Nickie Louise

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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.

Cybersecurity / Featured / Hacking / Security

How Industrial Systems Have Become Prime Targets for APTs

Nickie Louise Posted On April 19, 2020

Today, cyberwarfare has become a new front that nations in conflict have to face. Hackers have now even become the new soldiers of fortune. They now operate as advanced persistent threats (APTs) which infiltrate and lurk within vulnerable infrastructure performing […]

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Featured / Health

“China’s greatest export is coronavirus,” Germany’s largest newspaper BILD condemns China for endangering the world (Video)

Nickie Louise Posted On April 19, 2020

As death toll from coronavirus passes 100,000, there are several reports that the Chinese government is trying to control the narratives and news coverage about the deadly virus. An example of this is found in an open letter from China’s embassy […]

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Featured / Health

Hydroxychloroquine and other autoimmune drugs are not fully effective in protecting against coronavirus, early data compiled Global Rheumatology Alliance shows

Nickie Louise Posted On April 19, 2020

Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) has become one of the the most controversial drugs in world after President Trump touted the malaria drug as game-changer as a potential treatment for coronavirus. Since then, many doctors and patients claimed the malaria drug has saved […]

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Health

‘Payment status not available’ error message: IRS provided more details (updated April 17, 2020)

Nickie Louise Posted On April 18, 2020

On Wednesday, we told you about the error message people received when they tried to find the status of their $1,200 stimulus check on IRS website. Instead of getting the status of their stimulus payments, tax payers were greeted with ‘Payment […]

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Drones / Featured / Gadgets

The US is using Chinese drones to enforce coronavirus social distancing rules in 22 states. Could the drones be sending data back to China?

Nickie Louise Posted On April 18, 2020

On November 29, 2017, the New York Times wrote a story titled, “Drone Maker D.J.I. May Be Sending Data to China, U.S. Officials Say.” Over two years later, the same company donated drones to 43 agencies in 22 states across the U.S. […]

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Health

Coronavirus Is a Man Made Virus “manipulated” for HIV research, Professor Luc Montagnier who discovered HIV and the 2008 Nobel Prize winner for Medicine says

Nickie Louise Posted On April 18, 2020

One of the traits of a good scientist is to be skeptical. We teach our children to be open minded and questions things. Curiosity leads scientists to question not only what they observe, but also what they already know. A good scientist […]

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Health

Ebola drug Remdesivir is showing promising results against coronavirus

Nickie Louise Posted On April 17, 2020

In a race against time, scientists and researchers said they are seeing promising results against coronavirus. Doctors believe the drug will be available in a matter of weeks or month for use by the general public. A study conducted by at […]

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Acquisition / Featured / Technology News

Verizon buys Zoom rival BlueJeans Network for around $500 million

Nickie Louise Posted On April 17, 2020

Early this month, we wrote about Zoom after it was discovered that the video conferencing app sent encryption keys to China. Now, phone giant Verizon announced it is buying Zoom rival BlueJeans Network for about half a billion dollars. In a statement […]

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Cybersecurity / Hacking / Security / Technology News

Breach and Attack Simulation Tools: 3 Approaches [Discussed]

Nickie Louise Posted On April 17, 2020

After Gartner introduced the new domain — Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) — in its Hype Cycle for Threat-Facing Technologies 2017, BAS is growing rapidly. The reason being cyberattacks are on the rise. It is no wonder that the World […]

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Health

China now admits about 50% more people died of coronavirus in Wuhan than previously reported, may be more than 1 million deaths (Video)

Nickie Louise Posted On April 17, 2020

For weeks now, many experts have been saying that the official numbers of coronavirus cases coming out of China are not accurate and should not be believed. Now, it turned out they were right all along. Today, China’s government-run Xinhua […]

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Artificial Intelligence / Featured / Tech Startup News / Tech Startups / Technology News

Robotics and driverless car startup Pony.ai launches autonomous deliveries in California as coronavirus lockdown continues

Nickie Louise Posted On April 17, 2020

The last time we wrote about Pony.ai was back in August 2019 when the the artificial intelligence and robotics startup partnered with Toyota to accelerate the development and deployment of autonomous vehicles. Now, the Chinese tech startup has teamed up with […]

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Apps / Featured / Technology News

IoT tech startup Nodle launches Coalition, a free, privacy-first contact tracing app to help stop the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19)

Nickie Louise Posted On April 17, 2020

Last Friday, two tech rivals Apple and Google partnered together to develop a contact tracing technology to combat the spread of coronavirus. However, many people are increasingly wary of big tech companies due to privacy concerns. Now, one small tech startup […]

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Featured / Health

Anxiety is on the rise as the coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown continues, Italy-based AI company found

Nickie Louise Posted On April 17, 2020

On Tuesday, we wrote about Expert System, an Italian-based artificial intelligence company that uses semantics and natural language to monitor the emotions and general sentiment around the COVID-19 pandemic expressed by people in the US and UK across social media. Expert […]

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Health / Technology News

Still no stimulus check? IRS system glitches prevented people who filed taxes via H&R Block, TurboTax, others from getting their $1,200 stimulus checks

Nickie Louise Posted On April 16, 2020

Yesterday, we told you about the error message people received when they tried to find the status of their $1,200 stimulus check on IRS website. Instead of getting the status of their stimulus payments, tax payers were greeted with ‘Payment status not […]

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Featured

BREAKING: Early trial results from testing of Gilead’s Remdesivir show the ebola drug to be effective in treating coronavirus patients in Chicago hospital

Nickie Louise Posted On April 16, 2020

On March 23, the CDC issued clinical guidance on remdesivir as a therapeutic treatment for COVID-19 patients. Almost a month later, there is new report that Gilead drug is showing effectiveness in treating coronavirus patients. A new report from STAT News, which first […]

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Featured / Health

These are the states with the biggest increases in unemployment due to coronavirus [Updated]

Nickie Louise Posted On April 16, 2020

Last week, we published a report of the states with the biggest increases in unemployment due to coronavirus, based on the findings from WalletHub, a leading personal finance website that helps consumers make smarter financial decisions. With the U.S. losing over 22 million jobs […]

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

Venture-backed startup Movandi secures $27M Series C funding to accelerate 5G network deployments

Nickie Louise Posted On April 16, 2020

Movandi, an Irvine, California-based wireless startup and a leader in new 5G Millimeter Wave (mmWave) networks, announced today a $27 million Series C funding round to further accelerate and extend the range of real world 5G mmWave deployments. WRVI Capital led this current round […]

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Agriculture / Health

Coronavirus casualty not many people are talking about: 10 years of job creation (22 million jobs) wiped out in just one month

Nickie Louise Posted On April 16, 2020

While a lot of attention has been focused the number of deaths from the deadly coronavirus, less attention is paid to millions of Americans that have lost their jobs. Just for a moment, try to wrap your head around this: […]

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Health

39 elderly coronavirus patients in Texas nursing home successfully complete hydroxychloroquine treatment for COVID-19 with no side effects, Dr. Robin Armstrong says

Nickie Louise Posted On April 16, 2020

We’ve been writing about hydroxychloroquine for at least one month now. During that period, we’ve also received countless emails from our readers thanking us for sharing the news about the malaria drug. At the same time, we also received threatening […]

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Health / Research

Subways a ‘major disseminator’ of coronavirus in New York City, MIT study shows

Nickie Louise Posted On April 16, 2020

As of today, New York City has the highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States, based on the data compiled Johns Hopkins University. Now, a new MIT study claims that city subways and buses were “a major disseminator – […]

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