I’m on the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository, a ring of corrugated boxes stacked so tightly around me I can practically breathe in their cardboard musk. Three more boxes…
Tech Crunch – Bedrock Energy thinks the solution to decarbonizing skyscrapers is 1,500 feet underground
Big buildings almost always have big carbon footprints, and getting the carbon out of heating and cooling is especially challenging. Geothermal might be the answer. Read more: Read More
El Paso Matters – Opinion: Response to evil attacks in Israel must include acts of kindness and charity, El Paso Rabbi says
By Rabbi Levi Greenberg You all know what happened in Israel on Saturday, Oct. 7. Israel’s mortal enemies perpetrated a heinous and barbaric attack of sheer evil that shocked the world. Rabbi…
KTSM News – Blinken in Israel: At least 25 Americans killed in ‘heinous’ Hamas attacks
(The Hill) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Thursday that at least 25 Americans were confirmed to be killed in the attacks on Israel by Hamas, a Palestinian militant group. “Tragically,…
Tech Crunch – Fave, the app for superfans, raises $2M as it continues to reward users for their obsessions
Fave, the app for superfans to connect with like-minded music lovers and obsess over their favorite artists, secured $2 million in an ongoing round, the company exclusively told TechCrunch. Notably, the round…
Tech Crunch – Upfront’s Kobie Fuller is reimagining the blog post with the interactivity of generative AI
When blogging first came to the forefront back in the early 2000s, it provided a way to deliver a complex idea to a broad audience, but more than two decades later could…
Tech Crunch – Mojo Vision’s Series A hits $43.5M, following pivot to micro-LED displays
Back in April, Mojo Vision announced a new $22.4 million Series A. Six months later, the round has nearly doubled to $43.5 million, courtesy of New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and Khosla Ventures,…
Tech Crunch – Account Labs raises $7.7M as FTX’s demise leads to crypto self-custody growth
The collapse of the FTX empire didn’t just set in motion a crypto market downturn. The unraveling of FTX’s misuse of customer funds also exposed the risks of using crypto wallets controlled…
Tech Crunch – Deasie wants to rank and filter data to make generative AI more reliable
Deasie, a startup developing tools to give companies greater control over text-generating AI models, today announced that it raised $2.9 million in a seed funding round with participation from Y Combinator, General…
El Paso Matters – Grant will fund museum internships, speaker series, path for program’s future
The University of Texas at El Paso’s Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts will use a new three-year, $610,518 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to…