Donelle Mendoza sits at a table in the office of her nascent company, Seasoning Bombs, in a warehouse park in Buda, just south of Austin. Wearing a hairnet, she tears up with…
Tech Crunch – Meet the new Audience Choice winners to lead breakouts at TechCrunch Sessions: AI
You voted. They rose to the top! Meet the two Audience Choice winners who’ll take the breakout stage at TechCrunch Sessions: AI on June 5 in Zellerbach Hall at UC Berkeley to…
KTSM News – Legal status revoked for 985,000 migrants who entered US under Biden-era CBP One app
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is terminating parole protections for those who entered the country through the CBP One app, revoking status for hundreds of thousands of people who came to…
El Paso Matters – Texas Senate bill seeks to limit faculty senate influence at colleges, universities
The introduction last month of Senate Bill 37, an overarching piece of legislation that calls for major reforms to higher education in Texas, surprised Bruce Cushing, president of the University of Texas…
Tech Crunch – Mira Murati’s AI startup gains prominent ex-OpenAI advisors
Ex-OpenAI CTO Mira Murati’s new AI venture, Thinking Machines Lab, has gained two new prominent advisors: Bob McGrew, previously OpenAI’s chief research officer, and Alec Radford, a former OpenAI researcher behind many…
Tech Crunch – Amazon unveils a new AI voice model, Nova Sonic
On Tuesday, Amazon debuted a new generative AI model, Nova Sonic, capable of natively processing voice and generating natural-sounding speech. Amazon claims that Sonic’s performance is competitive with frontier voice models from…
Tech Crunch – Snapchat rolls out Sponsored AI Lenses for brands
Snapchat is introducing Sponsored AI Lenses, a new ad format that lets brands engage with consumers in an immersive way. While Snapchat has offered brands the opportunity to pay for sponsored lenses…
Tech Crunch – Blackbird gobbles up $50M for its blockchain-based payment-loyalty app for restaurants
A founder who has carved out a name for himself building products to help restaurants connect better with would-be diners has raised $50 million for his latest startup: a new take on…
Tech Crunch – Sizl raises $3.5M to expand its cook-to-order food delivery service
Dark kitchens– also referred to as ghost kitchens, cloud kitchens, or virtual kitchens– often receive criticism for their food quality. Sizl, a cook-to-order delivery service based in Chicago, seeks to change this…
Tech Crunch – XL Batteries is using petrochemical infrastructure to store solar and wind power
The startup has commissioned a demonstration unit of its organic flow battery. Read more: Read More