Quick: imagine a Texan. If you thought of a rugged white guy in a cowboy hat, artificial intelligence agrees with you—almost.Inspired by a Rest of World story that examined cultural stereotypes in…
Tech Crunch – X says a bug caused numerous posts to be labeled as ‘Sensitive Media’
A bug on X, formerly Twitter, was causing numerous posts over the weekend to be flagged as “Sensitive Media,” thwarting the company’s own attempts to make its platform more approachable to advertisers….
Tech Crunch – It’s 2021 for AI while the rest of the startup market is stuck in 2024
The Q4 2023 earnings cycle will kick off this week with names like Intel and Visa reporting. The largest tech companies will start to report next week. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights…
Texas Monthly – An Austin Startup Will Pay You to Share Your Home Internet
Adam Lyons sits at a picnic table in the courtyard of his company’s East Austin offices, a cluster of rustic bungalows on a cliff overlooking the Colorado River. He’s trying to explain…
Texas Monthly – Texas Hasn’t Had an Olive Harvest in Three Years. Why Do Growers Keep Trying?
In March 2021, Stephen Janak, a program specialist for Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, which provides research and training to growers across the state, drove across Texas, crisscrossing farm-to-market roads from Madisonville…
Texas Monthly – The Life and Death of a Former East Austin Gang Member
When Arleen Juarez was designing a memorial T-shirt for her son, Dio-mani, to wear to his father’s funeral, she decided quickly on the image that would go on the front: a photo…
Tech Crunch – Turn headwinds into opportunity in 2024
Entrepreneurship is all about taking risks. It means innovating without fear of failure, stepping into the unknown, and pursuing ambitious ideas. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Read…
Tech Crunch – New MIT CSAIL study suggests that AI won’t steal as many jobs expected
Will AI automate human jobs, and — if so — which jobs and when? That’s the trio of questions a new research study from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL),…
Texas Monthly – Where to Rock Climb Around Texas
With the proliferation of state-of-the-art indoor climbing gyms, the sport has taken off across the state. Ready to go climbing on real rock? Here are some of our favorite crags, on public…
Texas Monthly – Rock On, Texas!
The November day had dawned chilly and damp, the sun bundled in gray cloud banks. Now, in the early afternoon, the air has warmed only a few degrees, and a persistent mist…