After hitting record lows at the start of the pandemic, mortgage rates began to climb in 2022 and haven’t come down significantly since. With 30-year mortgage rates hovering at over 6.5% today…
Tech Crunch – Hunted Labs lands $3M to find suspicious open source contributors
Former NSA deputy director George Barnes has made his first investment as a venture capitalist for his new job at the VC incubation studio Red Cell Partners. It’s a $3 million seed deal…
Tech Crunch – The AI leaders bringing the AGI debate down to Earth
During a recent dinner with business leaders in San Francisco, a comment I made cast a chill over the room. I hadn’t asked my dining companions anything I considered to be extremely…
The Athletic MiLB News – Scouting Dodgers and Guardians prospects — and Jesus Made — on the back fields
Notes from the back fields on Jaison Chourio, Jackson Ferris, Emil Morales, Made and more. Read: Read More
Tech Crunch – Google unveils redesigned $499 Pixel 9a
Google has officially unveiled the Pixel 9a smartphone, its new midrange phone that will retail for $499. The A-series smartphone’s biggest change is its appearance, as the latest model ditches the camera…
Texas Monthly – Infinity Pools and Pet Spas: How College Residences Went From Animal House to Soho House
It is not a building, residents say, so much as an experience. It begins as soon as you glimpse the newly erected, 29-story tower overlooking Central Austin. Wrapped in an eye-catching herringbone…
Tech Crunch – Zoox recalls 258 self-driving cars over unexpected braking
Zoox, Amazon’s autonomous driving unit, has issued a voluntary recall for 258 vehicles due to issues with its autonomous driving system that could cause unexpected hard breaking. The recall follows a preliminary…
Texas Monthly – Can Anything Stop Dr Pepper? The Ultimate Taste of Texas Bracket Is Down to Its Elite Eight
Day two of the Ultimate Taste of Texas Bracket featured a few surprises, as some of the most beloved and iconic dishes and drinks in Texas fell—sometimes to items that only longtime…
Tech Crunch – Cape opens $99/month beta of its privacy-first mobile plan, inks Proton deal, raises $30M
Mobile networks continue to be a major target for cybersecurity breaches, and Chinese hacking group Salt Typhoon‘s persistent attacks on multiple carriers are only the latest known examples. The mobile carrier startup…
KTSM News – Free Cone Day at Dairy Queen is here!
(WJW) – Dairy Queen will once again celebrate the start of spring with its Free Cone Day. The company announced the annual event will happen on March 20 to coincide with the…