Daily Updates
The latest pieces from across the newsroom and archive.

Influencer killings mount in Mexico as rival cartel factions wage a bloody fight | CNN
Alarm is rising in Mexico about the mounting deaths of influencers, especially in the country’s most dangerous states.

The robot NASA hired to lift a orbital telescope tumbled out of control | TechCrunch
According to NASA, two of the three reaction wheels that control the spacecraft's alignment have failed, and there are problems with one of the spacecraft's thruster systems.

Ozlo's Sleepbuds 2 build on Bose's sleep earbud legacy | TechCrunch
Ozlo’s first major update to its sleep earbuds introduces longer battery life, improved connectivity, enhanced audio, and new sleep features as the startup continues the product line once abandoned by Bose.

Sam Altman is ready to decelerate | TechCrunch
His change of position comes after "the first security incident that I have felt very viscerally."

MCP startup Runlayer accuses Rippling of stealing its product idea | TechCrunch
Runlayer is suing Rippling after Rippling evaluated the startup's MCP gateway product and then opted to build one itself.

Bot-detection startup Spur nabs $200M from Insight | TechCrunch
Spur Intelligence has raised a $200 million round from Insight Partners for its tech that can identify legit human traffic from bots.