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Tech Crunch – The US Secretary of Education referred to AI as ‘A1,’ like the steak sauce
U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon attended the ASU+GSV Summit this week, where experts in education and technology gathered to discuss how AI will impact learning. While speaking on a panel about…
Border Report – House passes bill restricting district court judges from issuing nationwide injunctions
The House on Wednesday passed a bill restricting district court judges from issuing nationwide injunctions in a move that would vastly diminish the ability of courts to block President Trump’s policies. Dubbed…
Border Report – Trump orders agencies to ‘sunset’ environmental protections
President Trump directed agencies that regulate energy and the environment to sunset a wide array of environmental protections in an executive order issued Wednesday night. He ordered agencies including the Environmental Protection…
Tech Crunch – Netflix’s latest season of ‘Black Mirror’ comes with a mobile game
Season 7 of “Black Mirror” premiered on Thursday, introducing a new mobile game connected to one of its episodes. The game, titled “Thronglets,” from Netflix’s own Night School Studio, serves as a…
Tech Crunch – Jobandtalent raises $103M on a down-round $1.5B valuation as it looks to AI to recruit temps
Jobandtalent, an AI-based “workforce as a service” marketplace that connects people with companies looking for hourly workers, announced it has raised €92 million ($103 million). The Series F — which includes participation…
Tech Crunch – OpenAI updates ChatGPT to reference your past chats
OpenAI announced on Thursday that it’s starting to roll out a new memory feature in ChatGPT that allow the chatbot to tailor its answers to users based on the contents of their…
Tech Crunch – Canva is getting AI image generation, interactive coding, spreadsheets and more
Although there has been significant pushback from artists regarding the proliferation of AI design tools and the content used to train generative models, the companies making the software for creative work are…
Tech Crunch – LiveKit’s tools power real-time communications, including OpenAI’s Voice Mode
A challenge for many tech companies is delivering high-bandwidth, multimodal data — for example, simultaneous audio and video — to users in real time without interruptions. Some firms build solutions in-house, but…
KTSM News – El Paso Police fight back vs. catalytic converter theft
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The El Paso Police Department is fighting back against catalytic converter theft with a VIN etching event. The free event will be from 9 a.m. to noon…