India is set to take its space activities to new levels by sending its first astronaut to the moon by 2040 — the obvious but ambitious move after the successful landing of…
Tech Crunch – Salted spices up its QSR brands with $14M, new Mediterranean-style restaurant
The Los Angeles-based company has created six brands since the company was founded in 2014, including moonbowls (Korean cuisine), Cauliflower Pizza and lulubowls (Hawaiian-inspired dishes). © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For…
Tech Crunch – Federal regulators open investigation into GM self-driving car subsidiary Cruise
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened an investigation into GM subsidiary Cruise’s autonomous vehicle system following several incidents involving pedestrians in San Francisco, where the company operates a robotaxi service….
Tech Crunch – Leverage banking data to scale effectively and remain compliant
Data can provide a wealth of insights into the financial health of customers, along with information about how they spend their money and where. The only question is, what to do with…
Texas Monthly – Dispatch From the Ghosts of Bookstores Past
Forgotten places leave behind sensory keys that, when reencountered, unlock entire mental, sensual, and emotional worlds. Whenever I drive past the former location of the Bun ’n’ Barrel Terrace on Austin Highway…
Tech Crunch – X’s new plan to lure subscribers? Partnering with Paris Hilton on a custom icon
X has a new plan to boost payers for its X Premium subscription offering and it’s…Paris Hilton. The company formerly known as Twitter has partnered with the entrepreneur and media icon on…
Yard Barker – Watch: Notre Dame fan trolls Caleb Williams after game
Caleb Williams had one of the worst games of his college career in USC’s loss to Notre Dame on Saturday night, and he will probably never be trolled harder than he was…
The Border Chronicle – On ‘Political Pathologies’ and Practicing Medicine in the Borderlands: A Q&A with Dr. Brian Elmore
Dr. Brian Elmore attending to a patient at Clínica Hope in Ciudad Juárez. (Photo courtesy of Dr. Elmore) Share Dr. Brian Elmore is an emergency-medicine resident physician in El Paso, Texas. He’s…
Tech Crunch – For Roblox avatars, it’s something old and something new
Roblox has been around for a long time. The online game platform first launched in 2006 — just two years after vanilla World of Warcraft hit (the first time) and three years…
Tech Crunch – Instagram head says Threads’ blocking of ‘covid’ and related terms is temporary, to lift in ‘weeks or months’
A week after Instagram head Adam Mosseri said the company’s new Threads app will not “amplify news,” saying it’s too risky for the young X competitor, the exec is now saying that…