A fresh $100 million and an interesting partnership with AMD has slightly bumped Cohere’s valuation up. Read more: Read More
Border Report – Dems launch probes into Trump’s border czar amid bribe allegations
House Democrats have launched a series of investigations into Tom Homan, President Trump’s border czar, amid allegations that he accepted $50,000 in cash from undercover FBI agents as part of an influence-peddling…
Tech Crunch – Microsoft adds Anthropic’s AI to Copilot
Microsoft is integrating OpenAI rival Anthropic’s AI into Copilot, marking another step towards the disentangling of Microsoft and OpenAI. Read more: Read More
Border Report – Bullet found at scene of ICE shooting had message written on it, FBI says
(NEXSTAR) – An unspent casing found while investigating a shooting at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas on Wednesday had the message “ANTI-ICE” written on it, FBI Director Kash…
Border Report – Texas leaders react to deadly shooting at Dallas ICE facility
AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Two detainees are dead, and another was critically injured early Wednesday morning outside of an Immigration, Customs and Enforcement (ICE) facility in Dallas. The shooter died from a self-inflicted…
Tech Crunch – How to build a GTM strategy that actually drives results at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, GTM pros Max Altschuler, Alison Wagonfeld, and Marc Manara take the Builders Stage to show founders how to build a go-to-market engine that doesn’t just support the product,…
KTSM News – El Paso church fire linked to hateful Charlie Kirk message left by woman
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Court documents obtained by KTSM 9 News revealed the hateful language a woman had written on a paper plate and had placed inside a Central El Paso…
Tech Crunch – These YC founders pivoted 5 times before building a social app that nabbed 300K users and over $1M ARR in 6 months
A couple of months ago, the founders behind YC-backed social app Candle were in “pivot hell,” cycling through more than a dozen ideas after joining Y Combinator’s Fall 2024 batch, while the…
Texas Monthly – Houston businessman Andrew White launches Democratic challenge to Gov. Greg Abbott
The son of the late former Gov. Mark White vowed to run as an independent in the Democratic gubernatorial primary. Read: Read More
Tech Crunch – Instagram now has 3 billion monthly active users, will test features to help users control their feeds
As Instagram celebrates the 3 billion milestone, it also plans to roll out features that help users control what content is algorithmically recommended to them. Read more: Read More