The Biden administration announced Thursday it had initiated the formal rulemaking process to reschedule marijuana to Schedule III from its Schedule I designation that it has held for more than 50 years….
Tech Crunch – Mark Zuckerberg’s makeover: midlife crisis or carefully crafted rebrand?
For Mark Zuckerberg’s fortieth birthday, his wife got him a photoshoot. Zuckerberg gives the camera a sly smile as he sits amid a carefully crafted recreation of his childhood bedroom. It’s appropriately…
Border Report – Report: Prosecution of DEA drug cases down
McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — A new report has found a decrease in the prosecution of drug cases referred by the Drug Enforcement Administration. In the first half of Fiscal Year 2024,…
Texas Monthly – Two Beloved San Antonio Bookstores Have Closed. Who’s to Blame?
For most of the past half century, avid readers in San Antonio have been able to find Bob Kellel somewhere in the brightly colored warren of slightly tilted shelves in Antiquarian Book…
Tech Crunch – Strava taps AI to weed out leaderboard cheats; unveils ‘family’ plan, dark mode and more
Strava announced a slew of features, including AI to weed out leaderboard cheats, a new ‘family’ subscription plan, dark mode and more. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only….
El Paso Matters – SISD sets superintendent search timeline; conservators meet with public
The Socorro Independent School District expects to hire a new leader by late August to replace former Superintendent Nate Carman, who was set to leave the district for a new job in…
Tech Crunch – Astronauts fall over. Robotic limbs can help them back up.
We all fall down sometimes. Astronauts are no exception. You need to be in peak physical condition for space travel, but bulky space suits and lower gravity levels can be a recipe…
Tech Crunch – Microsoft’s custom Cobalt chips will come to Azure next week
Microsoft will launch its custom Cobalt 100 chips to customers as a public preview at its Build conference next week, TechCrunch has learned. In an analyst briefing ahead of Build, Scott Guthrie,…
The Border Chronicle – ‘The Case for Open Borders’: A Book Review from the Banks of the Rio Grande
Subscribe now This review is a collaboration between The Border Chronicle and NACLA. Share The Border Patrol agent walked down the slope to where I was packing up my tent and asked…
Border Report – Texas Gov. Abbott expands Del Rio border wall, installs cameras
(NewsNation) — In Del Rio, Texas, migrants regularly try to evade law enforcement when they cross the southern border. Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott is trying to prevent that from happening by…