Lawmakers say several bills under consideration Thursday would “address the unchecked authority of faculty.” They would expand university governing boards’ oversight powers. Read: Read More
KTSM News – Trump to order shutdown of the Education Department. What does it do?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Moving to fulfill a campaign promise, President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order Thursday calling for the shutdown of the Education Department, an agency Republicans have talked…
Tech Crunch – Pruna AI open sources its AI model optimization framework
Pruna AI, a European startup that has been working on compression algorithms for AI models, is making its optimization framework open source on Thursday. Pruna AI has been creating a framework that…
Tech Crunch – Amid calls for sovereign EU tech stack, Evroc raises $55M to build a hyperscale cloud in Europe
A Swedish startup aiming to build a hyperscale cloud company in Europe has raised €50.6 million ($55 million) in Series A funding. Evroc, as it’s called, says it’s laying the foundations for…
Tech Crunch – ChatGPT hit with privacy complaint over defamatory hallucinations
OpenAI is facing another privacy complaint in Europe over its viral AI chatbot’s tendency to hallucinate false information — and this one might prove tricky for regulators to ignore. Privacy rights advocacy…
Tech Crunch – Michael Seibel is leaving Y Combinator
Michael Seibel announced late Wednesday on X that after more than 12 years at the famed accelerator Y Combinator, he is transitioning to a “partner emeritus” role. Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – COMMISSIONER HOLGUIN ON CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION
[[{“value”:” “I have always felt that we should limit the use of certificates of obligation to emergency projects where we maybe don’t have the time to wait for the time that it…
Tech Crunch – ClearGrid, armed with a fresh $10M, is developing AI to improve debt collection in MENA
Debt collection in emerging markets often feels outdated, and can be costly — damaging borrower trust. As consumer lending surges and regulators push for fairer practices, legacy collection outfits are struggling to…
Tech Crunch – SoftBank to acquire semiconductor designer Ampere in $6.5B all-cash deal
SoftBank Group announced on Wednesday that it will acquire Ampere Computing, a chip designer founded by former Intel executive Renee James, through a $6.5 billion all-cash deal as a strategic move to…
KTSM News – Escobar: Potential cuts to Medicaid is pressing issue for El Pasoans
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — In an exclusive interview with KTSM, U.S. Representative Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, discussed recent actions by the Trump administration regarding federal budget cuts, immigration at the border, and…