EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The GECU Foundation made a $8,500 donation on Tuesday, Feb. 13 to fund scholarships for aspiring emergency medical technicians. The donation went to the ProAction Emergency Services…
Tech Crunch – Airbnb plans to use AI, including its GamePlanner acquisition, to create the ‘ultimate concierge’
In November, Airbnb acquired a stealth AI firm launched by Siri’s co-founder, called GamePlanner.AI. The deal valued the secretive startup at around $200 million, according to reports. Though the hosting company didn’t…
KTSM News – ‘Dump Your Ex…Again’ to help El Paso Animal Services
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Still mad at your ex as Valentine’s Day approaches? Well, the Friends of El Paso Animal Services has a way to get back at your ex and…
Tech Crunch – Waymo recalls and updates robotaxi software after two cars crashed into the same towed truck
Waymo is recalling the software that powers its robotaxi fleet after two vehicles crashed into the same towed pickup truck in Phoenix, Arizona, in December. It’s the company’s first recall. Waymo chief…
Border Report – Women return from trip to dentist in Mexico with 72 pounds of meth in SUV
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Two California women who say they went to Mexico to see a dentist are in federal custody for allegedly trying to drive back with 72 pounds…
Tech Crunch – Airbnb is making progress to get rid of those hated cleaning fees
Airbnb is slowly killing the cleaning fee as it aims for more transparent pricing. Since early last year, when the company started showing guests all-inclusive pricing when booking a property, almost 300,000…
Tech Crunch – Instacart lays off 250 employees, or 7% of its workforce, to ‘reshape’ company
Grocery-delivery giant Instacart announced today that it’s laying off around 250 employees, or roughly 7% of its global workforce, as part of a restructuring. Instacart CEO Fidji Simo said in a letter…
El Paso Matters – Were there 169 ‘terror watchlist’ arrests at the US southern border in 2023?
NO. In fiscal year 2023, U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported 169 encounters with individuals identified as “potential matches” in its Terrorist Screening Dataset at the U.S.- Mexico border. The TSDS originated…
KTSM News – El Paso PD: Woman arrested, charged with intoxication manslaughter in fatal crash
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A 22-year-old woman has been arrested and charged with intoxication manslaughter after a fatal crash in Northeast El Paso over the weekend, El Paso Police said. The…
Tech Crunch – Antithesis raises $47M to launch an automated testing platform for software
Software testing is hard. Even with the right talent in place, it doesn’t always go as planned — particularly when executed at scale. In a 2020 survey from Electric Cloud, 58% of…