Duolingo is introducing 148 new language courses that were created with generative AI, the company announced on Wednesday. The launch comes as Duolingo has been facing backlash this week after sharing that…
Tech Crunch – Cast your vote: Help shape the TechCrunch All Stage agenda
TechCrunch All Stage is just around the corner — and you get to help shape the agenda. From a competitive pool of applicants, two of the six visionary finalists are one step…
Texas Monthly – Wagner Meets Wagyu in the Houston Production of Opera Spoof ‘Das Barbecü’
Bespectacled pitmaster Milam Lamar wears a bandolier of barbecue sauce bottles, and his apron is weighed down by several bottles of Shiner Bock. He carries a canister of kerosene and a box…
Texas Monthly – To Permit an Oil Field Waste Dump, Texas Regulators Ignored Their Own Experts
When I drove up to the two-room offices of Paxton Water Supply, in a strip mall next to a car wash about a mile from a bridge that crosses the Sabine River…
The Border Chronicle – The Endangered Rio Grande Can Still Be Saved: A Podcast with Maria-Elena Giner
Subscribe now In an in-depth interview for The Border Chronicle, Maria-Elena Giner reflects on her tenure since being ousted last week by the Trump administration as commissioner for one of the most…
Tech Crunch – Side Event submission deadline extended for TechCrunch Sessions: AI
Did you miss your chance to apply for a Side Event at “TechCrunch Sessions: AI Week?” Don’t worry – we’ve extended the deadline by three more days! You now have until May…
Tech Crunch – Wikipedia says it will use AI, but not to replace human volunteers
Wikipedia on Wednesday revealed its new AI strategy for the next three years — and it’s not replacing the Wikipedia community of editors and volunteers with artificial intelligence, thankfully. Instead, Wikipedia says it will use…
Texas Monthly – This Park Ranger Has Shown Visitors Around LBJ’s Ranch for 30 Years
Cynthia Dorminey is one of the guides profiled in “Meet the Texperts! The State’s Best Tour Guides Want to Show You Around.” When Cynthia Dorminey became an interpretive ranger at the Lyndon…
Tech Crunch – 5 days left: $210 ticket discount and 50% off on the second for TechCrunch Sessions AI
You’ve got just 5 days to save up to $210 — plus 50% off your +1 — and get inside the minds of AI’s biggest voices at TechCrunch Sessions: AI. Imagine hearing…
Tech Crunch – Nuvo, a network for B2B trade, has nabbed $34M from Sequoia and Spark Capital
Nuvo, a company that has built a social-like platform to facilitate easier purchasing of physical goods between businesses, has raised a $34 million Series A from Sequoia Capital and Spark Capital, it…