Mia Arredondo, then a high school sophomore in Del Rio, couldn’t come up with an idea for a business-class project. Frustrated, she did what any teenager does when stymied by homework: she…
Tech Crunch – Andreessen Horowitz’s $7.2B new funds for a “new era”
What is worth $11 billion and wants to go to Mars to collect rocks? NASA’s mission to Mars to collect rocks that was expected to cost $11 billion and take ages. So, the…
Texas Monthly – What Is Alex Jones Doing in This Tiny Far West Texas Town?
On the edge of Big Bend National Park, in the remote far West Texas town of approximately 150, Terlingua residents have coined a lot of sayings. There’s one about dating in the…
Texas Monthly – This Pork Steak is the Best Drive-Through Meal I’ve Ever Had
When a barbecue joint is destroyed by fire, many of us would assume the smoker is to blame. But at Helberg Barbecue, in Woodway, just west of Waco, the November 2023 fire…
Tech Crunch – Inversion Space will test its space-based delivery tech in October
Inversion Space is aptly named. The three-year-old startup’s primary concern is not getting things to space, but bringing them back — transforming the ultimate high ground into “a transportation layer for Earth.”…
Texas Monthly – Permian Producers Will Pay You to Haul Their Natural Gas Away
Imagine a sign by the egg case at your local H-E-B: “Take a dozen home. Please. We’ll pay you $4 per carton. No limit per customer.”Sound outlandish? Maybe, but this is essentially…
El Paso Matters – Earth Day celebrations, Full Moon Fiesta, El Paso Symphony Orchestra concert among El Paso events this week
The Week Ahead: Here’s a roundup of some culture and civic events in the borderland in the coming week. Earth Day Celebrations: Earth Day, celebrated on April 22, is a worldwide day…
Tech Crunch – Boston Dynamics’ Atlas humanoid robot goes electric
Atlas lies motionless in a prone position atop interlocking gym mats. The only soundtrack is the whirring of an electric motor. It’s not quiet, exactly, but it’s nothing compared to the hydraulic…
Tech Crunch – Fintech startup Mercury, which is under regulatory scrutiny, expands into consumer banking
Business banking startup Mercury, founded in 2020, is now launching a consumer banking product. Mercury today serves more than 100,000 businesses, many of which are startups, via its B2B practice. The expansion…
Tech Crunch – How Found Energy went from ‘self-cannibalizing robots’ to cleaning up heavy industry
The startup is decarbonizing heavy industry using aluminum as a fuel, an approach inspired by a future mission to Europa. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Read more:…