By Cassady Allen “Sister cities” is the phrase often used to describe El Paso and Ciudad Juárez. On the surface, the term refers to two cities in different countries that are formally…
Tech Crunch – Anthropic launches Opus 5
Opus 5 will be both cheaper and less restrictive than Fable, likely making it preferable in most use cases Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Build in public, fail in public: what it’s like to be a founder under 20 right now
AI tools have democratized the opportunity to build, shortening the timelines of success and enabling more young people to start successful companies without stepping foot inside a Big Tech company. Read more: Read More
KTSM News – Crash in Northeast El Paso shuts down streets
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The El Paso Police Department’s Special Traffic Investigators are responding to a crash in Northeast El Paso, near Veterans Park. The crash happened at the intersection of…
Tech Crunch – India’s move against Jack Dorsey’s Bitchat sparks legal debate
The offline messaging app surged in popularity in India amid protests in New Delhi. Read more: Read More
Border Report – 11 charged in Texas rail container deaths
Federal prosecutors have charged 11 people in connection with a human smuggling operation that left seven migrants, including a minor, dead inside a sealed shipping container aboard a freight train in Laredo,…
Tech Crunch – OpenAI’s own model went rogue before Kimi had Wall Street sweating
Chinese AI lab Moonshot’s open model Kimi went viral this week for reasons that had less to do with the model itself and more to do with how the U.S. AI industry reacted to it….
Border Report – Emotions erupt at Denver airport after ICE detains woman accused of overstaying visa
“At the time, we didn’t know they were targeting her specifically, we thought maybe they were just asking Latina women to talk about their visa status,” a witness said. Read: Read More
Border Report – Nun speaks out for first time about being detained by ICE while walking to Mass
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A nun who was taken into immigration custody last month in Texas said Thursday that she went into a cold sweat as two armed men approached her while…
Border Report – Trump to impose new double-digit tariffs on imports from 60 countries
President Trump will impose double-digit tariffs on imports from 60 countries over forced labor violations, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer announced Thursday. The action will cover 99.4 percent of U.S. imports and…