LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – Social media posts mistakenly identified a law enforcement-themed Las Vegas ice cream truck as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement vehicle, leading its owner to fear for his safety….
Border Report – Deportation flights from the US to Colombia resume after a diplomatic spat
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian migrants returning home Tuesday on Colombian military flights described being shackled during earlier U.S. flights that were blocked by their country’s leader in a dispute with President…
Tech Crunch – Hugging Face researchers are trying to build a more open version of DeepSeek’s AI ‘reasoning’ model
Barely a week after DeepSeek released its R1 “reasoning” AI model — which sent markets into a tizzy — researchers at Hugging Face are trying to replicate the model from scratch in…
Tech Crunch – Automattic and others back Openvibe, an app that’s unifying the open social web
Openvibe’s clever app that integrates multiple open social networks including Bluesky, Mastodon, Nostr, and Threads, just got a boost toward its future development. The company on Tuesday announced that it has received…
Tech Crunch – Eric Schmidt says DeepSeek marks a ‘turning point’ for the global AI race
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt called for the United States to ramp up open-source AI efforts to address the rise of DeepSeek in a Washington Post op-ed published Tuesday. Just last year,…
Tech Crunch – Who is Liang Wenfeng? DeepSeek founder comes from AI investing
DeepSeek, a Chinese AI lab, has Silicon Valley reeling with its R1 reasoning model, which it claims uses far less computing power than those of American AI leaders — and, it’s open…
Tech Crunch – Waymo is reportedly building a charity ‘tipping’ feature into its robotaxi app
Alphabet-owned autonomous vehicle company Waymo might be planning to test a feature that will allow robotaxi riders to add a “tip” that will go to the charity of their choice after a…
Tech Crunch – Ambi Robotics built a clever solution to automate pallet packing
UC Berkeley spinout Ambi Robotics announced Tuesday the arrival of AmbiStack, a novel system that automates pallet packing. The system features an industrial robotic arm mounted above a conveyer belt that moves…
Tech Crunch – Geek Ventures, a fund that specializes in backing immigrant founders, is raising a second fund
Geek Ventures is raising a Fund II, according to a recent SEC filing. The firm, founded in 2021 by Ihar Mahaniok, focuses on investing in early-stage immigrant founders. Mahaniok immigrated to the…
El Paso Matters – City, county, nonprofits scramble amid Trump’s executive order suspending federal grants
El Paso nonprofits, higher education institutions, health care providers and governments were gripped by uncertainty Tuesday, trying to understand the potential impact of a Trump administration order that temporarily suspended billions of…