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Meta agrees to pay $1.4 billion in Texas lawsuit for abusing facial recognition tech

Facepalm: Meta attempted to use Facebook as a giant surveillance service to profit from users' personal data. The company ultimately failed in the endeavor and is now facing significant financial penalties as a result, which includes a massive settlement due to the state of Texas over the next five years.

Full story By Alfonso Maruccia, July 31, 2024, 1:55 PM 15 comments

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Elon Musk says he will move X and SpaceX headquarters to Texas in response to California gender law

"The last straw"

By Rob Thubron, July 17, 2024, 5:17 AM 61 comments

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Tech Culture Industry

You can buy a $2.4 million home in Texas with no bedrooms, one bathroom, and a liquid cooling immersion system

Great for data centers, crypto farms, and more

By Rob Thubron, June 17, 2024, 5:16 AM 10 comments

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Security Electronics

Bluetooth snooping tech lets Texas cops monitor devices at borders

Even Bluetooth can be used by Big Brother against you

By Zo Ahmed, May 8, 2024, 11:32 AM

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Russia-backed hacking group suspected of attack on US water system

Sandworm also created NotPetya

By Rob Thubron, April 18, 2024, 5:17 AM 13 comments

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Elon Musk shifts SpaceX's state of incorporation from Delaware to Texas following legal spat over $56 billion Tesla pay

Musk continues his campaign against Delaware

By Rob Thubron, February 15, 2024, 6:15 AM 25 comments

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Industry Tech Culture

Elon Musk will move Tesla's incorporation to Texas following $56 billion ruling, tops overrated CEO poll

Musk isn't rated highly by his peers

By Rob Thubron, February 1, 2024, 6:55 AM 55 comments

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Texas power grid operator pays Bitcoin miner over $30 million to curb energy usage

Why mine when you're paid more not to?

By Rob Thubron, September 7, 2023, 6:55 AM 8 comments

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Texas sues Google over allegations it captures people's biometric data without consent

"A modern Eye of Sauron"

By Rob Thubron, October 21, 2022, 6:51 AM

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Industry Car Tech

Tesla HQ is leaving California behind, will move to Austin, Texas instead

But its Fremont factory will still expand

By Cohen Coberly, October 8, 2021, 2:04 PM 28 comments

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Hardware Industry

Samsung is looking to build a $17 billion chip manufacturing plant in Texas

Chip manufacturing investments are booming

By Adrian Potoroaca, September 9, 2021, 10:31 AM 11 comments

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Tesla to reportedly connect massive battery storage to Texas power grid this summer

Decentralized electric utility, one Megapack at a time

By Adrian Potoroaca, March 8, 2021, 5:46 PM 19 comments

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Chip shortages expected to worsen as Texas fabs struggle to restart production

Potential price hikes incoming

By Rob Thubron, March 4, 2021, 5:17 AM

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Oracle moves headquarters from California to Texas

Oracle is the latest tech giant to leave California for greener pastures

By Shawn Knight, December 12, 2020, 1:17 PM 23 comments

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Elon Musk has left California for Texas

He called California "complacent"

By Rob Thubron, December 9, 2020, 5:17 AM 24 comments

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Looking for a cheap EV? A $13,000 model launches later this year

Only in Texas, initially

By Rob Thubron, August 3, 2020, 8:22 AM 7 comments

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Car Tech Industry

Elon Musk suggests that the next gigafactory will be in Texas

Via a Twitter poll

By Rob Thubron, February 5, 2020, 9:27 AM 16 comments

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Phishing scam tricks Texas school district out of $2.3 million

Beware of links in suspicious emails

By Rob Thubron, January 13, 2020, 10:11 AM

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Industry Mobile

Texas attorney general settles T-Mobile, Sprint merger lawsuit

T-Mobile won't raise wireless prices in Texas for five years

By Cohen Coberly, November 26, 2019, 6:04 AM

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Apple will build a $1 billion campus in Austin, Texas

CEO Tim Cook is meeting President Trump today

By Adrian Potoroaca, November 20, 2019, 2:10 PM 20 comments

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Security Software

Ransomware attack has hit 20 government agencies in Texas

Texas is the latest state with a ransomware problem

By James Miller, August 18, 2019, 10:03 AM 15 comments

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Google rolls out high-speed gigabit 'Fiber' network in Austin, Texas

More Texans can get gigabit speeds for $70/month

By Cohen Coberly, August 7, 2019, 3:28 PM 14 comments

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Apple served with search warrant to access Texas shooter's iPhone, iCloud account

It's the San Bernardino iPhone all over again

By Rob Thubron, November 19, 2017, 1:47 PM 25 comments

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The Web Tech Culture

Law firm sues student for $200K after she left negative reviews, judge rules against company

The judge ordered the law firm to pay $27,000 in attorneys' fees

By Rob Thubron, December 5, 2016, 9:30 AM 20 comments

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Fatal shooting of police officers is the latest act of violence streamed on Facebook Live

By Rob Thubron, July 8, 2016, 6:15 AM 14 comments