David Petrou, founding member of Google Goggles and Google Glass, wants to enhance group chats with AI. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Perplexity offers to buy Chrome for billions more than it’s raised
Perplexity has offered to buy Chrome from Google for $34.5 billion cash in an unsolicited offer. Read more: Read More
Texas Monthly – Abbott vows to immediately call Texas lawmakers back to work if special session ends without new maps
The leaders of both chambers said they would adjourn for the session Friday if Democrats do not return, while the governor said he might add more items to his agenda. Read: Read…
KTSM News – Horizon Police: Wanted man tries to enter US from Juarez; arrested on active warrants
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A 58-year-old wanted man was arrested for having active assault warrants after he attempted to enter the U.S. from Juarez at the Ysleta Port of Entry, according…
Tech Crunch – Threads now has more than 400 million monthly active users
X, meanwhile, has north of 600 million monthly active users, according to previous statements made by its former CEO, Linda Yaccarino. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Pixel 10, AI capabilities, and everything else we expect out of the Made by Google 2025 event
Dive into what we can expect from the Made by Google 2025 event, where the tech giant will debut its Pixel 10 lineup. Read more: Read More
Border Report – National Guard troops expected to be deployed Tuesday in DC
(The Hill) — National Guard troops began arriving in Washington on Tuesday morning, a day after President Donald Trump deployed some 800 members to the nation’s capital to combat what he called…
KTSM News – El Paso Police investigating death at Scenic Drive
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The El Paso Police Department (EPPD) is investigating a death on Tuesday, Aug. 12, at Scenic Drive. EPPD said the call came in at 9:28 a.m. at…
Texas Monthly – Ken Paxton asks judge to jail Beto O’Rourke for fundraising Texas Dems’ walkout
Paxton sued O’Rourke and his political group, Powered by People, last week, arguing that the group was deceptively fundraising for and illegally supporting Texas Democrats’ walkout. Read: Read More
Texas Monthly – Texas Supreme Court won’t rule for weeks on GOP requests to expel Democrats who left the state
The governor and attorney general have asked the court to find that Democratic lawmakers abandoned their seats when they left Texas to delay a new congressional map. Read: Read More