A new book tells the scandal-ridden tale of Sonora’s toad-smoking neo-shaman. Read more: Read More
Texas Monthly – Professors sue Texas A&M System over limits on teaching race, gender
This is the second Texas university system sued over teaching restrictions in recent weeks. Read: Read More
Tech Crunch – Apple says more ex-employees may have taken confidential data to OpenAI
Apple says its trade secrets investigation into OpenAI has widened. In a new court filing, Apple claims additional former staff may have retained or accessed confidential information. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Spotify now has over 300M subscribers
Notably, the company saw its subscriber base swell by 9% in the second quarter despite raising prices in several regions this year. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – India moves to give its instant payments network a business model
The legislation lays the groundwork for a potential overhaul of India’s zero-merchant-discount-rate regime, under which businesses have not paid fees to accept UPI payments since 2020. Read more: Read More
El Paso Matters – El Paso is aging twice as fast as the nation. Here’s how it will reshape our community.
Between 2015 and 2025, the number of El Pasoans under age 65 grew by fewer than 4,000. The number of those 65 and older jumped by more than 42,000, including almost 15,000…
Tech Crunch – Is the future of data centers portable? Runware builds a pod to find out
On Tuesday, AI infrastructure company Runware announced the launch of its own modular data center called Sonic Inference Pod. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – EON wants to move the data superhighway from ocean fiber to space lasers
Endeavour Optical Networks is planning to launch the fastest space laser communications system yet built. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Bending Spoons to buy Airtable for $1.28B
At its peak in 2021, Airtable was valued at over $11 billion, but earlier this year, its shares were said to be trading on the secondary markets at a valuation of $4…
Texas Monthly – Abbott threatened Corpus Christi over its water crisis but hasn’t intervened with a troubled river authority
A Nueces River Authority project could expand Corpus Christi’s water supply, but the Texas governor has done little about the agency’s financial problems despite choosing its board. Read: Read More