X is rolling out a revamped version of its Communities feature, which lets users network around topics of interest, each with its own dedicated space and timeline. The company on Thursday announced…
Texas Monthly – How a Texan Trolling for Putin Met His End
Russell Bonner Bentley III intended to devote the afternoon of April 8 to the banal task of picking up some new health insurance documents. The 63-year-old Texan and his wife Lyudmila had…
El Chuqueño Blog – The “Future of El Paso” Debacle
If you only get your news from El Chuqueño, you missed this piece of news. From ElPasoMatters.com: The National Science Foundation has suspended a grant that could have meant $160 million for…
KTSM News – Multiple mailboxes in Horizon vandalized, mail stolen
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – Multiple residential mailboxes were vandalized in Horizon City. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is offering a reward of up to $100,00 for information leading to the arrest…
Border Report – Biden announces ‘major step’ toward reclassifying marijuana
The Biden administration announced Thursday it had initiated the formal rulemaking process to reschedule marijuana to Schedule III from its Schedule I designation that it has held for more than 50 years….
Tech Crunch – Mark Zuckerberg’s makeover: midlife crisis or carefully crafted rebrand?
For Mark Zuckerberg’s fortieth birthday, his wife got him a photoshoot. Zuckerberg gives the camera a sly smile as he sits amid a carefully crafted recreation of his childhood bedroom. It’s appropriately…
Border Report – Report: Prosecution of DEA drug cases down
McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — A new report has found a decrease in the prosecution of drug cases referred by the Drug Enforcement Administration. In the first half of Fiscal Year 2024,…
Texas Monthly – Two Beloved San Antonio Bookstores Have Closed. Who’s to Blame?
For most of the past half century, avid readers in San Antonio have been able to find Bob Kellel somewhere in the brightly colored warren of slightly tilted shelves in Antiquarian Book…
Tech Crunch – Strava taps AI to weed out leaderboard cheats; unveils ‘family’ plan, dark mode and more
Strava announced a slew of features, including AI to weed out leaderboard cheats, a new ‘family’ subscription plan, dark mode and more. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only….
El Paso Matters – SISD sets superintendent search timeline; conservators meet with public
The Socorro Independent School District expects to hire a new leader by late August to replace former Superintendent Nate Carman, who was set to leave the district for a new job in…