“Drinking diet soda during pregnancy linked to autism,” the New York Post and other media outlets similarly declared last month, after the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio put…
Texas Monthly – A New San Antonio Taqueria Misses the Mark When It Comes to Tacos de Trompo
On the first day Tacos Vitali’s brick-and-mortar restaurant opened in northwest San Antonio, in early March, it made just $200. On the second day, the business made $700, still not enough to…
El Paso Matters – Q&A with ‘¡Ándale, Prieta!’ author Yasmín Ramírez
El Paso author and college English instructor Yasmín Ramírez didn’t begin writing with the intention of publishing her first book. “I started writing as a way to grieve her, then it became…
Tech Crunch – Backed by A16z, Relay races to market with Zapier in its crosshairs
A new automation startup is setting out to eat Zapier’s lunch, formally launching to the public today after an extended period in beta. Relay, as the company is called, touts itself as…
Tech Crunch – Aampe aims to personalize app marketing with algorithms
Aampe, a marketing automation platform for mobile apps, recently closed a $7.5 million funding round led by Matrix India and Peak XV, the company announced last week. Bringing Aampe’s total raised to…
Tech Crunch – Video editing startup Captions launches a dubbing app with support for 28 languages
Captions, an AI-powered video editing startup, has launched a new app called Lipdub for translating clips into 28 different languages. Lipdub is available in the App Store for free and supports several…
Tech Crunch – Box announces Hubs, a custom portal to share specialized content
For years, companies have been looking for better ways to share content, but the file/folder metaphor has stubbornly stuck. And that worked fine for ad hoc kinds of sharing between individuals or…
Tech Crunch – Adobe’s Project Fast Fill is generative fill for video
As part of its MAX conference, Adobe traditionally shows off some of its more forward-looking tech, which may or may not end up in its Creative Cloud apps at some point in…
Tech Crunch – Box unveils unique AI pricing plan to account for high cost of running LLMs
As generative AI becomes embedded in enterprise software, one of the challenges that companies face is how to fairly price it to recoup the cost of running their content against foundational large…
Tech Crunch – KIT Plugins, an audio software startup that help producers and musicians enhance their sound, raises $1 million
KIT Plugins, a music software development startup, has raised $1 million in Series A funding led by Copycat Holdings. The Nashville-based startup offers digital audio emulations of rare analog gear to help…