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Chord, a tech startup led by former Glossier execs, raises $15M to expand its headless eCommerce platform
Nickie Louise Posted On January 20, 2023


Delivering great content to online users is no longer about just implementing responsive design, companies also want their content to be easily distributed over different communication channels: websites, web and mobile applications, and connected objects. Most websites today still use […]


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Fanatics in talks to acquire BetParx sportsbook
Nickie Louise Posted On January 20, 2023


Fanatics, a sports platform founded by Michael Rubin, is in talks to buy the BetParx sportsbook, as the sports merchandising company looks to take a bigger position in sports betting, CNBC reported, citing sources close to the ongoing discussion. Fanatics, which recently divests its […]


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Google parent to lay off 12,000 employees as companies stake their futures on artificial intelligence (AI)
Nickie Louise Posted On January 20, 2023


Google’s parent Alphabet becomes the latest in a series of tech companies to announce a layoff. Today, Alphabet announced it is cutting about 12,000 jobs, or 6% of its workforce, the company said in a memo to employees on Friday. The […]


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Top tech trends and predictions that will shape 2023 and beyond
Daniel Levi Posted On January 20, 2023


On October 28, 2021, Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced it was changing the company’s corporate name from Facebook to Meta to reflect its focus on the metaverse, a term the social giant described as “an embodied internet where you’re in the experience, not […]


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Siemens AG Chairman calls for one billion people to stop eating meat to combat climate change at WEF event in Davos
Daniel Levi Posted On January 20, 2023


Climate change has always existed over the course of human history. Whether it is anthropogenic climate change, which is caused by the impact of human activities on the planet, or by nature (caused by the natural climate cycles), the fact is […]


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Crypto lender Genesis files for bankruptcy as FTX contagion spreads through the industry
Nickie Louise Posted On January 20, 2023


For months, crypto lender Genesis has been seeking to raise $1 billion in an emergency loan to avoid bankruptcy. Now, the high-profile crypto lending company has fallen on a bankruptcy sword. Genesis filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection late Thursday […]


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Top tech startup news for today Thursday, January 19, 2023: Coindesk, Netflix, Nexo, Outrider, and Playtika
Nickie Louise Posted On January 19, 2023


Good evening! Below are some of the top tech startup news stories for Thursday, January 19, 2023. Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings steps down as CEO Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings is stepping down from the CEO post at the company he founded […]


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Playtika offers to acquire ‘Angry Birds’ maker Rovio for €683 million
Daniel Levi Posted On January 19, 2023


Israeli gaming company Playtika on Thursday offered to buy Rovio for 683 million euros ($737.50 million) in a sweetened all-cash deal. The 9.08 euros per share offer represents a premium of about 60% to Rovio’s close of trading on Jan. 19. The Finnish […]


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Companies That Produce The Most Startup Founders [Infographic]
Daniel Levi Posted On January 19, 2023


Every year, millions of startups are created globally. The story is no different in the United States where a record 5.4 million new business applications were filed in 2021 alone. While Silicon Valley is known as a melting pot for […]


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Hollywood Unlocked raises $1.7M in seed funding for its entertainment news platform and spaces for Black voices
Nickie Louise Posted On January 19, 2023


With thousands of news sites out there, it’s almost impossible to get noticed online, especially for marginalized Black voices in entertainment. That’s why one media startup is on a mission to create spaces for Black voices and share the latest hottest news topics […]


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Twitter prices Blue for Android at $11 per month; launches cheaper annual plan for web users 
Daniel Levi Posted On January 19, 2023


Late last year, Twitter relaunched its Blue subscription at $11 per month for iOS users. The relaunch came after Twitter paused the rollout of Twitter Blue following the impersonation abuse from trolls who took advantage of the blue checkmark verification feature. Fast forward […]


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Blockchain Founders Fund leads seed investment in Virtualtech Frontier to build out its metaverse platform Mitoworld.io
Nickie Louise Posted On January 19, 2023


While chatters about the metaverse have cooled off in recent months due to the global recession and ongoing economic slowdown, investors are seizing the opportunities to invest in promising startups that they’re hoping would dominate the space once the recession […]


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Self-driving tech startup Outrider raises $73 million in funding to scale up its autonomous yard trucks
Nickie Louise Posted On January 19, 2023


While analysts are expecting the autonomous truck revolution to come sometime in the early 2030s, tech startups including  San Diego-based TuSimple and China-based MoonX.AI have already completed more than 550 miles of fully driverless truck driving on public roads without a human […]


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Top tech startup news for today Wednesday, January 18, 2023: Amazon, EarthOptics, Import.io, and Microsoft
Nickie Louise Posted On January 18, 2023


Good evening! Below are some of the top tech startup news stories for Wednesday, January 18, 2023. Amazon is set to begin a fresh round of layoffs affecting more than 18,000 people Retail giant Amazon on Wednesday will begin a new […]


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Cumul.io raises €10M in Series A funding for its low-code business analytics platform
Nickie Louise Posted On January 18, 2023


Cumul.io, a Belgium-based- data that lets users build interactive dashboards using its embedded analytics tools, has raised €10M in a Series A round of funding to provide a low-code platform for data analysis with integration into other SaaS platforms or applications. The round […]


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This engineer hacked a hardware crypto wallet and recovered $2 million
Daniel Levi Posted On January 18, 2023


Back in 2011, Stefan Thomas produced an animated video explaining how digital currency works. He was later awarded 7,002 bitcoins for his efforts by a bitcoin enthusiast. Later that year, Thomas forgot the password to his IronKey, the USB hard drive that contains the digital […]


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Coinbase to halt operations in Japan due to ‘volatile market conditions’
Daniel Levi Posted On January 18, 2023


Even with the rising price of Bitcoin, the crypto market is going through turbulent times and no company is immune from the ongoing crypto winter. The plunging value of digital assets amid rising interest rates has led to the collapse and […]


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Microsoft is laying off 10,000 employees globally
Nickie Louise Posted On January 18, 2023


“We’re living through times of significant change, and as I meet with customers and partners, a few things are clear.” Yesterday, we wrote about Microsoft after reports the tech giant was planning to cut thousands of additional jobs as layoffs […]


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EarthOptics raises $27.6M Series B funding to advance data-driven agriculture through actionable soil insights
Nickie Louise Posted On January 18, 2023


As we all know, carbon dioxide (CO2) is the leading cause of climate change. Today, the world’s carbon-neutrality goals are front and center right for institutions and governments—and agriculture has the opportunity to play a leading role. CO2 is also the […]


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ThriveCart raises $35M in funding to help businesses build eCommerce carts and funnels
Nickie Louise Posted On January 18, 2023


One of the challenges faced by eCommerce entrepreneurs is shopping cart abandonment. Research from Baymard Institute shows that about 70% of online shopping carts are abandoned. That means, for every 10 customers who add an item to their shopping cart, seven of […]


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