EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The United States Department of Agriculture has confirmed the first New World Screwworm case in New Mexico, according to Rep. Gabe Vasquez. On Monday afternoon, June 8,…
Tech Crunch – Following Anthropic, OpenAI files confidentially for IPO
ChatGPT-maker OpenAI has filed confidentially for an initial public offering, the company said Monday in a blog post. The filing comes a little more than week after its main rival, Anthropic, also…
Tech Crunch – Apple plays catch-up at WWDC
Apple spent much of its WWDC keynote highlighting fixes, performance improvements, and long-requested features before unveiling its upgraded AI-powered Siri, signaling that the company wants users to see AI as just one…
KTSM News – UTEP study finds GLP-1 drugs may curb substance abuse
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A new study by researchers at the University of Texas at El Paso found that using weight loss drugs like Ozempic and other GLP-1s may help curb…
Border Report – USDA confirms New Mexico’s first screwworm case in dog
The USDA has confirmed the first case of New World Screwworm in a dog in Lea County, New Mexico, prompting expanded inspections of other animals in the household Read: Read More
Tech Crunch – Apple bets cheaper AI will woo small developers
As AI experimentation grows more expensive, Apple is waiving cloud API costs for developers with fewer than 2 million first-time App Store downloads. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Waymo bought Apple’s self-driving car proving ground for $220M
Waymo has acquired a massive 5,500-acre proving ground in Arizona owned by Route 14 Investment Partners LLC, a Delaware shell company associated with Apple, according to documents filed with Maricopa County. Waymo…
KTSM News – City of El Paso activates cooling centers as triple-digit heat lingers all week
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The City of El Paso and the Office of Emergency Management (OEM) have activated cooling centers as temperatures rise to triple digits this week. Here is a…
Tech Crunch – Microsoft’s open source tools were hacked to steal passwords of AI developers
Microsoft shut down dozens of GitHub code repositories for Azure and AI coding tools after a reported hack. Read more: Read More
Border Report – USDA Sec. Rollins, Gov. Abbott give update on flesh-eating pest spotted in Texas
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins met to discuss the USDA’s “War on Screwworm” plan to eradicate the invasive New World screwworm, which has resurfaced in Texas after being…