Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has blocked state agencies from spending money on Flock Safety cameras, but the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) will continue using its existing network of at least 940 …
Alpha School, an AI-driven private school network, has quadrupled its Texas campuses to more than 30 after the state rejected its charter application last summer, and most were accepted into Texas's n…
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered all state agencies to halt funding for Flock Safety's AI-powered license plate reader cameras, his spokesman confirmed Friday, as scrutiny over the devices mounted ahead…
Austin City Council members are racing to regulate AI data centers before a hyper-scale facility is proposed within city limits, citing concerns over the city's strained water and power resources. Cou…
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Monday pledged to ban Chinese technology from U.S. data centers and hold companies criminally liable if their data centers power AI chatbots that endanger children…
The Texas Tribune announced its full program for the 2026 Texas Tribune Festival, scheduled for Sept. 24-26 in downtown Austin, featuring more than 100 programs and prominent voices including U.S. Sen…
At least 43 companies, including Meta, OpenAI, Microsoft, and Amazon Web Services, have publicly supported Governor Greg Abbott's audit of data centers seeking grid connections, despite the audit's sp…
Saronic Technologies, an Austin-based manufacturer of AI-powered drone vessels, announced a $3.2 billion investment to build its naval shipyard, Port Alpha, at the Port of Brownsville, with constructi…
Texas faces an unprecedented data center boom, with ERCOT receiving 519 requests to connect large electricity users in the last two years—compared to 24 the year before—totaling an estimated 438,595 m…