EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – House Democrats are urging the federal government to reinstate immigration oversight offices shut down in the past few weeks. Nearly 50 Democrats including U.S. Rep. Debbie…
KTSM News – Trump announces 90-day pause on most tariffs, raises taxes on Chinese imports
WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing a global market meltdown, President Donald Trump on Wednesday abruptly backed down on his tariffs on most nations for 90 days, but raised his tax rate on Chinese…
Tech Crunch – OpenAI launches program to design new ‘domain-specific’ AI benchmarks
OpenAI, like many AI labs, thinks AI benchmarks are broken. It says it wants to fix them through a new program. Called the OpenAI Pioneers Program, the program will focus on creating…
El Paso Matters – Opinion: Passover’s message overs an antidote to stress and disillusion
By Rabbi Levi Greenberg According to many surveys, Americans are increasingly experiencing unprecedented levels of stress and disillusionment. I believe the essential message of Passover best informs how we can navigate such…
Tech Crunch – Anthropic rolls out a $200-per-month Claude subscription
Anthropic announced on Wednesday that it’s launching a new, very expensive subscription plan for its AI chatbot Claude: Max. An answer to OpenAI’s $200-a-month ChatGPT Pro tier, Max comes with higher usage…
Tech Crunch – Kalshi CEO: ‘State law doesn’t really apply’ to us
Last week, prediction market startup Kalshi sued New Jersey and Nevada after they tried to shut down its recently launched sports trading operation. In the lawsuit, Kalshi claimed that, since they’re a…
Tech Crunch – MIT study finds that AI doesn’t, in fact, have values
A study went viral several months ago for implying that, as AI becomes increasingly sophisticated, it develops “value systems” — systems that lead it to, for example, prioritize its own well-being over…
Tech Crunch – YouTube expands its ‘likeness’ detection technology, which detects AI fakes, to a handful of top creators
YouTube on Wednesday announced an expansion of its pilot program designed to identify and manage AI-generated content that features the “likeness,” including the face, of creators, artists, and other famous or influential…
Texas Monthly – ACLU sues to stop deportation of Venezuelans held in Texas
The ACLU says the three men were declared gang members by ICE using flawed methods. The suit seeks to halt their deportation to a notorious El Salvador prison. Read: Read More
Tech Crunch – Senator puts hold on Trump’s nominee for CISA director, citing telco security ‘cover up’
Sean Plankey’s nomination to head up CISA will be blocked, for now. Read more: Read More