Here’s a roundup of some culture and civic events in the Borderland in the coming week. 9/11 25th Annual Memorial Stair Climb The University of Texas at El Paso Army ROTC Fighting…
Tech Crunch – Autonomy pivots to gas vehicles to keep the dream of car subscriptions alive
Scott Painter, founder of TrueCar, is still trying to build a business around vehicle subscriptions, where you can cancel at any time. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Instacart launches an AI grocery shopping assistant called Clementine
Instacart is the latest app to bake a conversational AI assistant into its platform. Read more: Read More
El Paso Herald Post – City Council District 5 Candidate Jacqueline Horn Removed From Ballot
EL PASO, Tx., September 9, 2026: Jacqueline Horn has been removed from the upcoming election for the District 5 city council seat, currently held by Ivan Niño, after city officials […] The…
Tech Crunch – Besxar is building an orbital semiconductor factory, one SpaceX rocket at a time
If you want to manufacture in space—and bring the products back again—there’s a limited set of options: Wait to go to the International Space Station, or partner with a handful of start-ups…
Tech Crunch – Suno replaces its AI models with a new one trained on licensed music as copyright suits pile up
As it grapples with a bevy of lawsuits, Suno said its new model, Suno v6, is not trained using music it used to train previous versions of the AI model. Read more: Read…
Texas Monthly – John Fetterman, Marjorie Taylor Greene to close and open TribFest
Two of American politics’ most unique and least predictable voices bookend our three days of live journalism. Read: Read More
Texas Monthly – Cuellar and Tijerina spar over who delivers for a South Texas district redrawn to favor the GOP
Rep. Henry Cuellar and Webb County Judge Tano Tijerina are both courting crossover support in a region where voters have been willing to defy Democratic or Republican labels. Read: Read More
Texas Monthly – Texas prisons seek $298 million for air conditioning. That’s a fraction of what’s needed.
It would cost $1.5 billion to fully cool all prisons, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice estimates. Read: Read More
Tech Crunch – Google DeepMind alumni are building tools to accelerate fusion power for the grid
Fusionality is developing control systems and simulation environments to help fusion power startups move faster. Read more: Read More