Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech! This week we’re looking at how fintech heavyweights such as Klarna and Stripe are incorporating crypto into their strategies, which companies are planning for IPOs, one fintech’s Super…
Tech Crunch – Apple brings heart rate monitoring to Powerbeats Pro 2
Apple Tuesday announced the long-awaited debut of Powerbeats Pro 2. The new headphones arrive nearly six years after the original Powerbeats hit the market. The new model maintains the familiar ear hook…
Tech Crunch – OpenAI CEO Sam Altman calls Musk’s bid an attempt to ‘slow us down’
In an interview at the AI Action Summit in Paris on Tuesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman dismissed Elon Musk’s unsolicited $97.4 billion bid for OpenAI’s nonprofit as “an attempt to slow [OpenAI]…
Tech Crunch – Stripe mulls employee shareholder sale at $85B-plus valuation
Stripe is in talks for another shareholder sale that could value the company at “at least” $85 billion, according to multiple reports and a source familiar with the matter. The Information first…
Tech Crunch – Built on Bluesky, Pinksky brings its Instagram-like app to Android
Bluesky users on Android now have access to a new app that works more like Instagram than X. On Tuesday, an app called Pinksky launched an Android version of its photo-centric social…
Border Report – Pope criticizes Trump administration’s immigration policies
(The Hill) — Pope Francis criticized President Donald Trump’s mass deportation plans in a letter urging compassion and the preservation of dignity for migrants in the U.S. The Pope, in his letter,…
Border Report – Sex offender arrested after trying to cross into US illegally, Border Patrol says
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A sex offender with an active warrant was arrested on Saturday, Feb. 8 by Santa Teresa Border Patrol agents after he tried to cross into the U.S….
Tech Crunch – Another person targeted by Paragon spyware comes forward
Four people have so far come forward as victims of the Paragon spyware campaign targeting WhatsApp users, including one journalist and three activists. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use…
Texas Monthly – Texas Senate panel votes to cut property taxes for homeowners
The marquee proposal would increase the amount of a home’s value exemption from school taxes to $140,000 from $100,000. Read: Read More
El Paso Matters – Historical archives of Juárez cathedral catalogued, digitized
By Rocio Gallegos / La Verdad CIUDAD JUÁREZ – From indigenous burials and marriage ceremonies to the evangelization of the Franciscans to births and deaths since colonial times, the historical archives of…