EL PASO, Tx., June 12, 2026: As a 23-year-old student, I watched the city council meeting on the Meta data center to see local democracy in action. I expected thoughtful […] The…
Tech Crunch – US surveillance law to expire for first time after lawmakers reject Trump’s controversial pick to lead spy agencies
The spy law known as Section 702, which authorizes the NSA and FBI’s warrantless surveillance, will all but certainly expire on Friday for the first time. Read more: Read More
Texas Monthly – Texas takes over voter registration in Val Verde County amid struggles with registration
The secretary of state is using a law that was originally written to focus on problems in Harris County. Read: Read More
Texas Monthly – Texas agency to set rules for using treated fracking wastewater on farmland
The state’s environmental regulator will hold a public hearing June 15 on its proposed rules for how the toxic wastewater can be reused. Here’s what you should know. Read: Read More
Tech Crunch – Cheaper, faster, and culturally aware, Avataar’s video AI is built for India’s scale
Avataar AI’s distilled video model is priced at $0.005 for every second of generation Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Equal AI raises $30M to screen calls so Indians don’t have to
Equal AI said that its AI-powered call assistant now has over a million monthly active users. Read more: Read More
Border Report – Why World Cup stadiums won’t have their usual names
Stadiums are having to set aside huge amounts of money to “debrand.” Read: Read More
KTSM News – Driver caught after fleeing hit-and-run crash in far East El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A 40-year-old man was arrested after allegedly fleeing from a hit-and-run crash in far East El Paso. Ramon Pena was charged with collision involving damage to a…
Tech Crunch – Theker just raised $85M to build the factory robot that doesn’t specialize in anything
Unlike humanoid robots designed around a fixed form — think Boston Dynamics — Theker’s machines are built to be reconfigured. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Jeff Bezos’s Prometheus raises $12B to build an ‘artificial general engineer’ for the physical world
The new round values the physical AI startup that aims to automate heavy engineering and drug design at $41 billion. Read more: Read More