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Tech Crunch – Crypto exchange Bybit says it was hacked and lost around $1.4B
Crypto exchange Bitby disclosed a breach that that amounts to a loss of $1.4 billion, the largest crypto theft of all time. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only….
El Paso Matters – Opinion: Socorro ISD rushes layoffs with little thought about impact
By Brenden Malacara-Hawkins The Socorro ISD Board of Trustees has approved a plan to fire 300 district employees, including teachers and support staff. To the board: Doesn’t it feel good now that…
Tech Crunch – The real reason why oil and gas companies are bullish on carbon capture
Occidental CEO Vicki Hollub compared using CO2 in enhanced oil recovery to fracking, the technology that sent U.S. oil and gas production skyrocketing. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use…
KTSM News – Person airlifted after crash on Gateway West at Zaragoza
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A person was airlifted to a local hospital on Friday morning, Feb. 21 after a two-vehicle crash on Gateway West at Zaragoza in East El Paso, according…
KTSM News – 1 dead after barn catches fire near Sunland Park
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A person has died after a barn caught fire early Friday morning, Feb. 21 near Sunland Park, according to the Sunland Park Fire Department. The Fire Department…
Tech Crunch – How automotive exec Crystal Brown founded CircNova, an AI drug discovery biotech
Tiny Michigan biotech startup CircNova has raised a $3.3 million seed round for its technology that uses AI to target so-called “circular RNA.” The development holds promise as a new method to…
KTSM News – Blue Origin scheduled to launch human flight next week from West Texas
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Space technology company Blue Origin announced that its 10th human flight is scheduled to lift off on Tuesday, Feb. 25. The flight, called NS-30, will have a…
Texas Monthly – L. Clifford Davis Learned to Go the Back Way
One August day almost seventy years ago, a Texas governor ignored the law and sided with a white mob. It was school registration day in the then-tiny town of Mansfield, southeast of…
Tech Crunch – Five of the most important fintech VCs investing heavily in the sector
Global investing in fintech startups is starting to see an uptick. Just this week, KPMG issued its Pulse of Fintech report for the second half of 2024. In the fourth quarter of…