Jeff Bezos-backed Slate Auto has planted multiple concept versions of its EV on the streets of California. It’s a marketing tactic that teases the secretive startup’s strategy to sell a “Transformer”-like vehicle,…
Tech Crunch – Tariff turmoil may have killed the tech M&A market’s comeback
The tech market doesn’t need to be soaring up and to the right to foster healthy M&A activity. Deals can get done even in down markets. But can M&A thrive in an…
Tech Crunch – PHNX Materials found a way to decarbonize concrete using dirty coal waste
PHNX Materials has devised a way to strip fly ash of sulfur and aluminum, impurities that concrete companies would rather avoid. Read more: Read More
KTSM News – NM Supreme Court clarifies 911 liability in case involving Doña Ana County
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The New Mexico Supreme Court clarified the legal protections that state law provides to 911 dispatchers and the government agencies that employ them from being sued for…
Tech Crunch – a16z acqui-hires VC tech podcaster Erik Torenberg, who joins as new partner
Andreessen Horowitz’s hiring spree continues. On Monday, Erik Torenberg announced that the giant VC firm had acquired his Turpentine podcast, with him joining as a general partner. Torenberg’s podcast focuses mostly on…
Border Report – Walmart mass shooter pleads guilty to state charges
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Saying the only way he will leave prison will be in a coffin, a state district judge on Monday accepted the guilty pleas of El Paso…
KTSM News – ‘Your mission failed’: Crusius sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — El Paso Walmart shooter Patrick Crusius pleaded guilty to state charges in the Aug. 3, 2019 massacre on Monday, April 21, and was sentenced to life in…
Yard Barker – UCLA QB Joey Aguilar enters transfer portal after Nico Iamaleava commits to Bruins
Iamaleava’s NIL/transfer saga continues to have a ripple effect on the college football landscape. Read: Read More
El Paso Matters – El Pasoans recall, celebrate life of Pope Francis after his death Monday
Pope Francis, who in 2016 became the first pontiff to visit the U.S.-Mexico border, died early Monday at his residence in Saint Martha’s House in Vatican City. He was 88 years old….
Tech Crunch – Bluesky launches blue check verification
Bluesky announced on Monday that it is rolling out blue check verification, confirming previous rumors that this feature was on its way to the platform. Like Twitter’s original blue check (RIP), Bluesky’s…