At a presentation unveiling the Nintendo Switch 2, longtime Nintendo producer Kouichi Kawamoto revealed that at one point, he considered calling the Switch’s successor the “Super Nintendo Switch.” It would have been…
Tech Crunch – A web3 startup aims to change the game in the tariff wars
With President Donald Trump’s latest round of tariffs coming out today — a day he is calling “Liberation Day” — a Web3 startup thinks it could track tariffs automatically on goods coming into…
KTSM News – Police respond to early morning crash in Northeast
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — El Paso Police are responding to an early morning crash on Thursday, April 3 in Northeast El Paso. According to police, the incident happened just before 2:30…
Tech Crunch – Fuse raises $6.6M to fix a payment problem for companies expanding to MENA
Expanding into the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) remains a costly and complex challenge for global businesses, thanks to fragmented regulations and banking systems. Dubai-based fintech Fuse aims to simplify that…
Tech Crunch – Truecaller now has over 450M monthly active users
Caller ID app Truecaller said on Thursday that it crossed the 450 million user mark earlier this week. The company said that it added 50 million users in the past 10 months…
Tech Crunch – Fintech Plaid raises $575M at a $6.1B valuation, says it will not go public in 2025
Plaid, which connects bank accounts to financial applications, has sold about $575 million worth of common stock at a $6.1 billion post-money valuation, the fintech company confirmed to TechCrunch. The valuation is…
Texas Monthly – Texas’ Rio Grande Valley didn’t see last week’s historic storms coming
The region is still cleaning up after last week’s storms in which at least six people died. Read: Read More
Texas Monthly – The Dan Patrick Show: How to build an audience — and political power
In an interview, the lieutenant governor talks about his recent pop-up investigations and how he uses storytelling to make a political point. Read: Read More
Tech Crunch – Y Combinator neobank Djamo raises $17M with 1M users across Francophone Africa
Djamo is one of several digital banking startups targeting Africa’s underbanked. But unlike many that focus on large markets like Nigeria, Egypt, or South Africa, Djamo has carved out a niche in…
Yard Barker – Former CFB coach isn’t yet sold on new Texas QB Arch Manning
Arch Manning is now “the guy” in Texas after two seasons of acting as the backup quarterback to Quinn Ewers. Read: Read More