(The Hill) – Agents at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have been ordered to resume workplace raids at hotels, restaurants and farms after the Trump administration briefly paused such operations. ICE agents have been…
Tech Crunch – Elon Musk’s xAI is reportedly seeking a $4.3B equity raise
Elon Musk’s xAI company is looking to raise $4.3 billion in equity funding, adding onto the $5 billion it’s seeking in debt funding. Read more: Read More
Texas Monthly – How a Small Architecture Firm Designs Texas’s Prettiest Rest Areas
Before I visited the Brooks County Safety Rest Area, an hour and a half southwest of Corpus Christi, I looked it up on a bird tracking app. Although it’s a destination on…
The Border Chronicle – From Seeking Asylum to a Life of Service: Dora Rodriguez on Her New Memoir “A Daughter of Unforgiving Terrain.”
Dora Rodriguez (Photo credit: Clarke Tolton) Subscribe now Share Dora Rodriguez fled the death squads in El Salvador during the civil war. Seeking asylum in the United States in 1980, she nearly…
Texas Monthly – Texas students make gains in reading but struggle with math, STAAR scores show
The mixed-bag results showed early literacy improvements, a key indicator of future academic success, but underline the challenges of preparing children for STEM-related jobs. Read: Read More
Tech Crunch – Last call to volunteer at TechCrunch All Stage 2025
TechCrunch All Stage, our founder-focused summit, is gearing up to return to Boston on July 15! We’re doing a last call for exceptional volunteers to join us in bringing this event to…
Tech Crunch – Own, a new social media app, aims to tokenize the creator economy
Own is the latest alternative to TikTok to emerge in the market, featuring blockchain technology and a token economy. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Senate GOP bill spares nuclear and geothermal energy while hammering wind and solar
The Senate Finance Committee’s language would take a sledgehammer to some parts of the renewable-friendly Inflation Reduction Act while sparing others. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Mastodon updates its terms to prohibit AI model training
Social networks are bolstering their terms of service against scrapers and bots that crawl the website to train AI models. Days after Elon Musk-owned X updated its terms to explicitly prohibit AI…
Tech Crunch – Sword Health nabs $40M at $4B valuation, pushes IPO plans to at least 2028
The digital health startup says it secured the fresh capital to update its valuation and finance acquisitions. Read more: Read More