As Texas police departments build out a network of advanced license plate readers, public outcry over surveillance and safety is growing. Read: Read More
Tech Crunch – SpaceX doubles revenues on Anthropic and Google compute deals, Starlink growth
SpaceX doubled its revenue compared to last year, according to its first quarterly earnings since going public in June. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Android app developers may be unwittingly sharing their users’ location data with advertisers
Developers may not realize they are sharing their users’ location data with advertisers, per new research. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Open-weight AI models are catching up to the frontier. The safety gap remains.
A new SaferAI report finds Z.ai’s open-weight GLM-5.2 approaches frontier AI capabilities while lacking key safety mitigations, renewing concerns that powerful open models could outpace governance and safeguards. Read more: Read More
KTSM News – Gov. Abbott to discuss housing affordability in Socorro
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott will stop in the El Paso area to talk to families and businesses about his new housing affordability initiative. According to a news…
Tech Crunch – Anthropic signs $10B deal with AI cloud startup Volta
Anthropic has been on a cloud partnership spree in recent months, and its latest move is reportedly a $10 billion deal with AI cloud startup Volta. Read more: Read More
Texas Monthly – Arrests made, room cleared during chaotic Tarrant County meeting on voting site cuts
Lon Burnam, a former Texas House Democrat, was carried out of the meeting by deputies who told him he was under arrest. Read: Read More
KTSM News – City OKs $380K in gap funding for Welcome Center for homeless services
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The El Paso City Council approved $380,000 in gap funding for the Welcome Center to continue to provide services to the homeless through February 2027. The expenditure…
Tech Crunch – Meet Wrinkles, an app that uncovers the hidden stories of the places around you
Wrinkles, available on both iOS and Android, essentially acts as an AI-powered audio tour guide that reveals hidden history and local stories. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Nvidia doesn’t mess around: A week after open AI industry group formed, it’s already showing progress
The week-old Open Secure AI Alliance, spearheaded by Nvidia and grown to over 120 companies, already has proposals out for defending against AI agents. Read more: Read More