Kelvin Sampson is among the greatest college basketball coaches of his generation, but at one point it seemed he might never coach college hoops again. In 2008, while working at Indiana University,…
Texas Monthly – An Adventurous Week of “Yes” on South Padre Island
One of my earliest vacation memories involves the dunes of Padre Island—the northern end, near Corpus Christi. When I was in sixth grade, my thrifty grandma mailed in enough empty Virginia Slims…
Texas Monthly – Plastic Has Overrun the Planet. Does “Advanced” Recycling Offer a Solution?
Outside a hulking, beige structure shaped like a barn, a few miles northeast of downtown Tyler, Karen Combs spots something glossy and red on a gloomy January afternoon. “There was your Skittles,”…
Tech Crunch – Memorizer is a movie and book tracking app that also helps you find inspiration
There are quite a few apps that let you log the movies, TV shows and books that you have watched and read. Some of them are indie apps that take advantage of…
El Paso Matters – Incumbent, predecessor compete to be 383rd District Court judge
After being out of office for four years, the former judge of the 383rd District Court wants his seat back as he is challenging the incumbent who replaced him in 2020. Current…
Tech Crunch – YC-backed Cambio puts AI bots on the phone to negotiate debt, talk to a bank’s customers
A Y Combinator-backed startup called Cambio is bringing AI to the banking world in a surprising way: it’s putting AI bots on the phone with companies and consumers. The startup began by…
El Paso Taxpayer Revolt – EL PASO TAXPAYER REVOLT INTERVIEWS FORMER TEXAS HOUSE REP. JOE PICKETT, WHO IS SUING THE CITY OVER ILLEGAL TAXES ON OUR WATER BILLS
Former Texas House Rep. Joe Pickett is suing the City of El Paso because it levies illegal taxes on our water bills. Unless the City settles the case and makes the taxpayers…
The Border Chronicle – Oil Billionaires Bankroll the Border “Chaos”
Residents of Eagle Pass, TX gather outside of Shelby park to protest the closing of Shelby park, and the Take Back Our Border convoy on February 4, 2024. (Photo credit Raquel Natalicchio…
Tech Crunch – Fertility tracker Glow fixes bug that exposed users’ personal data
A bug in the online forum for the fertility tracking app Glow exposed the personal data of around 25 million users, according to a security researcher. The bug exposed users’ first and…
Tech Crunch – Mindy gets backing from Sequoia to build an email-based AI assistant
Last year, there was an interest in agent-based AI approaches, such as AutoGPT. This year, we are seeing startups implementing some of these use cases of “let the AI do the work…