The survey of likely Democratic voters suggests the March 3 primary is a toss-up less than three weeks out from early voting. Read: Read More
Tech Crunch – Waymo robotaxis are now giving rides to and from San Francisco International Airport
Waymo has worked for years to gain access to SFO. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – I built marshmallow castles in Google’s new AI world generator
Starting Thursday, Google AI Ultra subscribers in the U.S. can play around with Project Genie, which is powered by a combination of Google’s latest world model Genie 3, its image generation model…
Texas Monthly – Federal officials close discrimination case over Texas’ distribution of Hurricane Harvey aid
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has ended a yearslong investigation into how the General Land Office handled $1 billion in disaster aid. Read: Read More
Border Report – Poached elephant trunks, rhino horns seized in California; 3 arrested
The shipments also contained saiga antelope, walrus tusks, suspected bear gallbladders and turtle shells. Read: Read More
Texas Monthly – This newspaper publisher is challenging her fellow Republicans to do better for rural Texas
Suzanne Bellsnyder used to work for Republicans in Austin. Now she’s challenging them to do better for rural Texas, where she lives and operates two newspapers and a growing Substack newsletter. Read:…
Border Report – DHS fight is a long time in the making: 5 takeaways from Minneapolis
The battle over President Donald Trump’s deportation surge has captivated Congress and the country, pushing immigration to the forefront of Washington’s agenda and putting intense new scrutiny on the size and scope…
Border Report – Democratic Sen. Klobuchar plans to run for Minnesota governor after Walz withdraws
U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar said Thursday she is running for governor of Minnesota, promising to take on President Donald Trump while unifying a state that has endured a series of challenges even before the…
Tech Crunch – OpenAI’s Sora app is struggling after its stellar launch
New data suggests the app is seeing declines in both app downloads and consumer spending, as the early hype about the AI video social network wears off. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Music publishers sue Anthropic for $3B over ‘flagrant piracy’ of 20,000 works
Originally, these music publishers had filed a lawsuit against Anthropic over its use of about 500 copyrighted works. Read more: Read More