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Tech Crunch – Spotify invests over $1M to grow its catalog of non-English audiobooks
Spotify announced on Friday that it plans to invest €1 million–or approximately $1.1 million — to boost audiobook production in languages other than English, beginning with French and Dutch. The investment indicates…
Texas Monthly – Why Tariffs Could Make Your Willie Nelson and Beyoncé Records More Expensive
When Caren Kelleher was looking for a place to start Gold Rush Vinyl, the record manufacturing plant she founded in 2018, she picked Austin in hopes that being centrally located in the…
KTSM News – Trump threatens Mexico with additional tariffs in water dispute
(The Hill) – President Trump late Thursday threatened to impose additional tariffs and potential sanctions against Mexico over a long-running water dispute related to a 1944 treaty. “Mexico OWES Texas 1.3 million…
Tech Crunch – OpenAI will soon phase out GPT-4 from ChatGPT
OpenAI will soon retire GPT-4, an AI model it launched over two years ago, from ChatGPT, according to a changelog posted on Thursday. Effective April 30, GPT-4 will be “fully replaced” by…
Texas Monthly – The Only American to Design Hermès Scarves Really Understood the Assignment
Taking in the Hermès scarves displayed in an upstairs gallery of Galveston’s Bryan Museum, it’s hard to say which is more astonishing: the natural realism bursting from these square silk fragments—the blazing…
Texas Monthly – A Pitmaster Expands on His Family’s Legacy at His New East Texas Barbecue Joint
When Josh Burke took an ownership stake in Smitty’s Smokehouse, in Jasper, in 2017, he wondered if I had ever shared my opinion on his family’s barbecue business. He didn’t find anything…
Tech Crunch – Less than a month to get your exhibit table for TechCrunch Sessions: AI
TechCrunch Sessions: AI is fast approaching. So, what does that mean for you? It means exhibit tables are nearly gone — and now’s your chance to grab one before they’re all sold…
El Paso Matters – UTEP aerospace center to open, city sets community budget meetings
This is your weekly news roundup, which takes a quick look at some developments in government, politics, education, environment and other topics across El Paso. UTEP to Officially Open its Advanced Manufacturing…
Tech Crunch – Dropbox Chief Customer Officer Eric Cox plans to step down, per filing
Dropbox’s chief customer officer, Eric Cox, plans to step down, according to a document filed with the SEC on Friday. Cox will remain in his current role for “a period of time”…