Singapore-based video generation startup PixVerse closed a Series C extension on the strength of 15 million monthly active users, it said. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – X just tweaked its algorithm to make it more friendly, less battleground
The social media site says it will amplify posts made by users’ mutual followers’ to give the feed more of a communal feel. Read more: Read More
Border Report – Convicted human smuggler charged in fatal motorcycle crash
David McCall, 21, was arrested and charged with two counts of collision involving death after fleeing the scene of a crash that killed two people riding a motorcycle on Loop 375 West…
Tech Crunch – Hermes agent maker Nous Research in talks for new funding at $1.5B valuation
The company is raising at least $75 million, led by Robot, with significant participation from USV and other prominent investors. Read more: Read More
Texas Monthly – Harris County DA’s office to treat ICE shooting as criminal investigation, says it may take months or years to complete
Harris County officials say they will fund an independent investigation to identify the ICE agents involved in Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s killing. Read: Read More
Border Report – Colombian man, 26, shot and killed by ICE in Maine, advocates say
A federal immigration officer fatally shot a motorist in Maine on Monday, the second time in a week that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have used deadly force and at least the ninth…
El Paso Matters – El Paso ISD audit outlines corrective action plan to improve financial oversight after budget crisis
To improve its financial oversight, the El Paso Independent School District should implement regular reporting to trustees of budget risks such as declining enrollment and revenue shortfalls, adopt stricter controls to ensure…
Border Report – Regulators issue new guidance on bank lending risk tied to borrowers living illegally in US
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is taking additional steps to prevent people living in the U.S. illegally from using the nation’s banking system, cracking down on financial institutions that are lending…
Texas Monthly – What we still don’t know about the ICE shooting in Houston
Federal agencies and investigators have offered limited information, prompting calls for outside scrutiny. Read: Read More
Border Report – Man injured in border wall fall
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A man was injured after falling off the border wall early Friday in Sunland Park, New Mexico. According to the Sunland Park Fire Department, a man in…