“Life-changing” is an overused adjective, especially when it comes to food. Though there are some restaurants where the experience can truly alter one’s professional trajectory. Louie Mueller Barbecue in Taylor was that…
El Paso Matters – This week: City, county seek input on bond projects; El Paso Matters Book Club discussion with ‘Trash’ author
This is your weekly update, which takes a quick look at the week ahead and some developments that El Paso Matters is following. Have Your Say on City’s Proposed Amphitheater: The city…
Tech Crunch – Anycubic users say their 3D printers were hacked to warn of a security flaw
Anycubic customers are reporting that their 3D printers have been hacked and now display a message warning of an alleged security flaw in the company’s systems. Numerous threads on news sharing site…
Texas Monthly – How Dallas Teams Integrated Professional Sports in Texas
It’s no coincidence that professional football and baseball in Texas both integrated in 1952—and the breakthrough started on the gridiron.Three Black players—Sherman Howard, George Taliaferro, and Claude “Buddy” Young—were on the 1951…
Tech Crunch – Liveliness is a sports community app for finding new workout buddies
Finding people who share your active passion — to go hiking, biking, running, whatever — is a pretty enduring problem. Existing friends and family aren’t always going to be into the same…
Tech Crunch – Following the Bitcoin surge, Coinbase’s app is showing users a zero balance
Bitcoin’s rally is turning out to be bad news for Coinbase, the crypto trading app that has just confirmed some of its customers are seeing a zero balance across their Coinbase accounts….
Tech Crunch – Substack gets more social with the launch of DMs
Substack is introducing direct messaging, allowing users to have private one-on-one conversations, the company announced today. DMs can be accessed in the Chat tab on the Substack app and website. By default,…
Tech Crunch – Morph Studio lets you make flims using Stability AI-generated clips
Want to weave various Stability AI-generated video clips into a movie? Now there’s a tool for that. Morph Studio, which has its own text-to-video model, just introduced an AI filmmaking platform. The…
Tech Crunch – Former Snap design lead debuts Shader, an AR creation tool that uses AI to generate custom effects
Shader aims to challenge industry heavyweights like Snap’s AR development platform Lens Studio and TikTok’s Effect House, with its no-code AR creation tool that generates custom effects, 2D masks, and lenses in…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – FBI COMPLETES INVESTIGATION OF ILLICIT CITY GAS CARD USE, REFERS CASE TO US ATTORNEY FOR CRIMINAL PROSECUTION
Lesley Engle of KVIA reports that the FBI completed its investigation of City gas card use by Rep. Cassandra Hernandez, former Rep. Claudia Lizette Rodriguez, and possibly others.Both politicians were reprimanded by…