For years now, Bob Nicks, president of the Austin Firefighters Association, has been the city’s very own Cassandra, the Greek mythological figure whose prescient warnings go unheeded as doom approaches. Like those…
Tech Crunch – What’s next for ATProto, the protocol powering Bluesky and other apps
It’s getting easier to build new applications on ATProto, the protocol that powers Bluesky’s social network and a growing number of other apps. At ATmosphere, the ATProto community conference held over the…
Texas Monthly – Rep. Wesley Hunt praised in statewide ads as Cornyn kicks off reelection campaign
A seven-figure Texas ad buy is seen as a strong indicator that the Houston congressman may challenge the incumbent senator. Read: Read More
Tech Crunch – Krisp is using AI to help Indians sound like Americans on calls
Audio startup Krisp on Wednesday said it is launching a new feature that uses AI to change a user’s accent during calls. The company is initially rolling out support for changing Indian…
Tech Crunch – The TikTok ban is losing support among Americans, study says
Americans’ support for a TikTok ban is declining, according to a study from the Pew Research Center. This survey of over 5,000 U.S. adults found that just 34% of respondents supported banning…
Texas Monthly – Can You Buy Yourself a Longer Life?
I walked into the sleek new longevity and health-optimization clinic on a sunny winter afternoon feeling especially haggard. Earlier in the week, a mysterious allergic reaction had covered much of my body…
Tech Crunch – Amazon launches personalized shopping prompts as part of its generative AI push
Amazon continues to infuse AI into its shopping tools to encourage customers to make more purchases. The company announced on Wednesday a new feature called “Interests,” aimed at creating a more personalized…
Texas Monthly – Your Therapist Can Handle Your Trauma—But What About Your Political Anxiety?
So you’ve heard that men just won’t go to therapy—except in the setups to old jokes. You know the ones. A sad sack walks into the shrink’s office in the seventies with…
Texas Monthly – In the Changing Suburb of Richardson, Del’s Stands Still
Although Del’s Charcoal Burgers is housed in an aging building, with blond bricks, a flat roof, and a Texas flag painted to look as if it were unfurling in the wind, it…
Texas Monthly – The Town Fire
This story is published in collaboration with the Austin-based literary journal American Short Fiction. The grandfather and his grandson lived at opposite ends of a whitewashed wood-frame house on the southeastern edge of…