Texas

Texas lawmakers are trying to figure out how the state's already-strained power grid can keep up with the data centers that want to come to the state and consume large amounts of electricity.

Gov. Greg Abbott announced the debut Wednesday of the Naloxone Distribution Interactive Map, which shows where to get the opioid overdose-reversing drug. The state required tracking of overdoses starting in late 2023.

The Gen Z representative who authored the bill, which would give local district leaders some control over their own policies, told colleagues she remembered how distracting phones were when she was in school.

The city's former CIO Bill Zielinski retired in April and its CTO has stepped in as interim. The successful applicant will lead Dallas’ Information and Technology Services Department and its five divisions.

Data centers are starting to set up across Texas, and they require more electricity to power their scores of hard drives and AI computing than what is needed by entire municipalities.

The state’s Broadband Development Office is advising entities that are considering applying to await clarification on the program’s future.

Aiming to reignite a long-dormant nuclear energy industry, a lawmaker in the state House is proposing to create taxpayer-funded incentive programs to build nuclear power plants in Texas.

Officials in the Texas border city say a cyber attack hobbled the city's computer network and placed confidential health data and other records at risk. They're asking Gov. Greg Abbott for help.

A donation from venture capitalist Bill Gurley University of Texas at Austin will help support a robotics program, including freshmen research and updates to lab equipment, computing power and materials.

The western city has elevated its IT director, an 18-year staffer, within management. Officials have also named an interim replacement while a job search is conducted for a permanent technology head.

The feat makes Firefly Aerospace the first private space firm to achieve a fully successful moon landing after another Texas company's craft made it to the moon last year but tipped over after landing.

The university is hoping to streamline administrative operations, improve AI literacy and enhance recruitment efforts. It has also requested millions more from the legislature for other tech-related initiatives.

The Delivery of Government Efficiency Committee aims to improve the state government’s efficiency through emerging technologies like AI, modernizing existing processes while both innovating and saving.

As Aurora Innovation’s trucks practice a route from Dallas to Houston, they have overcome all manner of tricky scenarios. Now, the company is preparing to pull their human backup drivers from the vehicles.

The city has strengthened its cybersecurity efforts, using artificial intelligence to analyze more than 1 million pieces of incoming communication and protecting employees from impersonation attempts and data theft.

A bill making its way through the Texas Legislature would require every school district to have a policy requiring students to keep cellphones in storage lockers throughout the school day.

Gov. Greg Abbott’s emergency priority list includes “life-changing career training" high school programs, with the goal of getting 60 percent of 25- to 34-year-olds to obtain a postsecondary degree or credential by 2030.

Officials at the port of Corpus Christi, Texas, have used generative artificial intelligence, geospatial data and a video game engine to show work as it happens in 3D, internally and to law enforcement.