Meta’s VP of AI research, Joelle Pineau, is planning to leave the company, she announced in a post on Facebook Tuesday. Pineau said she’s leaving in May after more than two years…
Border Report – Trump administration admits it wrongly deported man to prison in El Salvador
(The Hill) – The Trump administration acknowledged late Monday that it had mistakenly deported a Salvadoran man protected from removal, sending him to a facility in El Salvador where they argue they…
Tech Crunch – TikTok is shutting down its Instagram competitor TikTok Notes
TikTok is shutting down its Instagram competitor, TikTok Notes, on May 8. The photo-sharing app launched in testing in Canada, Australia, and Vietnam last year. The company is notifying TikTok Notes users…
Tech Crunch – Genetic sharing site openSNP to shut down, citing concerns of data privacy and ‘rise in authoritarian governments’
The open source repository of genetic data will delete its banks of data on April 30, its co-founder confirms. Read more: Read More
KTSM News – UPDATE: Female hurt after ‘self-inflicted’ stab wound, police say
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – A female was taken to a local hospital with what police are calling a “self-inflicted” stab wound on Monday evening, March 31, in far East El Paso,…
Texas Monthly – Remembering John Thornton, founder of The Texas Tribune
Thornton conceived of the idea of a nonprofit news enterprise to engage Texans with their government, and then helped support similar outlets across the country. He died Saturday at 59. Read: Read…
Tech Crunch – Someone is trying to recruit security researchers in bizarre hacking campaign
An obscure wannabe hacker’s tantalizing (and clearly sketchy) job offer has some security researchers asking, why? Read more: Read More
KTSM News – El Pasoans line up, excited to try new teriyaki spot in far East El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — People were seen lining up this past Friday, March 28 at a new teriyaki spot in far East El Paso, known for its chicken teriyaki. Teriyaki Madness,…
Tech Crunch – Sam Altman says that OpenAI’s capacity issues will cause product delays
In a series of posts on X on Monday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that the popularity of the company’s new image-generation tool in ChatGPT will cause unspecified product delays. “We are…
Texas Monthly – The “Tesla Takedown” Movement Hits Differently in Austin
Go to enough political protests in Texas and the contours become pretty easy to spot, even from a distance. In the biggest cities, you’ll often find huge groups of people rallying for…