Among the many enduring images of Hurricane Harvey’s 2017 devastation in Houston was the reminder that when faced with floodwaters, fire ants will assemble in groups of up to 100,000 and link…
Tech Crunch – Google Deepmind trains a video game-playing AI to be your co-op companion
AI models that play games go back decades, but they generally specialize in one game and always play to win. Google Deepmind researchers have a different goal with their latest creation: a…
Texas Monthly – The Short-Lived Dallas Carrier That American Airlines Drove Out of Business
Allan McArtor won’t ever forget the day Legend Airlines ran out of gas—literally. He was CEO of the Dallas-based carrier when it went broke in December 2000, after having waged a $20…
Texas Monthly – The Upstart JSX Versus the Airline Bullies
Minutes before boarding begins for a flight from Dallas to Houston, it’s library quiet inside the terminal. No testy TSA agents yell out instructions. No overhead announcements drone on endlessly about limited…
Texas Monthly – Where to Eat Barbecue in Austin
This story was originally published in January 2022 and has been updated.No Texas city has Austin beat for the sheer volume of worthy barbecue destinations. Sure, the Houston area’s widespread suburbs might…
Tech Crunch – Furno bets that super-efficient, modular kilns will turn the cement industry upside down
The cement startup promises to slash carbon emissions in the process, helping the company raise a $6.5 million seed round. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Read more:…
KTSM News – Wednesday 9-hour Forecast: Dusty and gusty on this hump day
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM)- Happy hump day! We’re forecasting a dusty day with haze throughout the whole day. 🌤 Temperatures rising up to 80-degrees and southwest winds blowing up to 45 mph….
Tech Crunch – Blockchain startup Sei Labs creates an interesting solution to make Ethereum faster
Sei Labs, a startup co-founded by a former Robinhood engineer and a former VC from Coatue, has launched a new open sourced project that offers a novel, and exciting approach to make…
Tech Crunch – Volley’s AI-enabled ball machine for racquet sports can simulate gameplay
A new sports tech startup, Volley, aims to revolutionize the way racquet sports players (platform tennis, padel, and pickleball) train with its AI-enabled sports training machine. Unlike traditional tennis ball machines that…
Texas Monthly – ‘No Good Deed Goes Unpunished’: A Veteran East Texas Legislator Reflects on Getting Rolled Over by Greg Abbott’s School-Voucher Crusade
When state representative Travis Clardy, of Nacogdoches, first heard rumblings of a potential Republican primary challenger early last summer, he was surprised. The woman who was considering challenging him, Joanne Shofner, was…