Microsoft has pulled back on data center projects around the world, Bloomberg reports, suggesting that the company is wary of expanding its cloud computing infrastructure too rapidly. Microsoft has halted talks for…
The Border Chronicle – Reporter’s Notebook: Walking to Mexico in a Dust Storm
Subscribe now The U.S.-Mexico border during the March 18 dust storm. (Photo by Todd Miller) Share We are standing on the Prospect Street Bridge over Interstate 10 in El Paso, Texas, during…
KTSM News – Chuy’s Restaurant at Fountains of Farah to close down this month
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Chuy’s Tex-Mex Restaurant at the Fountains of Farah will be closing for good, a spokesperson for Darden, the American multi-brand restaurant operator confirmed to KTSM on Thursday,…
Tech Crunch – X may soon start selling inactive usernames to Verified Organizations starting at $10K, code reveals
X’s plan to boost revenue by selling off dormant usernames on its service is starting to shape up. According to recent changes found in X’s web application, the company is setting up…
Texas Monthly – Lubbock’s public health director fights to stop measles and build public trust
Katherine Wells was celebrated early during the COVID-19 pandemic. Then public health became a political litmus test. Read: Read More
El Paso Matters – Did Texas rank first in job growth in 2024?
Yes. Texas added more net jobs than any state in 2024, although other states have higher per capita job growth. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Texas’ workforce grew from 14,034,500…
Tech Crunch – Studio Ghibli hasn’t commented on OpenAI’s onslaught of AI copies, but the fan subreddit has
When OpenAI debuted its image-generation feature in ChatGPT last week, social media exploded when users realized that they could make AI-generated images that looked like something out of an animated film from…
Tech Crunch – Apple loses $250B market value as tariffs tank tech stocks
Apple lost more than $250 billion in market value Thursday, with shares down as much as 8.5% as a result of President Donald Trump’s tariff spree. The iPhone maker took one of…
Tech Crunch – Google is shipping Gemini models faster than its AI safety reports
More than two years after Google was caught flat-footed by the release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, the company has dramatically picked up the pace. In late March, Google launched an AI reasoning model,…
Tech Crunch – YouTube Shorts takes on TikTok with new creation tools
As YouTube Shorts continues to compete with TikTok, the platform is announcing new upcoming features to help creators publish engaging short-form videos. Creators will get access to an improved video editor, the…