{"slug": "angry-tiny-texas-town-council-member-proposes-total-ban-on-cellular-and-gps-in", "title": "Angry tiny Texas town council member proposes total ban on cellular and GPS devices in protest over AI dispute — says 'Let’s take Bandera back to 1880' after town votes to dump AI-powered license…", "summary": "A council member in Bandera, Texas, has proposed banning all cellular and GPS devices in the town, aiming to \"take Bandera back to 1880\" as a protest. This extreme proposal follows the town council's vote to remove an AI-powered license plate reader, which sparked the dispute over the use of artificial intelligence.", "body_md": "Angry tiny Texas town council member proposes total ban on cellular and GPS devices in protest over AI dispute — says 'Let’s take Bandera back to 1880' after town votes to dump AI-powered license plate reader | Tom's Hardware", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/angry-tiny-texas-town-council-member-proposes-total-ban-on-cellular-and-gps-in", "canonical_source": "https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/big-tech/angry-tiny-texas-town-council-member-proposes-total-ban-on-cellular-and-gps-devices-in-protest-over-ai-dispute-says-lets-take-bandera-back-to-1880-after-town-votes-to-dump-ai-powered-license-plate-reader", "published_at": "2026-05-21 10:00:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-05-22 05:39:14.251170+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "policy-regulation"], "entities": ["Bandera", "Tom's Hardware"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/angry-tiny-texas-town-council-member-proposes-total-ban-on-cellular-and-gps-in", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/angry-tiny-texas-town-council-member-proposes-total-ban-on-cellular-and-gps-in.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/angry-tiny-texas-town-council-member-proposes-total-ban-on-cellular-and-gps-in.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/angry-tiny-texas-town-council-member-proposes-total-ban-on-cellular-and-gps-in.jsonld"}}