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Top startup news for Monday, March 20, 2023: Aembit, Amazon, Microsoft, Nuance, Runway, and TikTok
Nickie Louise Posted On March 20, 2023


Good evening! Below are some of the top tech startup news stories for Monday, March 20, 2023. TikTok hits 150 million U.S. monthly users, up from 100 million in 2020 Amid plans by the US government to ban the most […]


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Cybersecurity startup Aembit launches with $16.6M in funding to bring identity-first security to workloads
Nickie Louise Posted On March 20, 2023


Aembit, a Maryland-based cybersecurity startup that helps DevOps and security teams manage, enforce, and audit access between federated workloads, officially launched from stealth with a $16.6 million seed funding led by Ballistic Ventures and Ten Eleven Ventures. Aembit provides secure […]


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10,000+ rally in support of Internet Archive
Nickie Louise Posted On March 20, 2023


BattleForLibraries.com online rally had 10,000+ participants in support of the Internet Archive. One day of oral arguments in big publisher’s suits to force Internet Archive to delete 4 million digital books and block libraries nationwide from owning and preserving digital […]


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Runway, the startup behind Stable Diffusion, releases a new AI model to generate videos from text
Nickie Louise Posted On March 20, 2023


The use of AI image generators dates back to the early 1990s when artists started to use AI algorithms to generate art, music, and visual effects. In 2021, the launch of DALL-E2 , a neural network-based image generation model developed […]


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Amazon to fire another 9,000 workers in a second round of layoffs
Nickie Louise Posted On March 20, 2023


In early January, Amazon announced it was laying off more than 18,000 employees, a bigger number than the retail giant announced back in December when the New York Times reported the company was cutting 10,000 jobs. The news was part […]


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400,000 gallons of radioactive water leaked from a nuclear power plant in Minnesota; made public after 4 months
Daniel Levi Posted On March 20, 2023


Quick Brief In November 2022, 400,000 gallons of radioactive water was leaked at Xcel Energy’s Monticello nuclear power plant in Minnesota The leak was detected by routine groundwater monitoring systems and confirmed on Nov. 22, 2022, but it wasn’t made […]


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Microsoft launches Dragon Ambient eXperience (DAX) Express, an OpenAI tool to make it easier for doctors to take notes
Nickie Louise Posted On March 20, 2023


Less than a week after unveiling a new AI office “Copilot” for Microsoft 365, Microsoft Microsoft and its Nuance Communications subsidiary today announced the launch of Dragon Ambient eXperience (DAX) Express, a clinical notes application for healthcare workers that is […]


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Bitcoin surges past $28,000 as Federal Reserve printed $300 billion out of thin air in one week to save failed banks
Nickie Louise Posted On March 20, 2023


Investors are turning to Bitcoin after the realization that the US Federal Reserve Bank (Fed) just printed $300 billion out of thin air last week to bail out the banks. Bitcoin topped $28,380 on Sunday and jumped 5.19%, adding $1,400 […]


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Twitter ‘just exceeded 8 billion user-minutes per day,’ Elon Musk says
Daniel Levi Posted On March 18, 2023


Though naysayers continue to predict the death of Twitter after Elon Musk bought the company last year, the social media platform continues to grow leaps and bounds and attracts millions of new users who felt left before the acquisition. Now, […]


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Elon Musk: “I paid more income tax than anyone ever in the history of Earth for 2021 and will do that again in 2022”
Nickie Louise Posted On March 18, 2023


In December 2021, we wrote about Elon Musk after a report that the world’s richest man (until recently), was about to pay over $15,000,000,000 in taxes in 2021, the largest in American history. Fast forward more than a year later, […]


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The Top 25 Largest Private Equity Firms in the World
Nickie Louise Posted On March 18, 2023


Did you know that about half of all daily newspapers in the country are owned by private equity firms or hedge funds? You’ve probably heard of private equity (PE) and have no idea what it is and why they’re the […]


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Here’s why Google is happy you’re using Adblock
Daniel Levi Posted On March 18, 2023


Online ads are everywhere. It’s almost impossible to find any website without some kind of ad because most online publishers depend on ads to keep the light on. But if you’re like me, I hate annoying ads. So in the early […]


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SVB Financial Group, the parent company of Silicon Valley Bank, files for bankruptcy
Daniel Levi Posted On March 17, 2023


SVB Financial Group, the company that owned the failed Silicon Valley Bank, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to seek buyers for its assets. The news comes just a week after its former unit Silicon Valley Bank was taken over […]


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Walmart invests $200 million in India’s most valuable fintech startup PhonePe
Nickie Louise Posted On March 17, 2023


Indian fintech platform PhonePe has raised $200 million in primary capital from its majority owner Walmart even as other startups struggle to raise new funding amid fallout from Silicon Valley Bank. In this funding round, PhonePe has raised $650 million […]


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FinTech startup Stripe raises $6.5 billion in down round; valuation plunges to $50 billion from $95 billion 2 years ago
Nickie Louise Posted On March 17, 2023


On February 24, we wrote about Stripe after the fintech giant announced it was close to raising $4 billion in fresh funding that will push the company’s valuation to about $55 billion, a massive discount from its record valuation of […]


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Top startup news for Thursday, March 16, 2023: Circle, Google, Kraken, Microsoft, Poolz, and Climate Choice
Nickie Louise Posted On March 16, 2023


Good evening! Below are some of the top tech startup news stories for Thursday, March 16, 2023. Microsoft unveils new AI office “Copilot” for Microsoft 365 in a race with Google On Tuesday, we wrote about Google after the search […]


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This guy just used GPT-4 AI to create a $100 online business; the result will surprise you
Daniel Levi Posted On March 16, 2023


It was just two days ago that OpenAI announced the launch of GPT-4, the successor to ChatGPT that the company claimed to have better accuracy and the ability to beat 90% of humans on the SAT. Less than 24 hours […]


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Kraken launches its own digital asset bank following the fallout of Silvergate and Silicon Valley Bank
Daniel Levi Posted On March 16, 2023


The past few weeks have seen tech-focused banks offering services to startups and crypto-friendly VCs run into financial difficulties. Silicon Valley Bank, the 16th largest bank in the US, collapsed last week after a run on deposits left the bank […]


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Poolz Finance bolsters its security, announces a restructuring plan to shore up user safety following a token exploit
Daniel Levi Posted On March 16, 2023


On Tuesday, hackers exploited Poolz Finance’s decentralized IDO platform and made away with $390k just days after a $180 million Euler Finance exploit. However, within hours of the attack, the Poolz team wasted no time and immediately flagged the hacker’s […]


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ftNFT Shop opens a physical shop in Dubai Mall to bring NFTs to life
Nickie Louise Posted On March 16, 2023


While everyone was busy talking about the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, the popularity of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) as the NFT market climbed to more than $40 billion in value in March, according to a report from Forbes. The future […]


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