surged by as much as 800% as Reddit board […]


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Pfizer CEO says people will likely need a third dose of a Covid-19 vaccine within 12 months of getting fully vaccinated; followed by annual COVID-19 shot
Nickie Louise Posted On April 15, 2021


Just like the yearly flu shots, people who are already vaccinated will likely need a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine within a year of being inoculated. That was according to Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla. He added that it’s possible that people will […]


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Mercedes unveils EQS all-electric luxury sedan with 478 miles range to take on Tesla
Nickie Louise Posted On April 15, 2021


Back in January, we wrote about Daimler AG’s Mercedes-Benz after the German automaker threw its hat in the ring with the launch of an EQA compact electric SUV with 300 miles range in an effort to take on Tesla. The EQA was […]


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Press Release
Comcast to invest $1 billion over next 10 years to reach 50 million low-income Americans
Nickie Louise Posted On April 15, 2021


On the 10th anniversary of its Internet Essentials program, Comcast announced it will invest $1 billion over the next 10 years to further close the digital divide and give more low-income Americans the needed tools and resources to succeed in […]


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Europe to ban the use of A.I. for mass surveillance and social credit scores as the EU plans to regulate and impose strict rules for artificial intelligence
Nickie Louise Posted On April 15, 2021


There is no denying that big tech companies now control our lives. From online search to the products you buy online, artificial intelligence has permeated into our everyday lives. Unlike the United States where our leaders don’t have the courage […]


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Meet Her Impact, a new social platform launched by two Polish women who want to change the world
Nickie Louise Posted On April 15, 2021


We live in a world where boardrooms are mostly full of men. At the same time, we’ve made progress over the years and women are beginning to take up executive chairs at Fortune 500 companies. The situation is improving, but it […]


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KuCoin Labs launches $50 million fund to find the next crypto gem
Nickie Louise Posted On April 15, 2021


It’s almost three years since we last wrote about KuCoin, a crypto exchange that aims to bring cryptocurrency to the masses. Back then the Hong Kong-based startup closed a $20 million Series A investment led by IDG Capital, Matrix Partners, Neo Global Capital, […]


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E-Commerce startup Signifyd raises $205M in funding to provide e-commerce protection and eliminate fraud
Nickie Louise Posted On April 15, 2021


Online fraud is costing U.S. merchants more this year than it did a year before. In addition, the average number of both attempted and the cost of fraud for online merchants continues to go up. Every $1 of fraud now […]


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Sony Music Africa launches new business skills program as part of its $100M Global Fund to build the next generation of female music leaders in Africa
Nickie Louise Posted On April 15, 2021


Sony Music Africa has partnered with a not-for-profit pan-African women empowerment platform, The Women of Music Business (WOMB), to launch a new ‘masterclass’ training program, supporting women working in the African music industry and helping to build the next generation […]


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Healthtech startup Medable secures $78 million in additional funding to drive global adoption of decentralized clinical trials
Nickie Louise Posted On April 15, 2021


We covered Medable late last year after the Silicon Valley-based health tech startup raised $91 million in Series C funding to revolutionize clinical trials and reduce clinical trial timelines by 50 percent. Medable is transforming clinical research and predictive medicine […]


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Elon Musk’s SpaceX adds another $314 million to its previous round, pushing the new total equity raised to $1.16 billion
Nickie Louise Posted On April 14, 2021


About two months ago, SpaceX after Elon Musk’s space company raised $850 million in new funding at a $74 billion valuation. The February funding followed a $1.9 billion funding SpaceX raised in the summer of 2020. With increasing demands from […]


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Phantom Space scores $5 million in funding to revolutionize space transportation
Nickie Louise Posted On April 14, 2021


Carl Sagan once said, “All civilizations become either spacefaring or extinct.” Space transportation is now a reality, thanks to private spaceflight companies like Virgin Atlantic, SpaceX, and new innovative technology startups like Phantom Space Corporation, a Tucson, Arizona-based tech startup focused on space transportation including […]


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All eyes are on Coinbase as it sets to open on Nasdaq at about $355 per share instead of the $250 reference price
Nickie Louise Posted On April 14, 2021


Crypto exchange startup Coinbase is unlike any market debut Wall Street has ever seen. The highly anticipated Coinbase IPO is set to hit the public market on Wednesday, a week after preliminarily reporting a ninefold increase in first-quarter revenue to […]


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Press Release
Kyocera launches KYOCERA Capture Manager to redefine digital workflows and agile collaboration
Nickie Louise Posted On April 14, 2021


With more and more companies seeking simplified ways to turn their vast amount of information from a worry into a strength, Kyocera has risen to the challenge with the launch of KYOCERA Capture Manager (KCM). For many enterprises across all […]


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The Games Fund launches $50M early-stage investment fund to connect investors with established and emerging games markets
Nickie Louise Posted On April 14, 2021


The gaming industry is booming with no signs of slowing down. According to data by research firm Statista, the gaming industry is expected to surpass 138 billion by 2021. As the gaming market explodes, it also presents fantastic possibilities for game developers. […]


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Chinese Tesla rival Xpeng Motors launches P5 sedan with new driverless features based on Lidar technology
Nickie Louise Posted On April 14, 2021


Today, Tesla remains the worldwide leader in electric vehicle sales and has sold nearly half a million EVs so far. However, new electric car companies in China are not far behind. China is the world’s largest market for electric vehicle […]


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Space  / Technology News
Fate loves irony: Elon Musk once worked for a video game company called Rocket Science before founding SpaceX and Tesla
Nickie Louise Posted On April 14, 2021


Fate loves irony is a phrase that describes events in our lives when the opposite of what we expect happens. A famous example is a fire station that burns down. In the early 1990s, way before he became a millionaire and […]


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South Korea tech startup Standard Energy raises $8.3M from SoftBank Ventures Asia to revolutionize energy storage using vanadium ion-based battery technology
Nickie Louise Posted On April 14, 2021


Standard Energy, a South Korea-based tech startup and developer of vanadium ion battery that is on the verge of revolutionizing the current lithium ion-based energy storage system (ESS), announced today it has raised an $8.9 million Series C led by SoftBank Ventures Asia. […]


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