As Amazon initiates job cuts across its entire business, including its streaming division, the e-commerce giant is now laying off employees within its Buy with Prime segment. “We regularly review the structure…
Tech Crunch – Cyberattack targeting UK councils causes online disruption
Three councils in the United Kingdom have taken some of their public-facing systems offline due to an ongoing cybersecurity issue. Canterbury City Council, Dover District Council, and Thanet District Council, three local…
Tech Crunch – TikTok is experimenting with a feature that uses AI to create songs based on prompts
TikTok is testing a new “AI Song” feature that uses AI to create songs based on prompts that users enter, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. AI Song is an experimental feature and…
Tech Crunch – Plex confirms plan to launch TV and movie rentals next month
Media streamer Plex’s long-delayed plans to launch a marketplace for TV and movie rentals are finally being realized after multiple false starts. The media startup originally announced its plan to expand its…
Tech Crunch – The other side of AI hype
Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts. Hello, and welcome to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is our Friday…
Texas Monthly – Do Not Underestimate the Elf Owl
Roy Rodriguez has seen hundreds of bird species in his lifetime, but the lead interpreter at the state-run World Birding Center, a collection of nine parks and preserves in Texas’s Rio Grande…
Tech Crunch – How FYPM used Instagram Stories and thirst traps to raise $275K
Lindsey Lee Lurgin took an unconventional route to becoming a founder, so it’s only fitting that her fundraising strategies are just as unique. Her company Fuck You Pay Me (FYPM), which is…
Texas Monthly – You’ll Find This Stellar Brisket Kolache in an Office Building Basement
A post oak fire burns overnight inside a smoker in the basement of a high-rise building in uptown Corpus Christi. I went searching for breakfast at AEP Texas, an electric utility company,…
Texas Monthly – Meanwhile, in Texas: Look, up in the Sky—It’s Very Old Man!
A 106-year-old World War II veteran beat his own record as the oldest person to tandem skydive when he jumped out of a plane over Fentress—and was joined in the endeavor by…
Texas Monthly – Hell on 42 Legs: Get to Know the Texas Redheaded Centipede!
Latin Name: Scolopendra herosSize: As long as eight inchesHabitat: StatewideWhen Jesse Pye first saw the giant centipede in bed with him, at a friend’s house in San Antonio two years ago, his brain refused to…