Storied Silicon Valley VC firm Andreessen Horowitz is backing a fledgling U.K. startup that’s setting out to “redefine” how AI is used to match companies with talent. Dex, as the startup is…
Tech Crunch – Grouphug is a stealth-mode startup that plans use AI inside WhatsApp groups
Veterans of the European startup scene, who’ve launched multiple consumer apps in the past, are partly coming out of stealth Tuesday with a new app. On the face of it, Grouphug will…
Tech Crunch – IXI raises $36.5M from Amazon and more to bring the concept of autofocus to prescription glasses
Blink and you’ll miss it: a startup out of Finland is taking a new look at the market for prescription eyewear. Tapping into innovations in eye-tracking and liquid crystal lens technology, IXI…
Border Report – Judiciary Republicans announce meeting on bill with vast immigration changes
Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee have scheduled a Wednesday meeting to craft sweeping changes to federal immigration laws — a key component of President Trump’s domestic agenda that GOP leaders are…
Border Report – White House defends deportation of children born in the U.S.
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – The White House is pushing back on claims they deported children who are U.S. citizens, after a lawsuit, and questions from a federal judge. Over the weekend, three children,…
Border Report – UTRGV international students’ SEVIS status reactivated
EDINBURG, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley announced that the nine students who had their visas revoked earlier this month have now had their records reactivated on a…
Border Report – Border encounters down 94% in Trump’s first two months
AUSTIN (Nexstar) — According to data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (USCBP), border agents has 11,709 “encounters” in February and 11,017 in March. Encounters refers to the amount of people not…
Tech Crunch – Reddit now supports translation of posts and comments into Hindi
In a bid to broaden its user base in India, Reddit has updated its machine translation feature to support the automatic translation of posts and comments into Hindi. “With this expansion, authentic,…
Tech Crunch – Are EWOR fellowships the real project Europe is looking for?
Supporting super-early stage entrepreneurs in Europe seems to be suddenly in vogue. Back in March, “Project Europe” was launched to great fanfare by podcaster and VC Harry Stebbings with a small $10…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – DECK PLAZA IS PROJECTED TO COST $412 MILLION, DOUBLE WHAT CITY CLAIMS
[[{“value”:” In November 2022, City Council voted to hire Stantec Consulting Services at a cost of $1,321,785 to conduct a feasibility study for the construction of a downtown deck plaza over Interstate…