In 2021, Google kicked off work on Project Starline, a corporate-focused teleconferencing platform that uses 3D imaging, cameras and a custom-designed screen to let people converse with someone as if they were…
Texas Monthly – The River Otter Is Making Its Way West
Latin Name: Lontra canadensisSize: 2.5 to 5 feet longTexas Habitat: The eastern half, with occasional sightings elsewhereFreelance photographer Kellye Mixon Bussey was birdwatching on Galveston’s East Beach last fall when a flash…
Tech Crunch – Instagram expands its creator marketplace to 10 new countries
Over the weekend, Instagram announced that it is expanding its creator marketplace to 10 new countries — this marketplace connects brands with creators to foster collaboration. The new regions include South Korea,…
Texas Monthly – Today in Barbecue History: The First Written Mention of Aaron Franklin’s Brisket
Twenty years ago, and five years before Franklin Barbecue opened in Austin, Aaron Franklin’s brisket got its first newspaper coverage. He and his wife, Stacy, had held a backyard barbecue in Austin,…
Texas Monthly – Texas delegation urges Congress to withhold aid to Mexico over water treaty dispute
A bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers are demanding appropriators withhold funds for the country until Mexico lives up to its end of a 1944 water treaty that requires it to send 1.75…
Texas Tribune Texas delegation urges Congress to withhold aid to Mexico over water treaty dispute
A bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers are demanding appropriators withhold funds for the country until Mexico lives up to its end of a 1944 water treaty that requires it to send 1.75…
Texas Tribune Texas delegation urges Congress to withhold aid to Mexico over water treaty dispute
A bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers are demanding appropriators withhold funds for the country until Mexico lives up to its end of a 1944 water treaty that requires it to send 1.75…
Tech Crunch – Aplazo is using buy-now-pay-later as a stepping stone to financial ubiquity in Mexico
Four-year-old Mexican BNPL startup Aplazo facilitates fractionated payments to offline and online merchants even when the buyer doesn’t have a credit card. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only….
KTSM News – 1 severely injured after rescued from canal in South-Central El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A person suffered severe injuries after they were rescued from a canal on Monday, May 13 in South-Central El Paso, according to the El Paso Fire Department….
El Paso Matters – A major deposit of rare earth elements sits just outside El Paso. Will anyone mine it?
In the desert expanse east of El Paso County, it’s easy to speed past a small, nondescript mountain adjacent to Interstate 10 near Sierra Blanca. However, the smooth, 1,250-foot monolith – called…