SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — Mexico’s Secretary of Defense, Gen. Ricardo Trevilla, told reporters Tuesday morning that U.S. intelligence-gathering drone flights have led to the arrests of at least two cartel leaders….
Tech Crunch – Y Combinator deletes posts after a startup’s demo goes viral
YC deleted a controversial demo video from one of its startups, which monitors factory workers with AI cameras. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Read more: Read More
Border Report – IED kills border rancher in Mexico, prompting warning about cartels from Texas ag commissioner
McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller on Tuesday warned of Mexican cartel violence that he says threatens ranchers and farmers along the South Texas border. Boat-by-boat, migrants are…
Texas Monthly – Texas wants the NCAA to start “sex-screening” its student athletes
The state lawsuit comes as more women athletes are being physically scrutinized to determine if they are transgender. Read: Read More
Texas Monthly – U.S. Rep. August Pfluger benefits from fund drive promoting third Trump term
A Trump official says the president did not approve the fundraising message connected to the Republican Study Committee. Read: Read More
Tech Crunch – Anthropic’s latest flagship AI might not have been incredibly costly to train
Anthropic’s newest flagship AI model, Claude 3.7 Sonnet, cost “a few tens of millions of dollars” to train using less than 10^26 FLOPs of computing power. That’s according to Wharton professor Ethan Mollick,…
Texas Monthly – High housing costs, inflation bite into Texas sales tax growth
Officials said the state’s higher cost of living means less state sales tax revenue, which makes up more than half of the state budget. Read: Read More
Texas Monthly – More than 100 arrested in Colony Ridge raids, ICE says
The development outside of Houston has long drawn the ire of Texas Republicans who claim it’s a haven for undocumented people. Read: Read More
Tech Crunch – Perplexity launches $50M seed and pre-seed VC fund
Perplexity, the developer of an AI-powered search engine, is raising a $50 million seed and pre-seed investment fund, CNBC reported. Although the majority of the capital is coming from limited partners, Perplexity…
Tech Crunch – DOGE has an official ‘acting’ administrator, and it’s not Elon Musk, White House confirms
Amy Gleason is named as the acting administrator of DOGE, amid ambiguity over Elon Musk’s role. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Read more: Read More