EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – An outage reported on Wednesday, April 15, had about 5,237 El Paso Electric customers without power. As of 11:50 a.m. there are 23 outages in Far East…
Border Report – Chase ends with rollover crash, human smuggling charges
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A Brownsville man is in the hospital and is expected to be charged after allegedly leading authorities on a chase that ended in a rollover crash, according to…
Tech Crunch – This Khosla-backed autonomous pod startup just raised $170M. Now, it’s aiming for more.
Glydways is in talks to raise another $250 million as it prepares to launch three pilot programs. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Accel raises $5B to back late-stage bets
Accel announced on Tuesday that it raised $5 billion in fresh capital to back late-stage companies building AI. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – India’s vibe-coding startup Emergent enters OpenClaw-like AI agent space
Emergent’s Wingman lets users manage and automate tasks through chat on platforms like WhatsApp and Telegram. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Anthropic shrugs off VC funding offers valuing it at $800B+, for now
VCs are frothing at the mouth to write more checks to Anthropic at a valuation that matches or beats OpenAI’s. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Motorola sues social platforms and creators over posts, raising speech concerns in India
Motorola is suing dozens of content creators and social media platforms including Instagram, X, and YouTube over posts it alleges are defamatory. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Airwallex is about to take on Stripe and the rest of the payments industry — in the physical world
Airwallex, valued at $8 billion, is launching a point-of-sale product that lets businesses accept in-person payments in multiple countries via a single platform. Read more: Read More
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – WILL THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WITHDRAW ITS SUPPORT FOR RICARDO SAMANIEGO?
[[{“value”:” On March 21, the Democratic precinct chairs voted 60-10 against committing public funds to the Debt Plaza. County Judge Samaniego voted to allocate $1 million for the design of the Debt…
Border Report – Man shot by ICE charged with assaulting federal officer
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A man who was shot multiple times during an arrest last week by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in central California was charged Tuesday with assaulting a…