Apple is laying off 614 employees in California after abandoning its electric car project. According to the WARN notice posted by California, Apple notified the affected employees on March 28 and the…
Tech Crunch – Tesla slashes Model Y inventory prices by as much as $7,000
Tesla is dropping prices of unsold Model Y SUVs in the U.S. by thousands of dollars in an attempt to clear out an unprecedented backlog of inventory. Many long-range and performance Model…
Tech Crunch – From YC to IPO: Winter 2024 Demo Day, Rubrik and Ibotta
What a week, everyone. Two full days of Y Combinator demo day activity kept us busy, but the latest accelerator cohort’s launch was far from the only big story in startup-land. Today…
Tech Crunch – Varda Space’s orbital drug factory success fuels $90M in new funding
Varda Space Industries has closed a massive tranche of funding just weeks after its first drug manufacturing capsule returned from orbit. The company’s $90 million Series B round marks an inflection point…
El Paso Matters – A total solar eclipse is crossing through Texas. Here’s why El Paso will see something different.
It has been over a century since a total solar eclipse made its way through North or Central Texas and the eclipse on Monday, April 8 will be the last one the…
Tech Crunch – Rubrik’s IPO filing reveals an AI governance committee. Get used to it.
Rubrik, the data management company that filed for IPO this week, has an AI governance committee, per its IPO filing. The detail is worth noting because it could soon be the new…
Tech Crunch – The Complete Side Events Lineup At TC Early Stage 2024
Get ready to amplify your Early Stage 2024 experience with the electrifying lineup of Side Events taking Boston by storm during the week of April 22–28. As the countdown to TechCrunch Early Stage begins, we’re thrilled…
Texas Monthly – Undiscovered Insects Lurk in Plain Sight Across Texas. Meet the Newest: The Houston Tiger Beetle.
In the 1970s, Stephen J. Roman was working as a juvenile corrections officer in the Houston area and hunting for beetles in his spare time. He was especially excited about tiger beetles,…
Tech Crunch – Cross-border fintech stands out in Y Combinator’s Winter 2024 cohort
Cross-border is hot right now, so it’s no surprise that one of the trends among Y Combinator’s Winter 2024 batch of nearly 30 fintech startups is how to more easily move money…
Texas Monthly – Totality Begins in Eagle Pass
Of all the places to watch Monday’s total solar eclipse, Eagle Pass is, astronomically and meteorologically speaking, the best in the country. Located close to the center line of the path of…