The chatbot still remains the most popular AI assistant worldwide with over 1.1 billion monthly users, followed by Gemini with 662 million and Claude with 245 million. Read more: Read More
Texas Monthly – Texas Railroad Commission race pits oil field engineer against energy trader running on culture wars
Republican Bo French is keeping Islam, immigration and LGBTQ+ issues at the fore of his campaign for Texas’ oil regulatory agency. Democratic foe Jon Rosenthal is betting on his technical expertise. Read:…
Texas Monthly – No fat to trim: Texas beef industry profits eaten away by new threat — the screwworm
Drought, wildfire, tariffs and now screwworm are straining the beef industry in Texas as the U.S. herd reaches its smallest point in 75 years. Read: Read More
The Athletic MiLB News – Redrafting the 2016 MLB Draft: Will Smith, Pete Alonso top a not-very-good class
The 2016 MLB Draft yielded a handful of outstanding major-league players, but almost none of them were selected in that year’s first round. Read: Read More
Tech Crunch – Malaysia’s AI agent-powered messaging app Respond.io raises $62.5M, eyes acquisitions
Respond.io, one of Malaysia startups to watch, uses AI agents to handle high volumes of customer inquiries and charges per convo, not per seat. Read more: Read More
El Paso Matters – El Paso ISD board votes to lay off 55 employees under financial exigency
Fifty-five El Paso Independent School District employees are losing their jobs after the board of trustees took a series of votes Monday to terminate their contracts for the 2026-27 school year. The…
Border Report – Border Report Live: Feds focus on wildlife as New World screwworm cases increase in US
There are a dozen cases of New World screwworm in the United States in two Southwest border states, and federal authorities are concerned that wildlife could spread the deadly parasites and are…
KTSM News – Carlsbad PD seeks ‘person of interest’ in fatal hit-and-run
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Law enforcement officials in Carlsbad, New Mexico, are seeking a “person of interest” in a fatal hit-and-run that left a 19-year-old dead earlier this month. Carlsbad Police…
KTSM News – Assistant store manager arrested for theft in Canutillo
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A 32-year-old assistant store manager was arrested after allegedly stealing money from his workplace in Canutillo, according to the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office. Eduardo Aleman was…
Border Report – 26 Trinitarios gang members face federal racketeering charges
More than a dozen members of a Dominican prison gang have been indicted on federal racketeering charges in connection with numerous murders and attempted murders, as well as drug trafficking in Massachusetts….