Here’s a roundup of some culture and civic events in the borderland in the coming week. Earth Day Boogie Bash & Glow for the Planet 3k Run/Walk Celebrate Earth Day with an…
Texas Monthly – Trump’s Tariffs Add to Challenges for Laredo, the Nation’s Top Port
On a recent Saturday, customs broker JD Gonzalez was enjoying a brief reprieve from his phone “ringing off the hook” since the beginning of February, after President Trump signed an executive order…
KTSM News – Trump to fine migrants up to $1K daily for defying deportation order
WASHINGTON (NewsNation) — The Trump administration is cracking down on immigration across multiple agencies and has a stern warning for immigrants in the country illegally: leave the United States or pay massive…
KTSM News – Trump tariffs, including massive levies on China, go into effect
(The Hill) — President Donald Trump’s latest round of sweeping reciprocal tariffs went into effect early Wednesday, including a 104 percent import tax on China. The tariffs, which Trump announced April 2,…
Tech Crunch – Reddit’s conversational AI search tool leverages Google Gemini
Reddit Answers, the platform’s conversational AI search tool, gets an upgrade through an integration with Google Gemini. This comes over a year after Reddit expanded its partnership with Google Cloud to access its…
Tech Crunch – Samsung adds Google’s Gemini to its home robot Ballie
Samsung said on Wednesday that it’s adding Google’s Gemini AI to its home robot Ballie through a partnership with Google Cloud. Users will be able to ask the robot different queries to…
Tech Crunch – Gemini Code Assist, Google’s AI coding assistant, gets ‘agentic’ abilities
Gemini Code Assist, Google’s AI coding assistant, is gaining new “agentic” capabilities in preview. During its Cloud Next conference on Wednesday, Google said Code Assist can now deploy new AI “agents” that…
Tech Crunch – Google’s enterprise cloud gets a music-generating AI model
On Wednesday, Google rolled out updates to several of its first-party media-generating AI models available through its Vertex AI cloud platform. Lyria, Google’s text-to-music model, is now available in preview for select…
Tech Crunch – Google Workspace gets automation flows, podcast-style summaries
Google is upgrading Workspace, its suite of cloud-based productivity tools, with new AI capabilities. The suite is gaining Workspace Flows, a tool designed to automate multi-step processes such as updating spreadsheets and…
Tech Crunch – Google’s newest Gemini AI model focuses on efficiency
Google is releasing a new AI model designed to deliver strong performance with a focus on efficiency. The model, Gemini 2.5 Flash, will soon launch in Vertex AI, Google’s AI development platform….