Richard Parker, an award-winning journalist and author known for his incisive commentary on the American Southwest, died this week. He was 61. Parker, who was raised in El Paso, dedicated much of…
Tech Crunch – Microsoft reportedly ramps up AI efforts to compete with OpenAI
Microsoft is accelerating its push to compete with OpenAI, its longtime collaborator, by developing its own powerful AI models and exploring alternatives to power products like Microsoft’s Copilot bot. Microsoft has developed…
Tech Crunch – SXSW 2025: What we’re paying attention to
TechCrunch will be on the ground at SXSW 2025 — the annual tech, music, comedy, and film conference that kicked off Friday in Austin — in search of the zeitgeist of this…
Tech Crunch – Signal President Meredith Whittaker calls out agentic AI as having ‘profound’ security and privacy issues
Signal President Meredith Whittaker warned Friday that agentic AI could come with a risk to user privacy. Speaking on stage at the SXSW conference in Austin, Texas, the advocate for secure communications,…
Border Report – ICE deports Mexican national wanted in disappearance of 43 Mexican students
McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have sent back to Mexico a Mexican national wanted for kidnapping and organized crime in connection with the disappearance and abduction…
Border Report – Tariffs caught many maquiladoras in Tijuana by surprise
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — The tariffs that President Donald Trump imposed on Mexican products this week caught a majority of maquiladoras in Tijuana off-guard. Diana Reyes Herrera, president of the Tijuana…
Tech Crunch – Intuitive Machines’ second moon lander is dead
Intuitive Machines’ Athena lunar lander is dead, just one day after it touched down at the moon’s south pole and tipped over. Luckily, the company says it was able to “accelerate several…
Border Report – US repatriating 135 migrants daily to Mexico on flights
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials says the U.S. is deporting a daily average of 135 migrants on flights to Mexico CBP Deputy Director Ricardo Moreno…
Border Report – Brief tariff period halted 30% of Tijuana product deliveries into US
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — Thirty percent of product deliveries into the U.S. from Tijuana were put on hold between Tuesday and Thursday while tariffs were in place. Israel Delgado Vallejo, vice…
Tech Crunch – US lawmakers have already introduce hundreds of AI bills in 2025
Just over two months into 2025, the number of pending AI bills in the U.S. has grown to 781, according to an online tracking tool. The tool, maintained by consulting firm MultiState,…