Nickie Louise

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Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak launches new crypto token WOZX to revolutionize the $250 billion energy efficiency market

Nickie Louise Posted On December 9, 2020

Cryptos are back! After about a year of lackluster, investors are now pouring billions of dollars into digital currencies. The renewed interest in cryptos is partly due to a sudden rise in the value of Bitcoin, the world’s most popular […]

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Acquisition / Featured

Israeli tech startup ControlUp acquires Avacee to help companies adapt to the new ‘work from anywhere’ revolution

Nickie Louise Posted On December 9, 2020

ControlUp, a Silicon Valley-based SaaS tech startup that helps companies to detect, troubleshoot, and remediate IT related issues in their hybrid cloud deployments, today announced it has acquired Avacee, a cloud-first, scalable platform for managing systems and devices everywhere. The […]

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Agriculture / Energy / Environment / Technology News

XPrize launches a $15 million competition to develop alternative meats to “feed the next billion”

Nickie Louise Posted On December 9, 2020

XPRIZE is a non-profit organization that designs and hosts public competitions intended to encourage technological development to benefit humanity. Its mission is to bring about “radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity” through incentivized competition. Back in October, the organization released […]

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Technology News

European tech startups bounced back from the coronavirus shock wit a near-record $41 billion investment in 2020

Nickie Louise Posted On December 9, 2020

Despite the slowdown from the coronavirus pandemic, venture capital investment in European startups is poised to hit a record high this year and even better than last year. That’s according to the conclusion of an annual survey of the state […]

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Health / Technology News

FDA says 2 people died from Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine trial as vaccine safety concerns come to the forefront. Revelation buried in a 90-page document

Nickie Louise Posted On December 9, 2020

How safe are COVID-19 vaccines? It depends on whom you ask. The issue of vaccine safety has been the subject of discussion since the coronavirus pandemic started at the beginning of this year. About a week ago, a new survey found […]

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Adapdix lands $8M in Series A funding to help companies take the next steps in the Edge AI performance journey

Nickie Louise Posted On December 8, 2020

Edge is a new tech buzzword. No day goes by without another headline about edge computing or edge AI. In a very simple term, Edge computing is what I called “power to the devices.” As enterprises move IT compute to the […]

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Launch / Technology News

Swedish micro-mobility startup Voi launches a new AI-based helmet selfie that rewards riders for wearing helmets to encourage safer e-scooter riding

Nickie Louise Posted On December 8, 2020

Riding electric scooters can be lots of fun. However, as a parent, I worry about the safety of my children. Now, there is good news. Voi Technology is a Swedish micro-mobility startup that is aiming to encourage safer e-scooter riding with […]

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Software / Startup Funding / Tech Startup News / Tech Startups / Technology News

SingleStore (formerly MemSQL) secures $80 million in Series E funding for its real-time database

Nickie Louise Posted On December 8, 2020

As the coronavirus pandemic panic starts to die down, more and more investors are beginning to jump back into investing in promising and high-growth startups. One of these startups is SingleStore (formerly MemSQL), a developer of a cloud-based scalable database for […]

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Cybersecurity / Security / Startup Funding / Tech Startup News / Tech Startups / Technology News

Salt Security, a cybersecurity startup founded by Israeli Defense Forces alumni, closes $30M Series B funding led by Sequoia Capital

Nickie Louise Posted On December 8, 2020

We wrote about Salt Security in the middle of this year after the cybersecurity startup founded by Israeli Defense Forces alumni closed a $20 million Series A funding led by Tenaya Capital. The events of the past year have made digital platforms […]

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Artificial Intelligence / Emerging Technology / Machine Learning / Technology News

These future technologies are already changing our ways of life

Nickie Louise Posted On December 8, 2020

No day goes by without headlines about some new and amazing technology. It’s getting increasingly difficult to keep up with the pace of technological changes. These emerging technologies also take some time before they reach mainstream adoption. They have to […]

