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Tech Crunch – Voice cloning startup ElevenLabs lands $80M, achieves unicorn status
There’s a lot of money in voice cloning. Case in point: ElevenLabs, a startup developing AI-powered tools to create and edit synthetic voices, today announced that it closed an $80 million Series…
Tech Crunch – Sony tells Zee it’s terminating the $10 billion India merger
Sony called off the merger between its India unit and Zee Entertainment on Monday, ending a two-year acquisition deliberation that would have created a $10 billion media powerhouse in the South Asian…
Tech Crunch – India’s Captain Fresh in talks to raise $50 million in new funding
Captain Fresh, a business-to-business harvest-to-retail marketplace for animal protein, is engaging with investors to raise up to $50 million in fresh funding, according to sources familiar with the matter. The startup is…
Tech Crunch – Terraform Labs files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
Singapore-based Terraform Labs (TFL), the company behind digital assets TerraUSD (UST) and Luna, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Delaware following the collapse of its cryptocurrencies in 2022. Terraform Labs confirmed that it…
Border Report – Migrant caravan heading from Honduras to US dissolves in Guatemala
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A caravan of some 500 migrants that departed northern Honduras in hopes of reaching the United States dissolved Sunday after crossing the border into Guatemala, the Guatemalan Migration…
Tech Crunch – Kenyan agtech Shamba Pride raises $3.7M to grow its merchant network
Shamba Pride has since 2016 worked to enhance last-mile distribution for farm inputs and tackle price exploitation and quality issues for farmers through its merchant network dubbed digishops. The agtech has, so…
KTSM News – 1 person suffers serious injuries in crash in Northeast EP
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — One person suffered serious injuries in a single-vehicle in Northeast El Paso on Sunday evening, Jan. 21, fire dispatch said. The crash happened at 5:45 p.m. along…
KTSM News – Rain, winds kick off new week in El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — El Paso’s week is off to a rainy start! Monday’s got some breezy vibes and a 30% chance of morning rain. We’re looking at temperatures bouncing between…
Yard Barker – Ranking the new college football coaching hires for 2024
Outside of Tuscaloosa, this may be a year where we look back and see some of these coaches leave these jobs for even bigger opportunities. So let’s rank the new college football…