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Border Report – Sen. Cruz to lead town hall on South Texas border
McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — A town hall meeting on the state of South Texas and the border will be held on Sunday in Laredo. Largest single haul of meth seized at…
KTSM News – 1 person dead, 1 hurt after being run over in far East EP
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — One person is in custody after two people were run over in far East El Paso County on Friday, Feb. 23, according to the El Paso County…
Tech Crunch – Treating a chatbot nicely might boost its performance — here’s why
People are more likely to do something if you ask nicely. That’s a fact most of us are well aware of. But do generative AI models behave the same way? To a…
Texas Monthly – Panther City BBQ Had Its Smokers Stolen. The Owners Took It Upon Themselves to Track Down the Thief.
New Year’s Day of 2024 was rough for Chris Magallanes. The co-owner of Panther City BBQ, in Fort Worth, received a call that morning from his son, Cristian, who’s also an employee…
Border Report – US trucker found dead hanging in holding cell at Border Patrol checkpoint
McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — A U.S. trucker was found dead in a Border Patrol holding cell at a South Texas checkpoint, the agency said. The 43-year-old male driver was found Feb….
Tech Crunch – Humane pushes Ai Pin ship date to mid-April
Hardware is difficult, to paraphrase a famous adage. First-generation products from new startups are notoriously so, regardless of how much money and excitement you’ve managed to drum up. Given all that, it’s…
Border Report – Former Mexican officers charged with couple’s murder
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Mexican authorities have charged two of five former Chihuahua state police officers suspected of abducting and killing a young couple in December 2020. The officers became…
Tech Crunch – Arc browser’s new AI-powered ‘pinch-to-summarize’ feature is clever, but often miss the mark
The Browser company’s Arc, a browser focused on a less cluttered web experience, launched a new feature in its mobile app Arc Search that uses AI to summarize web pages. The feature…
KTSM News – City, County Attorney’s Office file lawsuits against Jaguars for alleged illegal activity
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The City of El Paso and the El Paso County Attorney’s Office have both filed seperate lawsuits against Jaguars Gold Club located in East El Paso for…