EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Police in the border state of Tamaulipas are investigating the aftermath of a shootout between suspected cartel members and Mexican soldiers. The firefight left 12 people…
Tech Crunch – Florida man buys Cake’s remaining US inventory of electric motorbikes
The future of bankrupt electric motorbike startup Cake is still uncertain, but the majority of its U.S. inventory is going to a guy in Florida. Michael Joyce, who runs a retail shop…
Tech Crunch – Signal now lets you keep your phone number private with the launch of usernames
End-to-end encrypted messaging app Signal is launching usernames, the company announced today. Up until now, you have had to give someone your phone number to chat with them on Signal. Now, you…
Yard Barker – Revised CFP format another hit to mid-major programs
The College Football Playoff updated the format of the 12-team playoff on Tuesday, a move that will make the power conferences richer while leaving the mid-majors to hang out to dry. Read: Read…
Border Report – 12 cartel members killed in shootout with soldiers
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Police in the border state of Tamaulipas are investigating the aftermath of a shootout between suspected cartel members and Mexican soldiers. The firefight left 12 people…
Tech Crunch – MariaDB’s potential take-private deal is an indictment of 2021’s SPAC mania
The potential sale of MariaDB to K1 Investment Management for $37 million is a capstone on the failed era of SPAC mergers. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only….
Border Report – El Salvador’s Bukele wins supermajority in Congress after painstaking vote count
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador President Nayib Bukele and his New Ideas party have won the supermajority the leader needs in Congress to govern as he pleases, electoral officials announced Monday….
Border Report – Honduran ex-president accused of running his country as a ‘narco-state’ stands trial in NYC
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was once touted by U.S. authorities as a key ally in the war on drugs. Now, federal prosecutors say the political leader ran his…
El Paso Matters – Review: ‘Trash’ masterfully interweaves stories of women society often discards
By Alessandra Narváez Varela “All of this stuff around us, it’s not trash. It’s food, shelter, clothes, furniture, life,” says Alicia, one of the narrators in Sylvia Aguilar Zéleny’s “Trash,” a novel…
Tech Crunch – Ford cuts prices on electric Mustang as demand softens for premium EVs
Ford is cutting prices of its all-electric 2023 Mustang Mach-E by has much as $8,100 as the automaker attempts to rid itself of inventory and compete with Tesla and its increasingly cheaper…