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Tech Crunch – Milestone raises $10M to make sure AI rhymes with ROI
Israeli startup Milestone raised a $10 million seed funding round to correlate AI tool usage with engineering metrics, including code quality. Read more: Read More
Texas Monthly – How building a new hospital cost this rural Texas town a place to deliver babies
Olney Hamilton Hospital joins the nearly 60% of rural Texas hospitals that do not deliver babies, leaving large swaths of the state without a nearby place to give birth. Read: Read More
Tech Crunch – Cash App debuts a new AI assistant that answers questions about your finances
Cash App is adding a map to its app to let users discover places that accept bitcoin Read more: Read More
Tech Crunch – Willow’s voice keyboard lets you type across all your iOS apps — and actually edit what you said
Willow’s iOS keyboard lets you type or use your voice to dictate and input text. Read more: Read More
Border Report – Trump on H-1B visas: US lacks enough ‘talented people’
The H-1B visa program, which was created in 1990, allows employers to hire foreign workers in certain specialty occupations. Read: Read More
Border Report – Trump signs funding bill to end historic government shutdown
President Trump on Wednesday signed a government funding bill to officially end the longest shutdown in history after 43 days. Trump signed legislation in the Oval Office, where he placed blame for…
Border Report – Hemp-derived THC drinks, edibles could soon disappear because of shutdown bill
Popular THC-infused drinks and edibles may disappear from store shelves in the next year as Congress is on the verge of passing a ban on nearly all hemp-derived THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, products….
Tech Crunch – Kering-backed fund Mirova pours $30.5M into India’s Varaha for regenerative farming
Varaha aims to support around 337,000 farmers across 675,000 hectares in northern India through its regenerative farming project. Read more: Read More
Border Report – These six House Democrats voted with Republicans to end the shutdown
Six House Democrats on Wednesday crossed the aisle to vote in favor of a funding measure aimed at ending the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. The Democrats provided a cushion for…