Google removed a pledge to not build AI for weapons or surveillance from its website this week. The change was first spotted by Bloomberg. The company appears to have updated its public…
KTSM News – Chihuahuas announce sale dates for individual seats
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The El Paso Chihuahuas have announced the on-sale dates for individual game tickets for the upcoming season, with opening day taking place next month. Opening day is…
Tech Crunch – Spyware maker Paragon confirms U.S. government is a customer
Israeli spyware maker Paragon Solutions confirmed to TechCrunch that it sells its products to the U.S. government and other unspecified allied countries. Paragon’s executive chairman John Fleming said in a statement to…
KTSM News – Police investigating apparent stabbing in Las Cruces
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Las Cruces Police are investigating a possible stabbing that happened Tuesday morning, Feb. 4 along Picacho Avenue, a police spokesperson said. The incident happened just before noon…
Tech Crunch – Okta competitor SailPoint races toward $11.5B IPO
Cybersecurity company SailPoint is hoping to sell $1 billion worth of stock in its upcoming IPO and offer another signal that IPOs will become hot again. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved….
Tech Crunch – Figure drops OpenAI in favor of in-house models
Figure AI founder and CEO Brett Adcock announced Tuesday that the humanoid robotics firm is exiting a deal with OpenAI. The Bay Area-based robotics company has instead opted to focus on in-house…
Border Report – Venezuelans tied to Tren De Aragua arrested in El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents apprehended three Venezuelan migrants, two of whom are members of the notorious Tren De Aragua prison gang, in El Paso. According…
KTSM News – National Guard troops arrive at Mexican border
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – A military airplane carrying 120 Mexican National Guard troops landed in Juarez, Mexico, Tuesday morning. The reinforcements to the 1,600 Guardsmen already on a permanent rotation…
Tech Crunch – Hugging Face researchers aim to build an ‘open’ version of OpenAI’s deep research tool
A group of developers at AI dev platform Hugging Face, including Thomas Wolf, the company’s co-founder and chief scientist, say they’ve built an “open” version of OpenAI’s deep research tool. Deep research,…
KTSM News – Blue Origin successfully launches rocket from West Texas
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — American space technology company Blue Origin has successfully completed another mission, it said Tuesday, Feb. 4. The company lauched its 29th successful New Shepard flight on Tuesday,…