Upholding export controls on semiconductor chips made in the U.S. may be harder than Washington D.C. thinks. Chinese buyers are getting their hands on computing systems with Nvidia’s Blackwell chips through third-party…
Tech Crunch – Conan O’Brien comments on AI during his opening monologue at the Oscars
When hosting the 2025 Oscars last night, comedian and late-night TV host Conan O’Brien addressed the use of AI in his opening monologue, reflecting the growing conversation about the technology’s influence in Hollywood….
Texas Monthly – Wait, Did El Paso Really Change the World?
Since, well, forever, outsiders have failed to recognize that El Paso is a great American city. While Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio get most of the credit for the…
El Paso Matters – Where to get measles vaccine in El Paso
Amid the worsening West Texas measles outbreak, the El Paso Department of Public Health is encouraging people to get the two-dose measles, mumps and rubella vaccine as a preventive measure. The Texas…
KTSM News – 2 injured after pedestrian crash in Central El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Two people were injured after a pedestrian crash Sunday night, March 2, in Central El Paso, according to El Paso Police. Shaun Felice/KTSM 9 News Police sent…
Tech Crunch – T-Mobile and Perplexity announce new ‘AI phone’ priced at under $1K
It was inevitable that this year at MWC in Barcelona, at least one carrier would announce a major effort at building a smartphone with a top AI company. And here it is:…
Tech Crunch – Stability AI optimized its audio generation model to run on Arm chips
AI startup Stability AI has teamed up with chipmaker Arm to bring Stability’s Stable Audio Open, an AI model that can generate audio including sound effects, to mobile devices running Arm chips….
Tech Crunch – As Skype shuts down, its legacy is end-to-end encryption for the masses
iMessage, Signal, and WhatsApp have made E2EE the default for messaging, but Skype paved the way decades ago. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Read more: Read More
Texas Monthly – Texas’s Best New Restaurants in 2025
Is it our imagination or are Texas restaurants more, well, imaginative than ever? On our visit to an idiosyncratic spot in the Gulf Coast town of Kemah, we were treated to billowing…
Tech Crunch – HackerPulse wants to help enterprises spot engineering bottlenecks
HackerPulse builds dashboards of information pulled from engineering tools to show how and where engineers spend their time. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Read more: Read More