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Nowports raises $16M to build the OS for LatAm’s shipping industry

TechCrunch

Mouro Capital — a venture capital fund focused on fintechs and adjacent businesses that is backed by Banco Santander — led the round for the Monterrey, Mexico-based startup. Over time, it has expanded its offerings and now also automates insurance policies for, and provides financing, to its clients. . “In

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Can saving trees really turn bitcoin green?

TechCrunch

Bitso, a Mexico City-based crypto exchange, is pledging to buy carbon offsets for every bitcoin transaction on its platform to compensate for the cryptocurrency’s environmental toll.

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Revolt of the delivery workers

The Verge

On a humid July night, his last dinner orders complete, Cesar Solano, a lanky and serious 19-year-old from Guerrero, Mexico, rode his heavy electric bike onto the sidewalk at 125th Street and First Avenue and dismounted beneath an overpass. We’re the wildebeests just trying to get by.”. Lately, delivery workers have found safety in numbers.

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The Station: Intel eyes an IPO for Mobileye and how Elon influenced Autopilot

TechCrunch

Policy corner. The final notable part of the interview (notable for Policy Corner, at least) were his comments on “rules and regulations.” That investment is part of a wider pledge to invest $3.4 The EV versions of the Explorer and Aviator were supposed to be assembled at its Cuautitlan, Mexico factory.

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The Convergence of Social Activism, Donations, and Social Media: Episodic Giving In A Post Truth World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

From Syria to China to Mexico, mass economic and politically-driven migration and refugee crises are triggering social tension, the rebooting of nationalisms and the emboldening of old prejudices. A popular sense, shared by millions, of being shut out of the gains created by globalization. Mass migration. Future shock.

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Content moderation issues are taking center stage in the presidential election campaign

The Verge

Around that time, I predicted that by July or August, Trump would post something else that clearly violated Facebook’s policies and had to be removed. Our policy prohibits using a banned hate group’s symbol to identify political prisoners without the context that condemns or discusses the symbol,” said Facebook’s Andy Stone in a statement.

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U.S. inflation cooled in February, but Trump’s trade wars could raise prices

Fast Company Tech

Yet she cautioned that the Fed is likely to keep its key rate unchanged for now until it sees further evidence of how the White House’s trade and immigration policies affect the economy. Trump has pledged to impose reciprocal tariffs on any country with duties on U.S. Consumer prices rose 0.2% jump in January. exports on April 2.

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