Ride-hail and delivery giant Uber is introducing cheap, fixed-route rides along busy corridors during weekday commute hours in major U.S. cities – one solution to a world that feels, for most people,…
Tech Crunch – TikTok rolls out new accessibility tools, including AI-generated ALT text
TikTok announced on Wednesday that it’s expanding its suite of accessibility tools by rolling out AI-generated ALT text for photos, a high contrast mode, and support for device-level bold text preferences. TikTok…
Tech Crunch – DeepMind claims its newest AI tool is a whiz at math and science problems
Google’s AI R&D lab, DeepMind says it has developed a new AI system to tackle problems with “machine-gradeable” solutions. In experiments, the system, called AlphaEvolve, could help optimize some of the infrastructure…
Tech Crunch – Max to be renamed HBO Max. The name change nobody wanted
Two years after Warner Bros. Discovery rebranded its streaming service Max, the company is reverting back to its old name. The company announced the good news at its Upfront presentation on Wednesday. …
Tech Crunch – Google’s Gemini chatbot can now more easily analyze GitHub projects
Gemini, Google’s AI-powered chatbot, can now connect to GitHub — for users subscribed to the $20-per-month Gemini Advanced plan, that is. As of Wednesday, Gemini Advanced customers can directly add a public…
Texas Monthly – Women’s Sports Are More Popular Than Ever. Two New Texas Bars Are Proving That.
On a Monday night in April, the new women’s sports pub 1972, located on the edge of the University of Texas campus in Austin, was busy. Dozens of basketball fans had gathered…
Tech Crunch – AI note-taking app Granola raises $43M at $250M valuation, launches collaborative features
AI-powered notetaking app Granola is raising $43 million in funding at a $250 million valuation. It is also launching a team sharing feature. Read more: Read More
El Paso Matters – El Paso events: Enjoy Sun City evenings at Cool Canyon Nights or Archaeology After Dark
Here’s a roundup of some culture and civic events in the borderland in the coming week. Cool Canyon Nights El Paso’s popular music series, Cool Canyon Nights, returns for its 15th season…
Tech Crunch – Tensor9 helps vendors deploy their software into any environment using digital twins
Enterprises want access to new software and AI tools but can’t risk sending their sensitive data out to a third-party software-as-a-service (SaaS) providers. Tensor9 looks to help software companies land more enterprise…
Tech Crunch – Databricks to buy open-source database startup Neon for $1B
Data analytics platform Databricks said on Wednesday that it has agreed to acquire Neon, a startup building an open source alternative to AWS Aurora Postgres, for about $1 billion. Databricks said acquiring…