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In Texas, ‘water is the new oil’ as cities square off over aquifers that may soon dry out

Fast Company Tech

In Central Texas, a bitter fight over a $1 billion water project offers a preview of the future for much of the state as decades of rapid growth push past the local limits of its most vital natural resource. Theres no cheap water left in Texas. On the other side: the cities atop the Simsboro that rely on its water.

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Tesla turns to Texas to test its autonomous “Cybercab”

Ars Technica

If you live or drive in Austin, Texas, you might start seeing some new-looking Teslas on your roads later this summer. Instead, the easygoing authorities in Texas provide a far more attractive environment when it comes to putting driverless rubber on the road.

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The FBI is remotely hacking hundreds of computers to protect them from Hafnium

The Verge

It’s doing all this with the full approval of a Texas court, according to the agency. We know that critical-but-local government infrastructure often has egregious security practices, most recently resulting in two local drinking water supplies being tampered with. networks.”. networks.”.

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Google Pixel mail-in repairs have allegedly twice resulted in leaked pics and a privacy nightmare

The Verge

After game designer and author Jane McGonigal sent her Pixel 5a to Google for repair, someone allegedly took and hacked her device. In October, McGonigal sent her broken phone to an official Pixel repair center in Texas. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. In the US, Google partners with uBreakiFix franchises.

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Paytm raises $1.1 billion from anchor investors in India’s blockbuster IPO

TechCrunch

Blackrock, GIC, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Birla MF are among the investors who financed the anchor round, Paytm said in a filing with a local exchange. Paytm’s IPO comes at a time when the pandemic has fuelled India’s digital economy and local stock exchanges are showing growing appetite for consumer tech stocks.

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It’s Giving Days Season! No It’s A Giving Days Movement!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Alison Fine , my Networked Nonprofit co-author, is crowdsourcing suggestions and advice on making a Giving Season actionable. Today marks the beginning of the “Giving Days” season, as I write this North Texas Giving Day is well underway. Foundation produced these results as documented by Edelman.

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Boy Scouts Of America Rebrands To Scouting America

The NonProfit Times

As of February 8, 2025, the Irving, Texas-based national organization will be known as Scouting America. The bankruptcy proceedings did not include several hundred local BSA entities, which are separate, independent 501(c)(3) organizations. That date coincides with the 115th anniversary of the organization’s founding.

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