Cactus

Belinda has a point: Therapy’s helpful, but when it comes to heartbreak, music is the antidote. On Wednesday night, the Mexican pop star released her single “Cactus,” a corrido-pop song that hears her take aim at her ex-fiancé (and música Mexican heartthrob) Christian Nodál — in his own genre. “What was the point of tattooing my eyes, only to erase them with someone else’s?” asks Belinda on the track, backed by tuba and requnito, as she references her ex. After the couple’s breakup in 2022, Nodál covered up a…

OtterBox has unveiled its latest case offering for the iPhone 15, made with a new material that “feels like leather but made from nopal cactus.”The new OtterBox Symmetry Series Cactus Leather range looks to provide iPhone users with an alternative to Apple’s official FineWoven case that is “durable, cruelty-free and sustainable.”The Cactus Leather range uses a material called Desserto made by Adriano di Marti, and is a leather-alternative made from cactus, which is exclusive to OtterBox. This material is the “world's…

Cybersecurity experts have identified the new Cactus ransomware, and it is a master of disguise. It does this uniquely, hence making even the beefed-up antivirus software packages not notice its existence. This sounds quite scary because anyone can have this virus on their system whilst having antivirus software running. The new malware executes itself in a series of ways, as identified by some cybersecurity experts. One of its methods of execution involves it hiding itself from any antivirus software that might be…

BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti has been bullish on AI tech and has pushed integrating it onto the website. Photo: Bennett Raglin (Getty Images)A decade ago, BuzzFeed was mostly known for popularizing the listicle format and for its bevy of weird quizzes. Hell, there’s even listicles of weird quizzes there to keep users scrolling forever. But with the AI craze flooding the internet, BuzzFeed is trying to carve a new niche for itself in the often-surreal and ever-shifting sands of AI-generated content. On Tuesday, BuzzFeed…

A saguaro in the Sonoran desert near Apache Junction, AZ. Photo: Mario Tama (Getty Images)One of the Southwest’s most familiar plants may be in deep trouble. The towering, multi-armed saguaro cactus, which is found only in the Sonoran Desert in Arizona, California, and parts of Mexico, has faced increasing instability as climate change alters its natural habitat through droughts and wildfires. The cacti can live well over a century and areculturally important to the tribal nations native to the Sonoran, as well as…

Travis Scott’s Cactus Jack Foundation held a back-to-school event this weekend benefiting local teachers in the Houston area.Per a press release, the Cactus Jack Back-to-School Drive was held on Sunday at the Lakeshore Learning Store in Houston and resulted in 1,000 educators from the Houston Independent School District receiving a free tote bag filled with classroom supplies. Additionally, each teacher was given a Lakeshore Learning Store gift card in the amount of $50.Among those in attendance at the event, which was…

Travis Scott has announced $1 million in scholarships for 100 students graduating from HBCUs in 2022. The cash comes from Scott’s Cactus Jack Foundation and the Waymon Webster Scholarship Fund, which is giving $10,000 scholarships to Black seniors facing financial adversity. This is Scott’s second year offering the award, which will be distributed among students at 38 different schools. The students awarded have a 3.5 or higher GPA and the scholarship is named after Waymon Webster, Scott’s grandfather. “Excellence abounds…