A former xAI engineer is suing the company and SpaceX, alleging he was fired for raising AI safety concerns about Grok days before SpaceX’s historic IPO. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Why Andrew Yang is building instead of waiting for Washington
Andrew Yang’s 2020 presidential campaign was based on a warning that automation and AI would hollow out the labor market and concentrate wealth in the hands of a few. At the time, ideas like…
KTSM News – KTSM experiences technical issues due to power outage
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – Nearly 3,000 El Paso Electric customers were without power Wednesday afternoon following an outage in the Racetrack Drive area. According to El Paso Electric’s outage map, 2,908…
El Paso Matters – City’s environmental franchise fee on trash bills is illegal tax, appeals court rules
The Texas 8th Court of Appeals Tuesday upheld a lower court’s decision that the city of El Paso’s environmental franchise fee tacked on to residential water bills is an illegal tax. The…
KTSM News – Bodycam video shows in-custody death for El Paso man, Roel Contreras
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – Newly released footage showing the moments where Roel Contreras was encountered by El Paso County sheriff’s deputies was released. The 46-year-old man was taken into custody on…
Tech Crunch – Cybercriminals claim breach of Oracle PeopleSoft servers at 100-plus organizations
The ShinyHunters hacking gang claims to have compromised the Oracle PeopleSoft servers of more than 100 organizations, including many universities. Read more: Read More
KTSM News – FBI El Paso division contributes to national Operation Spring Cleaning
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — After the Justice Department revealed the results of Operation Spring Cleaning, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas, Justin R. Simmons announced the contribution from the…
KTSM News – Gov. Abbott: Data centers must pay own infrastructure costs
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Texas Governor Greg Abbott is instructing electric utility companies to ensure that residential taxpayers do not cover the costs of data center expansions, according to a news…
Tech Crunch – Fresh off bond sale, Amazon borrows $17.5 billion from banks as AI spending continues
As AI spending continues to climb, the e-commerce giant has taken out a fresh $17.5 billion loan from a small coterie of banks. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – North Koreans behind nearly half of US tech industry hacks, says CrowdStrike
North Koreans hackers posing as remote IT workers and recruiters remain a major threat to U.S., European, and Asian companies, accounting for about half of all attacks over the past 12 months. Read…