In the age of generative AI, when chatbots can provide detailed answers to questions based on content pulled from the internet, the line between fair use and plagiarism, and between routine web…
Tech Crunch – Figma disables its AI design feature that appeared to be ripping off Apple’s Weather app
Figma CEO Dylan Field says the company will temporarily disable its “Make Design” AI feature that was said to be ripping off the designs of Apple’s own Weather app. The problem was…
Texas Monthly – Get Your Summer on With These Taco and Beer Pairings
Tortilla chips and margaritas. Chocolate and red wine. Caviar and champagne. They’re all excellent food and beverage matchups, but a less talked-about pairing that deserves more attention is tacos and beer.While it’s…
Tech Crunch – Computing and shielding startups join forces to put AI-capable chips in space
Sophisticated spacecraft often run on shockingly outdated computing systems: consider that the Perseverance rover runs on a PowerPC 750, the processor famous for running on iMacs in the late 1990s. San Francisco-based…
Texas Monthly – A Stroke Didn’t Stop Me From Paddling 86 Miles Down the Nueces River
It was something I always had wanted to do—go under my own power down a river to the sea. At its core was both the idea and the sensation of freedom. Living…
El Paso Matters – Photo essay: A view of the border from the Rio Grande Valley
By Adelaide Olberding / El Paso Matters EAGLE PASS, Texas — Immigration policy changes announced by President Joe Biden in recent weeks haven’t completely curbed the number of individuals who continue to…
El Paso News Special Report: El Paso, Ellis Island And The Rio Vista Processing Center For ‘Legalized Slavery’
Often overlooked in today’s narratives, Rio Vista Bracero Reception Center was the true Ellis Island of the Southwest. As a former director has called it, Rio Vista helped to process thousands into…
Tech Crunch – Industry Ventures raises a $900M fund for investing in small, early-stage VCs and their breakout startups
The venture fundraising trend in 2024 is fairly clear by now: Large, established VC firms are continuing to attract capital from limited partners, while smaller, newer funds are finding it more difficult…
Tech Crunch – Husband-and-wife former Olympians target $50M for new fund to invest in influencer-led consumer brands
Samyr Laine and Ayanna Alexander-Laine now put their grit and determination to work for founders wanting to launch and scale consumer brands. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only….
Tech Crunch – As the AI boom gobbles up power, Phaidra is helping companies manage datacenter power more efficiently
Electricity demand is booming on account of AI. In a May 2024 report, Goldman Sachs predicted that data centers will use 8% of the U.S.’s total power supply by 2030, up from 3% in…