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Wolters Kluwer acquires London-based tech startup Della AI to shore up its Legal & Regulatory software unit
Nickie Louise Posted On December 30, 2022


With just one day left in 2022, Madrid-based Wolters Kluwer is ending the year with a bang. Today, Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory, the global provider of information services, legal solutions, and consulting for companies, announced it has acquired Della AI, bringing the four-year-old startup […]


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FTX and its founder Bankman-Fried diverted $200 million of customer money to fund investments in 2 tech startup companies
Nickie Louise Posted On December 29, 2022


The collapsed crypto exchange FTX and its former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried diverted $200 million of customer funds to make two venture capital investments, according to complaints filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The announcement comes just a few […]


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Geoengineering startup releases sulfur particles into the atmosphere in attempt to ‘stop climate change’
Daniel Levi Posted On December 28, 2022


”It’s morally wrong, in my opinion, for us not to be doing this,” that was a statement made by the founder of Make Sunsets about why his startup has to block the sun to save us from the climate apocalypse. […]


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Grocery delivery startup Instacart cuts internal valuation to $10 billion from $39 billion a year ago as it prepares for 2023 IPO
Daniel Levi Posted On December 28, 2022


In October, Grocery delivery startup Instacart postponed its much-anticipated IPO as stock market volatility, soaring inflation, and interest rates left investors worried about growing volatility in capital markets. The company had planned to go public this year but decided to shelve […]


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Hacker ‘Ryushi’ demands Twitter pay $200,000 ransom to avoid releasing personal data of over 400 million Twitter users
Nickie Louise Posted On December 28, 2022


A hacker by the name ‘Ryushi’ claimed to have the data of 400 million Twitter users and is offering it for sale unless Elon Musk pays a ransom. While security firms are still working to verify the authenticity of the data, Ryushi is […]


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Top tech startup stories of 2022
Daniel Levi Posted On December 27, 2022


From the FTX scandal to tech layoffs, it has been an intense year, to say the least. If 2021 was the year of cryptocurrencies, NFTs, and massive funding for startups, 2022 was the complete opposite. This year, tech companies, large […]


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Indian fintech startup Money View raises $75 million at $900 million valuation
Nickie Louise Posted On December 26, 2022


Money View, a fintech startup that simplifies access to credit for billions of people in India, has raised $75 million in a Series E funding round to grow its credit business, grow its team, and expand its product portfolio with new […]


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How much is OpenAI worth? Here’s what you need to know about the creator of ChatGPT
Daniel Levi Posted On December 23, 2022


We’re living in extraordinary times of artificial intelligence (AI). Things you saw in Sci-fi movies years ago are already becoming a reality. Two years ago, OpenAI shocked the world with the launch of its Generative Pre-trained Transformer 3 (popularly known as GPT-3), […]


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LastPass Hacked: LastPass says hackers stole its customers’ encrypted password vaults; “worst breach”
Nickie Louise Posted On December 22, 2022


“Stop using LastPass as your password manager. Move to any other one, and please change any passwords you have on there now,” that was a dire warning from the Director of Engineering at SpotAi. LastPass, the startup that’s supposed to users’ passwords safe, […]


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Okta source code stolen as a result of GitHub repositories hack. Was remediation possible?
Nickie Louise Posted On December 22, 2022


Back in March, we wrote about single-sign-on cybersecurity firm Okta after the company confirmed that hundreds of its customers were hit by a data breach from the Lapsus$ hacking group. Okta, one of the leading providers of authentication services and Identity […]


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TIDEFI partners with All Time High (ATH) Vodka for real-world tokenization agreement
Nickie Louise Posted On December 22, 2022


While the crypto industry may be through a “historic moment” of decline and “crypto winter,” one sector that continues to experience exponential growth in mainstream adoption is decentralized finance or DeFi. Between 2020 and 2022, the DeFi space grew by a […]


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FTX co-founder Gary Wang and Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison pleaded guilty to fraud and cut a deal with federal prosecutors for $250,000 bail
Nickie Louise Posted On December 22, 2022


While the disgraced FTX founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried may likely be spending his life in prison, the question everyone was asking is where is Caroline Ellison? As we reported early this month, the former CEO of FTX’s sister company […]


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Former Spotify Director joins Walnut to lead research and development
Daniel Levi Posted On December 22, 2022


As it looks to continue to offer the first-of-its-kind platform that makes the sales demos process seamless and automated, Walnut has bulked up its executive team with the addition of Eyal Erez the former Spotify director, as Vice President of Research and Development […]


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SaaS startup Gynger launches from stealth with $21.7M in funding to change how businesses buy software
Nickie Louise Posted On December 21, 2022


Every business today is dependent on software and infrastructure to get their business off the ground and cannot launch, build or scale without the right tech stack. With global software spend expected to grow to $879 billion in 2023, these […]


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Bitcoin miner Core Scientific files for bankruptcy as crypto winter takes toll on crypto mining companies
Nickie Louise Posted On December 21, 2022


Core Scientific, one of the largest publicly traded bitcoin mining companies in the U.S., is the latest casualty of the ongoing crypto winter. The company is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection today in Texas early, according to a report from CNBC, […]


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Israeli EV startup unveils AIR ONE, a personal ‘flying car’ to fly commuters on short trips
Nickie Louise Posted On December 21, 2022


The concept of the flying car is nothing new. For decades, Hollywood and science fiction writers have been toying with the idea of adding wings to wheeled motor vehicles decades. As appealing as it may sound, attempts to develop economically-viable flying […]


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Xscape Photonics raises $10M to usher in a new era of photonics chips and revolutionize computing with light
Daniel Levi Posted On December 20, 2022


About two centuries since its inception, today’s computers still use integrated circuits or semiconductors (also known as chips) which are based on bits in the form of binary 1s and 0s. Integrated circuits are microchip wafers that contain millions of tiny […]


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Meta could face $11.8B fine for breaching EU antitrust law by distorting competition and abusing its dominant position
Nickie Louise Posted On December 20, 2022


Early this month, the EU privacy watchdog ruled that Facebook’s Meta cannot run advertising based on personal data and will need users’ consent to do so. The ruling was a big blow for the social giant which already lost over 70 percent […]


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Amazon and Microsoft back Moxion, a clean energy startup that aims to replace diesel generators with zero-emission electric batteries
Nickie Louise Posted On December 20, 2022


In a race to zero emissions, governments and investors have poured billions of dollars into clean energy initiatives to combat climate change and its impact on the environment. While the US government has invested in multiple clean energy projects, tech […]


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FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried sent back to Bahamas prison after plans to waive his extradition to the U.S. stalled
Nickie Louise Posted On December 20, 2022


Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) was sent back to a Bahamas prison on Monday after a reported plan for him to waive his extradition to the United States stalled. In a chaotic courtroom scene on Monday, Bankman-Fried’s lawyer, Jerone Roberts, told […]


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