WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon will deploy roughly 1,500 more active duty soldiers to the southern border to support President Donald Trump’s expanding crackdown on immigration, a U.S. official said Friday. Marines continue…
Tech Crunch – One of Elon Musk’s young DOGE engineers explains how he won the $700K Vesuvius Challenge
Elon Musk has reportedly picked fresh-faced six engineers to run DOGE. I spoke to one of them in 2023, when his life looked very, very different. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For…
KTSM News – Fabens, Clint teachers win prestigious Milken awards
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Nancy Chavira, a teacher in the Fabens Independent School District, got a big surprise on Friday morning, Feb. 7. When she went to a scheduled school assembly…
Tech Crunch – Andrew Ng is ‘very glad’ Google dropped its AI weapons pledge
Andrew Ng, the founder and former leader of Google Brain, supports Google’s recent decision to drop its pledge not to build AI systems for weapons. “I’m very glad that Google has changed…
Border Report – ‘Security filters’ resume south of San Ysidro Port of Entry
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — Security “filters” are back in operation at the San Ysidro Port of Entry on the Mexico side of the border. Tijuana police officers and Mexican Customs agents…
Tech Crunch – Tesla’s Dojo, a timeline
Elon Musk doesn’t want Tesla to be just an automaker. He wants Tesla to be an AI company, one that’s figured out how to make cars drive themselves. Crucial to that mission…
Border Report – Marines continue to lay out concertina wire in San Diego
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — United States Marines have been in San Diego for two weeks and continue to install and hang concertina wire on the border barrier. Most of their efforts…
Border Report – Artist responds to vandalism on Elon Musk mural
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A local artist is responding to the vandalism of his Elon Musk mural. The mural was vandalized in downtown Brownsville with the words “Deny, Defend, Depose” which are…
Texas Monthly – UT-Dallas students launch alternative newspaper after clash with administration
Students at the university created their own news organization — The Retrograde — after they reached an impasse with administrators regarding oversight and the firing of the campus newspaper’s editor-in-chief. Read: Read…
Tech Crunch – Coalition ‘concerned’ over UK appointing ex-Amazon exec as antitrust regulator chair
A coalition of organizations and individuals have signed an open letter expressing concern at the U.K. government’s decision to appoint a former Amazon executive as chair of the Competition and Markets Authority…