EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, visited La Tuna Federal Correctional Institution on Thursday, Aug. 13, after the announcement that the facility will close soon. Additionally, she released…
Border Report – Homan defends ICE electric shock gloves as alternative to lethal force
White House border czar Tom Homan on Thursday defended plans to give Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks, arguing the devices would prevent agents from…
Tech Crunch – Unforgetful is a new reminders app for people who can’t stop hitting snooze
Unforgetful, the latest app from longtime indie developer Marco Arment, is designed to make reminders harder to ignore — or accidentally dismiss. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Google will now allow users to remove visible watermark from its AI generations
Turning off this setting won’t affect invisible benchmarks used to identify an AI generated file Read more: Read More
KTSM News – Mangione pleads guilty to federal charges in UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting
Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty on Friday to federal stalking charges stemming from the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in midtown Manhattan two years ago, a development that comes just weeks…
Tech Crunch – Does Mark Zuckerberg really believe AI is ‘for everyone’?
Meta released Glimmer this week, an open-weight AI model anyone can download and run on their own hardware — a contrast to Muse Spark, the company’s more powerful model that stays locked behind its own APIs. The…
Texas Monthly – Look up your Texas school’s A-F accountability grade, STAAR performance
Texas grades public schools largely on how well students perform on the STAAR tests. Read: Read More
El Paso Herald Post – Breaking News: Josh Dagda to Turn in Recall Signatures Today
EL PASO, Tx., August 14, 2026: In breaking news today, the organizer collecting signatures to recall Cynthia Boyar Trejo is scheduled to turn in the signatures the group collected to […] The…
Tech Crunch – Apple proposes to take a 15% cut of purchases made outside the App Store
Apple is asking a federal judge to allow it to charge commissions of up to 15% on purchases made through external links in iOS apps. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Kog is going deeper to squeeze more inference out of GPUs
The idea that GPUs are poorly suited for agentic workflows may be a misconception, according to French startup Kog. Read more: Read More