President Joe Biden delivers remarks about immigration and border security at the Brownsville Border Patrol headquarters in Texas on February 29, 2024 (Photo by Cheney Orr/Getty Images) Subscribe now Last Tuesday, in…
Tech Crunch – Omni Hotels says customers’ personal data stolen in ransomware attack
A ransomware gang called Daixin has taken credit for the breach, and claimed to steal millions of customer records dating back to 2017. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use…
Tech Crunch – Amazon brings its “Amazon Live” shoppable livestreams to Prime Video and Freevee
Amazon is trying to keep live shopping relevant with the launch of an “Amazon Live” FAST (free ad-supported TV) channel on Prime Video and Freevee. Previously only available as a feature on…
Tech Crunch – Atlas shrugged: Boston Dynamics retires its hydraulic humanoid robot
Now that humanoids are all the rage in the robotics industry, Boston Dynamics on Tuesday officially retired theirs. The Hyundai-owned firm has always marched to the beat of its own drummer. Even…
Texas Monthly – Where Your Ancestors Lived—More Than Your Race—May Explain Key Health Disparities
As a shy undergraduate at Harvard University in the late sixties, Constance Hilliard butted heads with the stodgy chairman of the history department. Convinced that there were untold stories buried in her…
Texas Monthly – This Astronomer Isn’t Buying the Latest Round of UFO Conspiracy Theories
“Can we talk UFOs?” I asked Nicholas Suntzeff, the regents professor of physics and astronomy at Texas A&M University. “I’d be happy to,” he replied, letting out a chuckle. “But just so…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – RENARD JOHNSON, HIS “ESTRANGED BROTHER,” AND THE $3 MILLION PONZI SCHEME
Martin Paredes of El Paso News just dropped a hydrogen bomb on the campaign of Renard Johnson, who is running for Mayor of El Paso and is the favored candidate of our…
Tech Crunch – Amazon Music follows Spotify with an AI playlist generator of its own, Maestro
Spotify isn’t the only one to dabble with AI playlists — on Tuesday, Amazon announced it would do the same. Amazon Music is now testing Maestro, an AI playlist generator, allowing U.S….
El Chuqueño Blog – City of Dust: Mystery Photos
by John Mulhouse I was sent two vintage photos from unidentified locations by someone that wants to know where their forbears had been hanging out. Nobody on the City of Dust Facebook…
El Paso News Renard Johnson, His “Estranged Brother” And The Ponzi Scheme
On April 11, 2024, both KVIA and KTSM reported that Timothy Johnson was accused by federal authorities of running a multi-million-dollar Ponzi scheme in El Paso. It was KVIA that reported that…