By Natasha Norman and Janae’ Reneaud Field As we draw closer to the two-year anniversary of the Castner Range National Monument (CRNM) designation in El Paso, Texas, we find ourselves reflecting on…
Tech Crunch – Wayve CEO shares his key ingredients for scaling autonomous driving tech
Wayve co-founder and CEO Alex Kendall sees promise in bringing his autonomous vehicle startup’s tech to market. That is, if Wayve sticks to its strategy of ensuring its automated driving software is…
Tech Crunch – Microsoft is exploring a way to credit contributors to AI training data
Microsoft is launching a research project to estimate the influence of specific training examples on the text, images, and other types of media that generative AI models create. That’s per a job…
Texas Monthly – Texas prison staff falsified temperatures records, investigation finds
Two-thirds of the state’s roughly 100 jails and prisons in Texas are not fully air conditioned in inmate housing areas. Read: Read More
Texas Monthly – Paxton impeachment cost state $5.1 million, auditor report finds
The new finding is about 20% higher than previous estimates of the known cost of the effort to remove Paxton from office. Read: Read More
Tech Crunch – Meta spotted testing AI-generated comments on Instagram
In recent years, Meta has introduced many AI features and capabilities to its apps, even going so far as experimenting with AI-generated characters complete with unique profiles and personalities, before scraping them…
Tech Crunch – 1X will test humanoid robots in ‘a few hundred’ homes in 2025
Norwegian robotics startup 1X plans to start early tests of its humanoid robot, Neo Gamma, in “a few hundred to a few thousand” homes by the end of 2025, according to the…
Texas Monthly – An East Texas Gas Worker Goes All In on Barbecue With Great Results
In picking a career in barbecue over a cushy job as a supervisor at an East Texas gas plant, Clyde Osborn chose the harder path. Last year a different company started running…
Tech Crunch – Commercial services platform BuildOps becomes a unicorn, raises $127M
Commercial services tech hasn’t historically been considered “sexy,” but the need for innovation in the space is enormous. That need has translated into a large fundraise for a company focused on streamlining…
El Paso Matters – New Walmart shooting case hearings scheduled in April, EPISD to lose 64 students amid campus closures
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. Judge Schedules More Hearings in Walmart Shooting…