The unprecedented agreement between Texas and the Mexican state of Coahuila -- which is situated across from Eagle Pass -- will involve Texas providing the Mexican authorities with c-wire (concertina/razor wire) and training on its deployment.
Peter White / Deadline : Sources: Netflix is exploring live streaming for its unscripted shows and stand-up specials, which would enable live voting for competitions — EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is going live for the first time. — Deadline understands that the streamer is exploring the launch of live streaming.
Thousands of pro-choice activists from different corners in America descended on Washington, D.C., on Saturday for the "Bans Off Our Bodies" event organized by a coalition of groups including Planned Parenthood and the Women's March.
The protest also featured Mayor Eric Adams, who said he does not support limits on abortion and that "women should have a right to choose for their bodies."
Joshua Oliver / Financial Times : Interview with Sam Bankman-Fried on the crypto hype, blockchain's potential to build a fairer financial system, philanthropy, and more — When an aide told me that “one of our drivers” would pick me up for my lunch with Sam Bankman-Fried, I imagined a hulking black SUV of the kind …
Financial Times : After SoftBank's subdued earnings call, some investors worry whether Masayoshi Son can handle the current market downturn — Tech stock rout has investors wondering how SoftBank can manage its heavy debt load — Masayoshi Son was uncharacteristically subdued when he revealed on Thursday …
A sequel to the mockumentary "This is Spinal Tap" is officially in the works. Director Rob Reiner is returning for "Spinal Tap 2" along with Michael McKean, Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer.
Rep. Elise Stefanik marks one year as chair of the House Republican Conference touting the "very strong" position Republicans are in to retake Congress during the midterm elections.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch : Google says there are 110M monthly active devices using Android TV OS, up from 80M in May 2021, and it will let Android users cast to Google TV later this year — Following last year's makeover of the Google TV app, which added features like movie and TV recommendations, critics' scores and more …
The family of former hostage Amer Fakhoury "shocked by the news" of President Biden's pick for State Department counterterrorism post, Elizabeth Richard, the ambassador while Fakhoury was detained.
Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch : São Paulo-based Dock, a full-stack payments and digital banking service, raises $110M led by Lightrock and Silver Lake Waterman at a $1.5B+ valuation — If there's one area that has thus far felt insulated from the global venture downturn, it's infrastructure.
Abner Li / 9to5Google : Google Chrome for desktop will let users easily create virtual cards for safer online shopping using Autofill, coming later to Android and iOS — One of Google's big payments and privacy announcements at I/O 2022 is a very convenient feature that masks your physical credit card with a virtual one when shopping online with Chrome.
New York Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron gave former President Donald Trump a way out after he previously found him to be in contempt of court and fined him $10,000 a day until he complied with the New York Attorney General's request for documents.
James Vincent / The Verge : Google unveils AI Test Kitchen, a chatbot Android app that lets users talk to Google's new AI language model LaMDA 2, rolling out in the US in the coming months — It's clear that the future of Google is tied to AI language models. At this year's I/O conference, the company announced …
Pro-abortion activists that have been protesting at churches and the homes of Supreme Court justices over the potential overturning of Roe v. Wade are descending on Pelosi’s San Francisco home Tuesday evening to demand that she "investigate the corrupt justices" and "save abortion."
Eli Tan / CoinDesk : Co:Create, which helps NFT collections launch their own tokens, raises a $25M seed led by a16z, in the wake of ApeCoin's successful token-tied NFT approach — Non-fungible token (NFT) startup Co:Create has raised a $25 million seed round to help NFT collections launch their own tokens …
President Biden on Tuesday laid out his plan to tackle inflation, which he says is his “top domestic priority,” claiming that his policies will “help, not hurt,” while warning against Republican plans and what he calls their “ultra-MAGA” agenda.
Wall Street Journal : Sony and Nintendo say their consoles will likely be in short supply all year, with Nintendo reporting there's “no end in sight to the semiconductor shortage” — ‘No end in sight’ to chip shortage, so makers of PlayStation 5 and Switch dial back sales forecasts
Brandy Betz / CoinDesk : Congo-based Jambo, a Web3 “super app” featuring play-to-earn games and more, raises $30M Series A led by Paradigm, marking Paradigm's first investment in Africa — Jambo, a Congo-based startup building a Web 3 user acquisition platform, has closed a $30 million Series …
Karine Jean-Pierre, who taking over Jen Psaki's job as President Biden’s new White House press secretary, previously claimed that the 2016 presidential election was stolen from Hillary Clinton and the 2018 Georgia gubernatorial election was stolen from Stacey Abrams.
Todd Spangler / Variety : PwC/IAB: podcast ad revenue in the US hit $1.45B in 2021, up 72% YoY, and is expected to grow 47% to $2.13B in 2022 and double over two years to $4.2B in 2024 — Listen to this: The podcast advertising biz is continuing its upward trajectory — with U.S. ad sales expected to grow 47% this year …
Sam Kessler / CoinDesk : CoinMarketCap: the UST stablecoin loses its USD peg, falling below $0.95, after the Luna Foundation Guard pledges $1.5B of its bitcoin reserves to defend UST — TerraUSD (UST) has lost its dollar peg for the second time in three days, falling to as low as $0.95 on Monday …
The leader of Ruth Sent Us, a pro-abortion activist group targeting Supreme Court justices, supported Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters' controversial call in 2018 to harass Trump officials in public and said supporters of the former administration "deserve" to be "ambushed."
The question of lawmakers' state of well-being has resurfaced as a point of contention as 88-year-old Sen. Dianne Feinstein says she is up to staying in office.
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer : After halting Android app and subscription purchases in Russia over sanctions, Google Play now also blocks “downloading of paid apps and updates to paid apps” — Google is now blocking Russian users and developers from downloading or updating paid applications from the Google Play Store starting Thursday due to sanctions.
George Perez has died from pancreatic cancer, according to a close friend of his. The illustrator was known for his work on the "Wonder Woman" comic series and "Avengers."
U2’s Bono and The Edge performed a surprise 40-minute set in a metro station in Ukraine's capital Sunday as a show of support for the troops in their fight against Russia’s military aggression.
The White House on Sunday championed people's “fundamental right to protest” but warned against efforts to “intimidate” others after pro-abortion groups threatened to demonstrate outside Catholic churches during worship services.
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg : Opinion: Apple has the technical chops to safely open up its NFC chip for third party payments apps, and the main reason it is not doing it is the revenue — Apple's latest antitrust battle is all about Apple Pay and how the company reserves the tap-to-pay feature for its own service.
Rebecca Romijn reflected on her past relationship with ex-husband John Stamos in a conversation with her current husband Jerry O'Connell. The two talked about the "really fun memories" she had with the "Full House" actor.