EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Socorro Independent School District is launching a new customer service platform districtwide; one of the projects Texas Education Agency (TEA) conservator Michael Hinojosa told the board to…
Tech Crunch – Nuclear startup X-energy raises $1B in data center-driven IPO
Amazon-backed X-energy was able to raise around 20% more money in its IPO as demand for nuclear power surges. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Another spyware maker caught distributing fake Android snooping apps
Researchers have found a new case where government authorities used a fake Android app to plant spyware on a target’s phone. The company that allegedly developed the spyware was not previously known…
Tech Crunch – Tim Cook is stepping down. What happens to Apple now?
Tim Cook plans to step down from his CEO role in September, handing the reins to hardware chief John Ternus. Ternus may be inheriting one of the most durable businesses in tech, but he’s also…
Tech Crunch – Uber CTO Praveen Neppalli Naga joins stacked StrictlyVC SF lineup for April 30 event
Surprise! StrictlyVC San Francisco, which will kick off this year’s events lineup for TechCrunch on April 30 at the Sentro Filipino Cultural Center, is getting a new addition to its increasingly stacked…
Tech Crunch – Nothing introduces an AI-powered dictation tool
Nothing’s new on-device dictation tool supports over 100 languages. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – DeepSeek previews new AI model that ‘closes the gap’ with frontier models
DeepSeek says both models are more efficient and performant than DeepSeek V3.2 due to architectural improvements, and have almost “closed the gap” with current leading models, both open and closed, on reasoning…
KTSM News – Crash involving vehicle, pedestrian in West El Paso leads to investigation
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – “Special Traffic” police investigators were called to the scene of a crash in West El Paso Thursday evening. El Paso police said they got the call at…
El Paso Matters – Hal Marcus memorial set; YISD moves on César Chávez Academy
This is your weekly news roundup, which takes a quick look at some developments in government, politics, education, environment and other topics across El Paso. Hal Marcus Memorial, Artwork Unveiling Set for…
Tech Crunch – In another wild turn for AI chips, Meta signs deal for millions of Amazon AI CPUs
Meta has commandeered a big chunk of Amazon’s homegrown CPUs (not GPUs) for AI agentic workloads, signaling that a new kind of chip race has begun. Read more: Read More