When Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Aloe Blacc got COVID despite being vaccinated and boosted, he tried to fund research for a better solution. What he quickly found out? You can’t just write a check in biotech. Regulators require a commercialization plan, and philanthropy doesn’t move…
El Paso Herald Post – El Paso’s $100 Billion Annual Economy Faces A Crucial Deadline on July 1
WASHINGTON., April 15, 2026: An upcoming deadline is looming on the horizon hidden behind rising gasoline prices, global uncertainty in the Middle East and the ongoing partial federal government shutdown […] The…
Tech Crunch – Snap is cutting 1,000 jobs, 16% of its workforce
The company cites advancements in AI for the cuts. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Reid Hoffman weighs in on the ‘tokenmaxxing’ debate
Reid Hoffman says tracking AI token use can gauge adoption, but cautions it should be paired with context and not treated as a direct productivity metric. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Adobe’s new Firefly AI assistant can use Creative Cloud apps to complete tasks
Adobe says the assistant can work across apps like Firefly, Photoshop, Premiere, Lightroom, Express, Illustrator and its other apps to do tasks for you. Read more: Read More
El Paso Matters – El Paso Science Festival returns; Third Thursdays activate Downtown Arts District
Here’s a roundup of some culture and civic events in the borderland in the coming week. El Paso Science Festival The El Paso Science Festival will return with two days of hands-on…
Tech Crunch – Amazon unveils a slimmer Fire TV Stick HD, opens Ember Artline TVs for preorder
On Wednesday, Amazon announced the launch of its new Fire TV Stick HD and Ember Artline televisions, both now available for preorder. Following the initial release of the first-generation Fire TV Stick…
Tech Crunch – This startup is betting tokenmaxxing will create the next compute giant
Parasail raised $32 million in a Series A, signaling a fractured future of models and compute. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Chipmakers AMD, Arm, and Qualcomm are all investing in this buzzy self-driving tech startup
Wayve’s $1.2 billion Series D round, which was announced in February, keeps growing. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Gitar, a startup that uses agents to secure code, emerges from stealth with $9 million
The company uses AI to review code that, more often than not these days, has also been generated by AI. Read more: Read More