EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A pickup truck crashed into the front of a Family Dollar store in El Paso’s Lower Valley on Monday morning, Oct. 9. Tony Pina/ KTSM 9 News…
Tech Crunch – California passes law mandating VC firms to release investments’ diversity information
This is the United States’ first piece of legislation that aims to increase diversity within the venture capital landscape. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Saronic, a defense startup building autonomous ships, raises $55M
Saronic, a startup developing autonomous ships for defense, has raised $55 million in a Series A round led by Caffeinated Capital with participation from 8VC, Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Point72 Ventures,…
KTSM News – Man dies after motorcycle crash in Las Cruces
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A 24-year-old man has died after a motorcycle crash happened early Monday morning, Oct. 9, in Las Cruces, according to Las Cruces Police. Police and fire officials…
Tech Crunch – Instagram Threads preps a Trending Topics feature in battle with X
In an effort to better compete with X (formerly Twitter), Instagram’s Threads is preparing to launch a much-in-demand feature: Trends. A Threads user spotted the update in a screenshot posted accidentally by…
KTSM News – UMC awarded $15K grant for breast reconstruction surgery
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The University Medical Center of El Paso received a $15,000 grant from The Plastic Surgery Foundation to support woman who undergo breast cancer surgery. UMC says the…
KTSM News – City of El Paso invites community to 16th annual ‘Chalk the Block’ this weekend
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The City of El Paso’s Museum and Cultural Affairs Department is inviting the community to join this year’s Chalk the Block festival happening on Friday, Oct. 13…
Tech Crunch – Canadian startups had a tough Q3, and AI’s popularity isn’t making a big difference
Funding to Canadian startups declined by 57% to $808 million in Q3 2023 from the previous quarter, per Tracxn’s Geo Quarterly report. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – A former TikTok employee is building a social app for content creators to network and ‘spill the tea’
Canopy is a new peer-to-peer social networking app for content creators to connect, crowdsource information and, for lack of a better term, “spill the tea.” The company announced today the launch of…
Tech Crunch – Meta Quest 3 takes a step closer to mainstream AR/VR
However this all plays out, 2023 will almost certainly be regarded as a pivotal year for AR and VR. After years of waiting for the category to have its iPhone moment, Apple…