EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Firefighters extinguished a house fire on Chilton Drive Tuesday evening, Aug. 25, according to the Las Cruces Fire Department (LCFD). Firefighters responded to a report of a…
Tech Crunch – What’s driving Sweden’s startup boom, from Lovable to Legora
Vibe-coding darling Lovable just raised $400 million at a $13.3 billion valuation, roughly doubling its worth in eight months. But Lovable isn’t the only Stockholm startup putting up huge numbers lately — legal AI company Legora and health tech startup Neko Health are right there…
Tech Crunch – Radar makes podcasts searchable — and usable by AI agents
Particle’s new podcast intelligence platform transcribes and analyzes more than 130,000 podcasts, making their conversations searchable on the web and accessible to AI agents through an API and MCP. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Ex-Meta scientists want to bring visual AI to the factory floor
Perceptron offers an AI model that it says can help machines navigate the world while also providing in-depth visual intelligence. Read more: Read More
Texas Monthly – California couple confront their surrogate in a Texas court as dispute over newborn escalates
The attorney for the couple’s surrogate McKenna West said in court she should be the mother of the newborn. The biological parents have a restraining order against West. Read: Read More
Tech Crunch – Ring introduces a new encryption standard, makes it the default for cloud features
Ring says users can still opt for end-to-end encryption. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Bill Gates wants to see a robot tax and ‘Human Reserved’ jobs to mitigate harms from AI
Gates is mostly in the Responsible AI camp, but there are a few ideas in here we hadn’t heard before. Read more: Read More
Texas Monthly – Meta to pay Texas $1 billion in child safety case
As part of Texas’ settlement, the tech giant behind Facebook and Instagram will apply stricter age verification measures and institute a daily two-hour limit for teens. Read: Read More
Tech Crunch – CISA confirms hackers targeted over 100 US water systems during July
The federal cyber agency’s warning comes amid a wave of suspected Iran-backed cyberattacks targeting critical water systems across the United States. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Surprise: Z.ai is the AI lab behind the mysterious Ox Alpha model
Z.ai confirms it is behind Ox Alpha, the mysterious open AI model topping benchmarks and leaderboards, and its weights are set to be released soon. Read more: Read More