Music streamer SoundCloud announced a partnership with entertainment company Live Nation today, allowing artists on its platform to list Ticketmaster and Universe events on their profile in a customized way. The company…
Tech Crunch – Khosla Ventures seeks $3.5B in fresh capital
Khosla Ventures, a firm known for early investments in OpenAI, is raising $3.5 billion across three funds, the Wall Street Journal reported. That target is 17% larger than the firm’s previous 2023 fund…
Border Report – Judge blocks immigration raids at religious groups suing Trump administration
A federal judge Monday blocked the Trump administration from conducting immigration raids at Quaker, Baptist and Sikh places of worship that are suing over its new enforcement policy. Policy guidance long instructed…
Tech Crunch – Google Drive users can now access and search transcripts for videos
After launching automatically generated captions for videos last year, Google Drive is now launching searchable video transcripts. Google announced that starting Monday, Drive users can now view and search transcripts for their…
Tech Crunch – Anthropic launches a new AI model that ‘thinks’ as long as you want
Anthropic is releasing a new frontier AI model called Claude 3.7 Sonnet, which the company designed to “think” about questions for as long as users want it to. Anthropic calls Claude 3.7…
Tech Crunch – Grok 3 appears to be driving Grok usage to new heights
Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, released Grok 3, its long-awaited flagship AI model, last week. Grok 3 powers the Grok chatbot apps for mobile and the web, as well as the Grok…
KTSM News – El Paso Fire: Pedestrian struck, hurt in Downtown El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – A pedestrian was taken to a local hospital after being struck by a vehicle on Monday, Feb. 24, in Downtown El Paso, El Paso Fire said. The…
Texas Monthly – Texas Lottery Commission says couriers no longer allowed to sell tickets
The new policy is a shift from the department’s stance earlier in February, as Lottery officials said they had no control over the third-party services. Read: Read More
Tech Crunch – The SEC will not sue Robinhood over crypto
Robinhood on Monday said that the SEC has closed its investigation into Robinhood’s crypto unit and will not pursue action. This follows Coinbase saying on Friday that the SEC has dropped its…
Tech Crunch – Perplexity teases a web browser called Comet
AI-powered search engine Perplexity says it’s building its own web browser. In a post on X on Monday, the company launched a signup list for the browser, which isn’t yet available. It’s…