Nearly 180 detainees are under quarantine for possible measles exposure at Camp East Montana, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility on Fort Bliss, city health officials told El Paso Matters on Wednesday….
KTSM News – Rep. Perez calls to contest Marathon Refinery’s air permit
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — State Rep. Vince Perez, D-El Paso, has called for a contested case hearing on Marathon Refinery’s Air Permit, the first in nearly 100 years, on Wednesday, June…
KTSM News – Comedian Gabriel ‘Fluffy’ Iglesias announces 2027 El Paso show
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — American comedian Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias will bring his “1976 Tour: A Fluffy Celebration” to the Borderland in 2027. El Paso Live announced in a Facebook post that…
Tech Crunch – Uber to put 500 data-collection vehicles on the road this year
The modified Ioniq 5 will be loaded with sensors to capture data for Uber’s new AV Labs division. Read more: Read More
Texas Monthly – First U.S. suspected case of New World screwworm reported in South Texas
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the suspected case on Wednesday, one day after Secretary Brooke Rollins said the parasitic fly was 25 miles away from the U.S.-Mexico border. Read: Read More
Tech Crunch – Alphabet’s record-breaking $85B raise for Google’s AI business is a helluva good signal
If Alphabet’s record-breaking, $85 billion stock sale signals investor appetite for AI-related offerings, we can see that investors are ready to chow. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Meta mercifully spun out VR fitness game Supernatural instead of just killing it
Meta appears to have listened to the Supernatural users who protested the app’s sad fate after sweeping layoffs. Read more: Read More
El Paso Matters – El Paso officials say city can’t cancel Meta data center deal
El Paso’s top city officials said the municipal government cannot back out of a tax break agreement it granted Meta Platforms, Inc. in exchange for the company developing a data center in…
Tech Crunch – Substack’s new ‘Reply Rules’ feature lets creators control how people respond
Substack’s new Reply Rules feature is currently available for all English-language publications and is designed to give creators greater control over how their audiences respond. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Google’s Dreambeans, its weirdest-named AI tool to date, will turn your life into a cartoon
Dreambeans is a curated list of AI-illustrated “stories” culled from the personal data in your Google account. Read more: Read More