Sen. John Cornyn became the latest casualty of President Trump’s revenge tour on Tuesday after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton easily trounced the incumbent in the Senate GOP runoff. Read: Read More
Tech Crunch – Meta launches Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp subscriptions, with more to come, including AI plans
Meta is rolling out paid subscription plans for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp worldwide, while also testing new AI, creator, and business-focused offerings under its broader “Meta One” subscription brand. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – With a new $100M raise, Princeton’s Thea Energy is now a top-funded fusion startup
Thea Energy’s pixel-inspired magnets could give its power plant plans a boost. The fusion startup hopes to get a commercial reactor working by 2034. Read more: Read More
Border Report – El Paso City Council votes to stop recruiting data center projects
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — El Paso City Council unanimously approved a measure on Tuesday, directing the City to stop actively recruiting or incentivizing future hyperscale data center projects. The vote comes…
KTSM News – Warm, dry weather to increase smoke in Seven Cabins Fire area
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — As moisture leaves the Seven Cabins Fire area and warmer, drier conditions set in, smoke and fire activity are likely to become more visible. Firefighters continued mop-up…
Border Report – Bauman, Escobar to face off in Texas border district
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton got a dominant victory in his runoff race for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate, defeating two-decade incumbent Sen. John Cornyn on…
Border Report – Serrano excited to defend her world titles in El Paso
One of the biggest names in women’s boxing will also step into the ring on Saturday in El Paso. Read: Read More
Texas Monthly – Hill Country ranch with caves, cliffs and lake will become Texas’ second-largest state park
The 54,000-acre Silver Lake Ranch, straddling Kinney and Edwards counties, has a 30-acre spring-fed lake. An opening date hasn’t been determined. Read: Read More
Tech Crunch – CrowdStrike and Google take down botnet used by hackers to target software developers in supply chain attacks
Cybercriminals used the Glassworm botnet to infect open source software projects with malware, and in turn hack the developers and companies that use that software. Read more: Read More
Border Report – US citizen arrested after border agents find migrants hidden in trunk
U.S. Border Patrol agents in Ocotillo, California arrested a driver after discovering three undocumented migrants hidden in the trunk of a vehicle and an unloaded pistol in the center console. Read: Read…