BROWNSVILLE, Texas (Border Report) — A migrant shelter in this border town has closed after a sudden decrease in asylum seekers due to new immigration policies implemented by the Trump administration. “It’s…
Texas Monthly – Could the Sun Set on the Texas Renewable Energy Boom?
Meteorologically speaking, it was a bad day for renewable energy. A dense fog enshrouded downtown Austin so completely that the Capitol wasn’t visible from two blocks away. Wind was nonexistent. My expectations…
Tech Crunch – Twitch caps streamers’ storage at 100 hours of highlights and uploads
Twitch on Wednesday announced it will begin limiting streamers to 100 hours of highlights and uploads, and will delete content if a channel exceeds the limit. The company said it’s introducing the…
Texas Monthly – Texas House unveils its private school voucher bill
Families participating in the program could receive about 85% of the amount public schools collect for each attending student from the state and local sources. Read: Read More
Tech Crunch – OpenAI now serves 400M users every week
OpenAI is increasingly looking like a consumer company, telling CNBC that it now has 400 million weekly active users. Usage is still growing at a rapid pace as the AI developer behind…
Tech Crunch – UK healthcare giant HCRG confirms hack after ransomware gang claims theft of sensitive data
The prolific Medusa ransomware group claims to have stolen troves of data from HCRG, including patients’ sensitive health data © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Read more: Read…
Texas Monthly – Texas Home-Insurance Costs Are Skyrocketing. State Leaders Don’t Have Many Solutions.
Around a decade ago, Kat and Giles Roberts bought a three-thousand-square-foot house in Clear Lake, the southeast Texas town on Trinity Bay that is best known as the home of NASA’s Johnson…
Tech Crunch – SmartSuite raises $38M to be the final word on enterprise collaboration
Three founders who built out one of the bigger startups in risk management are scaling a new company to take on another pain point in the world of work. SmartSuite‘s platform lets…
Tech Crunch – Mercor, an AI recruiting startup founded by 21-year-olds, raises $100M at $2B valuation
Mercor, the AI recruiting startup founded by three 21-year-old Thiel Fellows, has raised $100 million in a Series B round, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. Menlo Park-based Felicis led the round, valuing…
Tech Crunch – Amazon is shutting down its app store on Android
Amazon will discontinue its app store for Android on August 20 this year. The company sent a notice to developers indicating that they will no longer be able to submit new apps…