SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A San Diego-based Coast Guard ship fired at and disabled a boat suspected of carrying migrants during a high-speed chase in San Diego Bay Saturday evening. At…
Tech Crunch – Vertical Aerospace has a plan to capitalize on Europe’s defense tech moment
Russia’s war in Ukraine and President Donald Trump’s reluctance to support NATO allies has led to a boost in funding for European defense tech. And across industries, startups are leveraging the opportunity….
El Paso Matters – Opinion: School board elections prove that passion can defeat money
By Meagan O’Toole-Pitts On a chilly February afternoon in 2008, I joined a caravan of protesters headed to Austin to oppose ASARCO’s attempt to reopen its copper smelter in El Paso. I…
Tech Crunch – Apple Music introduces Sound Therapy, songs for focusing, relaxing and sleep
Apple Music is introducing a new “audio wellness” collection of songs called Sound Therapy. Designed in partnership with Universal Music Group (UMG), the feature combines songs that subscribers already know with other…
Tech Crunch – Trump admin officially rescinds Biden’s AI diffusion rules
After a week or so of rumors, the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) formally rescinded the Biden Administration’s Artificial Intelligence Diffusion Rule days before it was set to go into effect. The…
Tech Crunch – House GOP wants to cut parts of the Inflation Reduction Act while sparing others
House Republicans’ axe has fallen in places both expected and surprising. Read more: Read More
El Chuqueño Blog – Blow, Wind, Blow
From a May 4 post on Gizmodo.com: This year’s drought-exacerbated dusty season is “truly exceptional—one for the record books,” said Thomas Gill, an environmental scientist at the University of Texas at El…
Tech Crunch – Left-wing Twitch streamer Hasan Piker says he was detained and questioned at airport
Hasan Piker, one of the most popular left-wing political creators in the U.S., says he was detained and questioned at the Chicago O’Hare Airport upon returning to the U.S. after a trip…
Tech Crunch – Audible is expanding its AI-narrated audiobook library
Audible, Amazon’s audiobook service, announced on Tuesday that it’s partnering with select publishers to convert print and e-books into AI-narrated audiobooks. This initiative aims to quickly expand its catalog as it competes…
Tech Crunch – Government email alert system GovDelivery used to send scam messages
The state of Indiana attributed the scam emails to a compromised contractor’s account. Read more: Read More