In this week’s episode, the TribCast team talks to Phillip Kaufman, head of Texas A&M’s entomology department, and Josh Winegarner from the Texas Cattle Feeders Association about the arrival of screwworm in…
KTSM News – Hundreds pack City Hall for META contract vote
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – The El Paso City Council’s vote will not immediately end a contract with social media giant META but hundreds packed City Hall to urge their representatives to…
Tech Crunch – GM joins race to build batteries for AI data centers and the grid
GM is developing an entirely new sodium-ion battery chemistry for use in everything from data centers to its own factories. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Hey Siri, here’s what I actually want from AI
I’m desperate for a personal AI assistant, but do I really want to become the kind of person who can’t function without the friendly robot voice in my phone? Read more: Read More
El Paso Matters – Walmart reaches settlements with 63 plaintiffs, cancels mediation for 29 others in El Paso mass shooting, court records show
Most of the plaintiffs suing Walmart and a bank as a result of the 2019 El Paso mass shooting have reached settlements in recent weeks, court records show. But the retail giant…
Border Report – As screwworm nears, rural Zapata County has no vet to get preventative drugs
As cases of New World screwworm increase in Texas, the South Texas ranching county of Zapata is especially concerned because they don’t have a veterinarian in the entire county to treat livestock…
Tech Crunch – Anthropic’s Fable 5 can make weirdly fun video games with the click of a button
Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 is going to be a big hit with the web’s vibe coders. Read more: Read More
KTSM News – Texas NAACP to host State Convention in El Paso this October
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The Texas NAACP will hold its 89th Annual State Convention Oct. 1–3 at the Hotel Paso Del Norte in El Paso, the organization announced on Tuesday, June…
KTSM News – Seven Cabins Fire in New Mexico at 94% contain
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The Seven Cabins Fire, in Lincoln County, New Mexico, remains at about 31,800 acres and is now 94 percent contained, fire officials said on Tuesday, June 9….
Tech Crunch – Can tech companies learn to love cheaper AI models?
If those same AI workloads can be handled by cheaper models without affecting quality, it would mean a massive shift in the economics of AI. Read more: Read More