Weeks after a divisive primary that forced out a lion of their party, Texas Republicans sought to come together at their 2026 convention. Held in downtown Houston, the three-day confab was marked…
El Paso Matters – Opinion: Why New Mexicans should organize against Project Jupiter and future data centers
By Lorien House All over the United States, people are protesting new data centers because of obvious harms: energy consumption, water use and contamination, waste (including vast quantities of e-waste), air, light…
Tech Crunch – The slowtech revolution is here to kill your phone addiction and rescue your attention span
“People just really want to take back control of their time, their lives, their attention… They’re down for whatever helps them do that.” Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Collecting robot training data is dirty, unglamorous work. Some AI labs are already paying XDOF to do it.
If physical AI is going to match the accomplishments of LLMs, there’s a data problem that needs to be solved. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Pramaana Labs raises $27M seed round from Khosla Ventures to bring formal verification to AI
Pramaana will focus on highly sensitive verticals like law, drug discovery, and tax preparation — where errors can be costly and reliability is at a premium. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – SpaceX alum nabs $22M to turn rocket engines into geothermal power plants
Critical Energy is turning rocket engines into geothermal power plants, and it wants to build 300 GW per year by 2045. Read more: Read More
El Paso Matters – Party on the Plaza, Juneteenth discussion headline El Paso events roundup
Here’s a roundup of some culture and civic events in the borderland in the coming week. Party on the Plaza: Noche de Mariachi Party on the Plaza, a free outdoor concert series…
El Paso Herald Post – Is Iran Receiving $300 Billion to End the Conflict? Here is the 14-Point Proposed Deal and What You Need to Know
TEHRAN, Iran, June 17, 2026: The Iranian-backed Mehr News Agency has released a leaked copy of a draft copy of the 14-point Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Iran and the […] The…
Tech Crunch – Canadian pension giant joins race to fund India’s AI-fueled data center boom
The Canadian pension giant will acquire an 8.2% stake in CtrlS, a tech giant that operates more than 15 data centers across India. Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – DeepL acquires Mixhalo for live-event audio streaming and translation
With this acquisition, DeepL is opening an office in San Francisco to expand its U.S. business. Read more: Read More