Air traffic controllers lost communication for about 10 minutes with a small Mexican Navy plane carrying a young medical patient and seven others before it crashed off the Texas coast, killing at…
Texas Monthly – Probes of racism in Lubbock schools have stalled under Trump
West Texas parents say racist incidents are going unchecked after the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights retreated from investigating schools. Read: Read More
Tech Crunch – Marissa Mayer’s new startup Dazzle raises $8M led by Forerunner’s Kirsten Green
Mayer launched Dazzle after shuttering her photo and contact management startup Sunshine. Green’s investment suggests Dazzle is poised for the coming wave of new AI-infused consumer businesses. Read more: Read More
Border Report – ‘Nonhuman’ meat discovered in U.S.-bound traveler’s luggage
Workers at one of America’s busiest airports intercepted the cargo from a passenger coming from Africa. Read: Read More
Border Report – Republicans divided on whether Trump should topple Venezuela’s Maduro with military force
Republican lawmakers are divided over whether President Trump should escalate military pressure on Venezuela to oust President Nicolás Maduro, with some Republicans warning that “regime change” has a history of backfiring on…
Tech Crunch – Amazon’s AI assistant Alexa+ now works with Angi, Expedia, Square, and Yelp
The new integrations join other services like Yelp, Uber, OpenTable and others. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Lemon Slice nabs $10.5M from YC and Matrix to build out its digital avatar tech
Digital avatar generation company Lemon Slice is working to add a video layer to AI chatbots with a new diffusion model that can create digital avatars from a single image. Read more: Read…
Tech Crunch – France’s postal and banking services disrupted by suspected DDoS attack
France’s postal service, La Poste, said it was hit by a disruptive cyberattack that knocked its services offline. Read more: Read More
KTSM News – Muñoz to lead Border Patrol’s El Paso Sector
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Jesse D. Muñoz, a 25-year veteran of the U.S. Border Patrol, is the new chief patrol agent of the El Paso Sector, Border Report has learned….
Tech Crunch – Inside Uzbekistan’s nationwide license plate surveillance system
The Uzbek government’s national license plate scanning system was discovered exposed to the internet for anyone to access without a password. Read more: Read More