by Taylor Griggs The Mercury provides news and fun every single day—but your help is essential. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution, because without you, there is no us. Thanks for your support! GOOD MORNING, PORTLAND! It was quite nice out yesterday, huh? Well, we're back to more seasonally appropriate temperatures in the early 60s today,...
by Taylor Griggs The Mercury provides news and fun every single day—but your help is essential. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution, because without you, there is no us. Thanks for your support! GOOD MORNING, PORTLAND! The sun is (supposed to be) shining, tax season is over, and, oh yeah, PIZZA WEEK is here. If you need some ideas for where to go, here...
India's EV sector still lacks competition, but entry from international automakers like Tesla will level the playing field, MG Motor India's CEO Emeritus.
ASUS has updated its 16-inch Zephyrus G16 for 2024 with fresher chips and graphics options all the way up to an RTX 4090. There’s a new OLED display with a 240HZ refresh rate and a full size SD card reader for transferring files. But, as much as ASUS is positioning this as a laptop for media makers as well as gamers, we need to know if its promises match its power. If you’re as curious as I am, you’ll have to read Sam Rutherford’s review to find out for yourself. — Dan Cooper The biggest stories...
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Two yearling mountain lions were saved from drowning in a dam’s spillway.
Good morning it’s Thurs Apr 18. Cloudy. Chance of showers or drizzle early this morning. Becoming a mix of sun and cloud this afternoon. Fog patches lifting early this morning.
Proposed ‘fast-track’ law could see conservation concerns ignored and projects once rejected for environmental reasons given the green lightNew Zealand’s parliament is considering a law that would allow major development projects to bypass environmental approvals – and that should be a cause for extreme alarm.The proposed Fast-track Approvals Bill emerged from the coalition agreements that enabled a centre-right government to form after last year’s election.Nicola Wheen and Andrew Geddis are...
Rubrik’s strong IPO pricing and warm reception by the public markets after its listing add more weight to the perspective that the public markets are not as closed to tech startups as some thought. If Rubrik’s result isn’t enough to break the logjam, well, maybe there’s something else going on. But there was a lot more that […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Less than five months after it began, Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney’s campaign for governor is over. Stoney announced today that he’ll abandon his bid for governor in an effort to win the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor next year.
Fast food has pretty much lost its reputation for being budget-friendly these days (good luck finding a value meal for under $10), so when we see deals, we pounce on them. Now that Taco Bell has the freedom to use the term “Taco Tuesday,” it’s taking that opportunity to run a promotional blitz, and it’s announced that it’ll be featuring a new meal deal on Tuesdays only, all for a cool $5. That’s nice on paper, but what does it actually get you? The new deal, called the Taco Discovery Box, nets...