1+ day, 51+ min ago   (364+ words) In the Republican primary for U.S. Senate, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton targeted Sen. John Cornyn with an AI-generated ad falsely showing the incumbent dancing with Democratic U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett. Politics and parody have gone hand in hand since the days…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (682+ words) As Tesla Inc. launched its purpose-built robotaxi last week, the company sent a call-out: Help us build our robotaxi network by purchasing a fleet of Cybercabs. Would-be fleet owners apparently are pouncing on the opportunity. In a now-deleted post, Eric…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago   (670+ words) A truck hauls a piece of John Deere equipment from the factory past workers picketing outside of the John Deere Davenport Works facility in 2021. Labor union membership is climbing in the United States, but the increase remains sharply divided by…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (471+ words) The Dallas TX1 data center electrical room is shown at the NTT Data center campus in Garland. A proposal from Sens. Ted Cruz and John Hickenlooper would explore opportunities for putting data centers in space. Every era of American prosperity has…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (391+ words) “No more data centers! Go home!” That was the message from protesters as data center industry leaders converged in downtown Austin, with demonstrators opposing the rapidly expanding sector that’s now becoming a hot topic in Texas politics. The Wednesday rally,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (699+ words) A driverless Tesla Cybercab operates Tuesday in downtown Austin, the neighborhood where the automaker is planning an official rollout of the purpose-built robotaxi Thursday. Tesla Inc.’s newest vehicle model is officially part of its Texas fleet of robotaxis. The…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1246+ words) Servers fill a data hall at Meta’s data center in Temple on July 22. Austin City Council members are pursuing new regulations that could lead to a ban on hyperscale data centers within city limits. Austin City Council members say they…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (801+ words) EdgeConneX data center is shown in May under construction in Cedar Creek. With data centers, cities and counties are being asked to make decisions with little time to understand what these projects will mean locally, Marilu Hastings writes. In a…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (863+ words) The founders of Austin’s AI Infrastructure Partners are locked in a multi-front legal battle over the future of the company. An Austin company formed to invest in cutting-edge technologies is locked in what an attorney calls a scorched-earth legal battle…...