It’s official: X is charging users to use its service — a move X owner Elon Musk said would help the company combat bots and spam, something he’s repeatedly complained about even…
Tech Crunch – Amazon’s drones begin delivering prescription medications in Texas
At today’s Delivering the Future event outside of Seattle, Amazon announced that it is adding medications to its drone delivery operations in College Station, Texas. The retail giant is promising free deliveries…
Tech Crunch – Amazon is bringing drone deliveries to the UK and Italy next year
Amazon today announced that it will be bringing its drone delivery offerings to the U.K. and Italy by the end of 2024. The news also includes a third U.S. location, following Lockeford,…
Border Report – $10M worth of meth hidden inside jalapeño shipment, CBP says
PHARR, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Over $10 million worth of meth was seized Saturday at the Pharr International Bridge, U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced. According to a release from CBP, a tractor-trailer…
Border Report – San Benito officer slain in overnight pursuit, 2 arrested
SAN BENITO, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A San Benito police officer was shot and killed overnight following an hours long vehicle pursuit, the Texas Municipal Police Association reported. A post by the Brownsville Police…
Texas Monthly – Three Texas Republicans stand firm against Jim Jordan in second House speaker vote
Jordan remained 18 votes away from becoming House speaker during a vote Wednesday. Meanwhile, activists in Texas are pressuring Republicans to fall in line behind Jordan’s effort. Read: Read More
Texas Tribune Three Texas Republicans stand firm against Jim Jordan in second House speaker vote
Jordan remained 18 votes away from becoming House speaker during a vote Wednesday. Meanwhile, activists in Texas are pressuring Republicans to fall in line behind Jordan’s effort. Read: Read More
Texas Tribune Three Texas Republicans stand firm against Jim Jordan in second House speaker vote
Jordan remained 18 votes away from becoming House speaker during a vote Wednesday. Meanwhile, activists in Texas are pressuring Republicans to fall in line behind Jordan’s effort. Read: Read More
Tech Crunch – Exclusive: KKR just closed its third tech growth fund with roughly $3 billion, $400 million of which came from KKR
KKR, a global investment powerhouse, tells TechCrunch exclusively that it just held a final close of its third and latest tech growth fund — KKR Next Generation Technology Growth Fund III —…
Texas Monthly – Larry McMurtry’s Bookstore Was Legendary. It Still Exceeded My Expectations.
By 2002, when I first visited Larry McMurtry’s enormous bookstore, Booked Up, it was already legend. Its used, rare, and collectible books took up 30 percent of Archer City’s 66,518-square-feet of commercial…