Cartken and its diminutive sidewalk delivery robots first rolled into the world with a narrow charter: carrying everything from burritos and bento boxes to pizza and pad thai that last mile to…
Tech Crunch – Granza Bio grabs $7M seed from Felicis and YC to advance delivery of cancer treatments
Ashwin Nandakumar and Ashwin Jainarayanan were working on their doctorates at adjacent departments in Oxford, but they didn’t know each other. Nandakumar, who was studying oncology, one day stumbled across a curious…
Tech Crunch – LG acquires smart home platform Athom to bring third-party connectivity to its ThinQ ecosytem
LG has acquired an 80% stake in Athom, a Dutch smart home company and maker of the Homey smart home hub. According to LG’s announcement, it will purchase the remaining 20% of…
Tech Crunch – Fisker asks bankruptcy court to sell its EVs at average of $14,000 each
Fisker has a willing buyer for its remaining inventory of all-electric Ocean SUVs, and has asked the Delaware Bankruptcy Court judge overseeing its Chapter 11 case to approve the sale. If approved…
El Paso Matters – El Paso Events this week: Neon Pop Party, Jazz Around Town, July Fourth fireworks and parades
Here’s a roundup of some culture and civic events in the borderland in the coming week. Neon Pop Party at Oasis Water Park Get ready to glow during the Neon Pop Party…
Texas Monthly – Air-Conditioning Has Made Texas Livable—And It’s Also Made Many of Us Big Wimps
My boyfriend’s mother, a Boston chemist whose early career involved visiting oil refineries across the globe, has a saying about Texas: “There’s no place colder than Houston in the summer.” Of course,…
KTSM News – Wednesday 9-hour forecast: Expect a partly cloudy day with showers and thunderstorms
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Happy hump day! We’re forecasting warm temperatures paired with showers and thunderstorms. Although the morning will start partly cloudy, skies will begin to clear up by the…
The Athletic MiLB News – Iowa two-sport athlete Brody Brecht traded football for a shot at MLB stardom
Brody Brecht lived one dream as a two-sport athlete at Iowa. Now he’s about to live another in professional baseball. Read: Read More
Tech Crunch – CoinDCX acquires BitOasis in international expansion push
CoinDCX, India’s leading cryptocurrency exchange, is expanding internationally through the acquisition of BitOasis, a digital asset platform in the Middle East and North Africa, the companies said Wednesday. The Bengaluru-based startup said…
Texas Monthly – At half a mile a week, Gov. Greg Abbott’s border wall will take around 30 years and $20 billion to build
The state has built about 34 miles of wall spread out across at least six counties on Texas’ 1,254-mile border with Mexico. Read: Read More