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SpaceX's Starbase in South Texas is establishing its own police department to protect its assets, according to TechCrunch. The city commission approved an ordinance during a special meeting on Tuesday to create the municipal police department, pending approval from the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE).

According to Valley Central, the department will be led by a chief of police elected by the city commission and is expected to hire eight officers. City administrator Kent Myers told Valley Central, "There is a lot of assets here with the operations of SpaceX...Those assets need to be protected, and so the police department will play a critical part in protecting those assets." The timeline for the department's launch is estimated to be within a few months.

In other tech news, Resolve AI, a startup focused on automating system reliability engineering (SRE), announced a $125 million Series A funding round, achieving a unicorn valuation of $1 billion, according to TechCrunch. Lightspeed Venture Partners led the round, with participation from existing investors including Greylock Partners, Unusual Ventures, Artisanal Ventures, and A. The announcement confirms TechCrunch's December report that the startup was raising at a billion-dollar valuation led by Lightspeed. A spokesperson for Resolve denied reports of multiple tranches in the round, stating that 100% of the equity was purchased at a single price.

Amazon is also making strides in the tech world. Amazon MGM Studios will begin testing AI tools for film and TV production in March, according to Reuters, with initial outcomes expected by May. The AI Studio, launched last summer, aims to streamline production by improving character consistency and supporting pre- and post-production. The closed beta program will invite industry partners to try out the AI tools. The AI Studio is collaborating with producers like Robert Stromberg, Kunal Nayyar, and Colin Braid.

The Internet Archive, a non-profit dedicated to archiving the internet, has partnered with Automattic, the company behind WordPress, to launch a new WordPress plugin called Link Fixer, according to TechCrunch. The plugin is designed to combat link rot, the phenomenon of broken links in online articles. The Archives Wayback Machine indexes the web through widespread snapshotting. A Pew Research study from 2021 found that 23% of links to news content decayed after a period of time.

Finally, Gizmo, a TikTok-like app for interactive mini applications, is offering a new way to create interactive media, according to TechCrunch. The mobile app from Atma Sciences allows users to create experiences using text, photos, sound, and touch, displayed in a vertical feed. Unlike traditional short-form video apps, Gizmo allows users to interact with the mini apps through tapping, swiping, drawing, and more. These Gizmos can include interactive puzzles, memes, art, and animation.

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