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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. In the near term, only import projects from freshwater aquifers will continue to meet the growing water demands of thirsty Texas cities.

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

TechSpot

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton collected a $1.4 Meta had collected and used the personal biometric data of millions of Texans without prior authorization. billion settlement from Meta over Facebook's misuse of facial recognition algorithms. Read Entire Article

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Healthcare Worker Shortfall Getting Expensive

The NonProfit Times

Populous states, such as California, Texas and Pennsylvania, are expected to weather the storm with estimated labor supply that exceeds demand. million, the authors wrote. States with projected surplus of workers include are California (16,591), Pennsylvania (16,036), Texas (9,035), Minnesota (8,614), and Washington State (8,414).

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

TechSpot

In January, a resident in the small town of Muleshoe, north Texas, noticed that a water tower was overflowing. Tens of thousands of gallons of water flowed into the streets and drains in what the authorities determined was due to the water supply control system being hacked. Read Entire Article

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Blackbaud Headed to SXSWi 2011

NetWits

She co-founded Hope Runs , a non-profit organization in Kenya and is is a published author writing on such diverse topics as social media strategy , saving money , and natural living. He is an accidental tourist in Texas and lives in The Woodlands, just north of Houston, with his wife and two young boys. He loves bacon.

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TrueSense Marketing Appoints Co-Presidents

The NonProfit Times

Auman and Reed will have equal authority in the agency and will retain oversight of the client groups they currently manage, according to information in the statement. In January 2014, the firm acquired Scott Wilder Productions, the video and radio production company of Texas-based Christian radio host Scott Wilder.