EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Funeral services for Edward Trout, a highly decorated veteran who served as a Special Forces Sergeant Major for the U.S. Army and Customs and Border Protection agent…
Tech Crunch – Plenful raises $9M to automate healthcare workflows
Plenful, a startup developing workflow automation tools for healthcare providers, has emerged from stealth with $9 million in a funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners. Co-founder and CEO Joy Liu says…
Tech Crunch – X changes its public interest policy to redefine ‘newsworthiness’ of posts
X, formerly Twitter, has changed its “Public interest expectations” policy to redefine what posts are newsworthy and could be kept up despite the posts defying the platform’s rules. The company has removed…
Tech Crunch – Google makes passkeys the default sign-in method for all users
Google has announced that passkeys, touted by the tech giant as the “beginning of the end” for passwords, are becoming the default sign-in method for all users. Passkeys are a phishing-resistant alternative…
Tech Crunch – Thread, which develops a platform to autonomously inspect utility assets, raises $15M
Thread (not to be confused with Threads), a startup developing a robotics platform to collect inspection data for utilities, today announced that it raised $15 million in a Series A funding round…
Tech Crunch – Modal Labs lands $16M to abstract away big data workload infrastructure
Modal Labs, a platform that provides cloud-based infrastructure to data teams and app developers, particularly those creating generative AI applications, has raised $16 million in a Series A funding round led by…
Tech Crunch – SuperOps.ai streamlines the work of managed service providers
To ease the burden of maintaining their IT infrastructure, many companies, especially SMBs, turn to third-party IT providers. Called managed service providers (MSPs), they make life easier for their clients, but deal…
Tech Crunch – ScyllaDB raises $43M to scale its NoSQL database platform
Investors have an appetite for databases, it seems. Today, ScyllaDB, a startup developing database tech for high-throughput, low-latency workloads, announced that it raised $43 million in a funding round led by Eight…
Texas Monthly – As Texans struggle with housing costs, cities look for new ways to spur more home construction
In cities dominated by single-family neighborhoods, local leaders across Texas want a broader variety of housing to combat the affordability crisis. Read: Read More
Texas Monthly – Texas schools chief took over Houston district, but has let underperforming charter networks expand
Commissioner of Education Mike Morath has repeatedly waived expansion requirements for charter school networks, allowing them to serve thousands more students, even when they don’t meet academic performance standards. Read: Read More