My first barbecue assignment for Texas Monthly was during the summer of 2021. Over the course of six weeks or so, I photographed some of the top barbecue joints in the state,…
Tech Crunch – Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander represents a big bet on a future lunar economy
Travel just north of Austin, Texas, and you might find yourself in startling proximity to a lunar lander. That’s Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander, a 6.6-foot-tall spacecraft that the company aims to…
Tech Crunch – Lidl owner and Bosch Ventures co-lead $500M Series B into German AI start-up Aleph Alpha
German AI start-up Aleph Alpha has raised a Series B funding round of $500 million from a consortium of seven new investors, as well as existing investors from previous rounds. Founded in…
Tech Crunch – Confirmed: Palo Alto has acquired Talon Cyber Security, sources say for $625M
Palo Alto Networks has just confirmed one more major piece of security startup M&A out of Israel: it has acquired Talon Cyber Security, a specialist in building enterprise browsers for securing distributed…
Tech Crunch – Luxury clothing distributors get into virtual try-on tech; bag $15M Series A on a $100M valuation
Zelig users can create different outfit combinations and then save them to their profile and even share them before purchasing complete looks. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only….
Tech Crunch – 20GROWTH secures $5M to invest in early-stage startups, provide growth strategies
The idea for 20GROWTH came from Harry Stebbings bringing together heads of growth and product from various companies to talk to his portfolio founders. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal…
Tech Crunch – Apple says it’s not planning a 27-inch iMac
If you’ve been waiting on a new 27-inch to upgrade your desktop setup, maybe consider the new 24-inch iMac or a Mac Studio instead. Despite reports to the contrary, Apple this morning…
Tech Crunch – Amazon’s code-generating tool gets MongoDB-specific upgrades
Between open source and cloud-hosted, more proprietary solutions, there’s an abundance of AI-powered code-generating tools to choose from. So how does one choose? That’s a nuanced question. Beyond stronger performance on particular…
Tech Crunch – Apple 16-inch M3 Max MacBook Pro review: A desktop among laptops
This thing is a beast — in pretty much every sense. It’s a big, heavy, powerful system, with a bright display, massive battery life and impressive power under the hood. After opening…
Tech Crunch – Data observability platform Kloudfuse launches out of stealth with $23M
It’s tough to recover from catastrophic system failures when you’re flying blind. Yet, many companies admit they’re doing just that — flying blind, more or less — where it concerns their software…