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Cybersecurity / Hacking / Security / Startup Funding / Tech Startup News / Tech Startups / Technology News

Beyond Identity secures $75 million in funding to eliminate passwords and usher in a new era of passwordless authentication

Nickie Louise Posted On December 8, 2020

Computer passwords have been around for about 60 years now. The first computer password was developed in 1961 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, for use with the Compatible Time-Sharing System (CTSS). That password later gave rise to many of the […]

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Featured

European Investment Bank leads €15 million investment in Munich-based identity verification startup IDnow

Nickie Louise Posted On December 8, 2020

We covered IDnow a little over a year ago when the Luxembourg-based tech startup raised $40M in funding to accelerate the growth of its Identity Verification-as-a-Service (IVaaS) platform. IDnow has experienced exponential growth since our last article. As a sign […]

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Technology News

U.S. Government Admitted Paying $2.3 Trillion in Improper Payments Since 2014. Can Technology Help?

Nickie Louise Posted On December 7, 2020

In 2020 alone, the U.S. federal government spent more than $93 billion on information technology (IT), according to publicly available IT spending data on ITDashboard.gov. While the U.S. government has spent a massive amount of money on IT and new […]

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Launch / Tech Startup News / Tech Startups / Technology News

Monograph unveils Resource, a solution to help the AEC industry, architects, and engineers better manage their time and resources

Nickie Louise Posted On December 7, 2020

The architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry is widely-known for having long work hours and creating an overbearing amount of stress on employees––which commonly leads a number of professionals to leave the industry after just a few years. Enter Monograph, a […]

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Startup Funding / Tech Startup News / Tech Startups

Fetch Rewards bags $80 million for it consumer-loyalty and retail-rewards app

Nickie Louise Posted On December 7, 2020

Late last month, we wrote about the 50 most funded tech startups in the United States in 2020. Little did we know that Fetch Rewards, a Wisconsin-based startup in the middle of the list, would be raising new funding this month. Fetch […]

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Gaming / Startup Funding / Tech Startup News / Tech Startups / Technology News

eSports startup Fnatic hires sports scientists to help boost gamers’ performance after a $10 million fundraise

Nickie Louise Posted On December 7, 2020

The eSports market is estimated to be worth around $1.1 billion in 2020, according to a recently published report by market intelligence firm Newzoo. Of the total, Newzoo expects around three-quarters of the esports industry’s value to come from media rights and […]

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Acquisition / Featured

Cisco to acquire London-based cloud software company IMImobile for $730 million

Nickie Louise Posted On December 7, 2020

Cisco announced early this morning that it has agreed to buy London-based cloud communications software company IMImobile for 595 pence per share in cash in a deal valued at about $730 million, including debt, according to a report from Reuters. […]

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Startup Funding / Tech Startup News / Tech Startups / Technology News

Centivo scores $34 million in Series B funding to provide affordable healthcare to self-funded employers

Nickie Louise Posted On December 7, 2020

Centivo, a New York-based healthtech startup building a digital health plan aimed at self-funded employers, today announced it closed a $34 million Series B funding round to help employers deliver high-quality and affordable healthcare to their employees. The round, which was […]

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Space / Technology News

The surface of the Sun like you’ve never seen before. Watch the Sun unleashed a spectacular solar flare and a massive cloud of particles that mushroomed out and fell back down, captured by NASA’s SDO spacecraft

Nickie Louise Posted On December 7, 2020

The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. The Earth orbits the Sun at an average distance of 149.60 million km (92.96 million mi), and one complete orbit takes 365.256 days. The temperature of the Sun at its […]

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Agritech startup iUNU raises $7M in Series A funding to transform the way indoor growers do business

Nickie Louise Posted On December 7, 2020

Greenhouse production is experiencing significant growth. In North America, the greenhouse fruit and vegetable market is growing more than 20 percent annually. As greenhouses expand their square footage to meet demand, however, labor shortages and rising labor costs pose challenges […]

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