OpenAI and Oracle are partnering to build the $165 billion Project Jupiter data center in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, near El Paso as part of OpenAI’s massive Stargate Project – aiming to…
Tech Crunch – Meta launches ‘Vibes,’ a short-form video feed of AI slop
Think TikTok or Instagram Reels, but every single video you come across is essentially just AI slop. Read more: Read More
Texas Monthly – Angelo State University bans classroom discussions of transgender topics, stirring criticism and confusion
Instead of a campus-wide announcement, faculty members say the restrictions have trickled down through department chairs and college meetings. Read: Read More
Border Report – US tech company to build $4.8 billion data center in Mexico
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Mexico has joined the race towards a digital economy by green-lighting construction of a U.S. tech company’s $4.8 billion data center in the state of Queretaro….
KTSM News – Shooter who killed 2 El Paso women, injured man identified
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A man who took the lives of two young women and left a man critically injured outside El Paso police headquarters was identified as a 28-year-old El…
Border Report – Second woman in shooting outside El Paso police headquarters dies, family says
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Another victim who was shot Wednesday, Sept. 24, in Central El Paso has died, according to the woman’s family. Marco Ruiz, who identified himself as the victim’s…
El Paso Matters – El Paso Zoo Director Joe Montisano placed on temporary administrative leave by city
El Paso Zoo Director Joe Montisano has been placed on administrative leave this week, though city officials won’t discuss the reason. An email from assistant director Gary Lunsford sent Sept. 22 to…
Tech Crunch – Viral call-recording app Neon goes dark after exposing users’ phone numbers, call recordings, and transcripts
Call recording app Neon was one of the top-ranked iPhone apps, but was pulled offline after a security bug allowed any logged-in user to access the call recordings and transcripts of any…
KTSM News – Second woman in shooting outside El Paso police headquarters dies, family says
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Another victim who was shot Wednesday, Sept. 24, in Central El Paso has died, according to the woman’s family. Marco Ruiz, who identified himself as the victim’s…
Tech Crunch – Microsoft cuts cloud services to Israeli military unit over Palestinian surveillance
The investigation was sparked by a story in The Guardian that reported that Unit 8200, the elite Israel military intelligence unit, was using Azure cloud storage to house data on phone calls obtained through the surveillance of Palestinians in Gaza and…