McALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A McAllen man admitted he pointed a laser at a Customs and Border Protection helicopter, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced. The release states that on Dec. 29, a…
Texas Monthly – Why I Don’t Use the Word “Authentic” When Writing About Mexican Food
Every morning, I open my email inbox to see at least ten Google Alerts messages for the word “tacos.” More and more, the alerts have pointed me toward social media posts and…
Border Report – Man sentenced for assaulting Border Patrol agents at El Paso processing center
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A Mexican man was sentenced in a federal court in El Paso to nearly four years in prison for three counts of assault on a federal officer,…
Tech Crunch – FAA tests Starlink terminals as Musk claims Verizon tech is ‘not working’
The Federal Aviation Administration has started testing the use of SpaceX Starlink satellite internet terminals in the national airspace system, nearly two years after Verizon was awarded a $2 billion contract to…
El Chuqueño Blog – John Stewart on Doge
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Tech Crunch – Sam Bankman-Fried’s first post from prison isn’t even good
As disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried serves the early days of his 25-year prison sentence, the crypto wunderkind-turned-criminal made his first public post on X in over two years. Bankman-Fried’s thread on…
Tech Crunch – IBM’s $6.4B HashiCorp acquisition cleared by UK
The U.K.’s antitrust authority has given the go-ahead to IBM’s planned multibillion acquisition of infrastructure software company HashiCorp. In a brief case update published today, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said…
KTSM News – Man sentenced for assaulting Border Patrol agents at El Paso processing center
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A Mexican man was sentenced in a federal court in El Paso to nearly four years in prison for three counts of assault on a federal officer,…
Tech Crunch – DeepSeek reopens access to its API after three-week pause
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has reopened access to its API after halting service for nearly three weeks due to capacity constraints. On Tuesday, the company began allowing customers to top up credits…
Tech Crunch – Microsoft cancels some of its AI data center leases
Microsoft is reportedly shrinking its data center footprint. The tech giant has canceled leases with multiple data center providers that total a “couple hundred megawatts” of capacity, according to Bloomberg, which cited…