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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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The Moon’s next robotic visitor is lining up for landing this weekend

Ars Technica

CEDAR PARK, TexasEarly Sunday morning, while most of America is sleeping, a couple dozen engineers in Central Texas will have their eyes glued to monitors watching data stream in from a quarter-million miles away. Read full article Comments

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Firefly’s picture-perfect Moon landing shows the way for lunar exploration

Ars Technica

announced Will Coogan, the lander's chief engineer, to the Firefly team gathered in Leander, Texas, a suburb north of Austin. Read full article Comments Down the street, at a middle-of-the-night event for Firefly employees, their families, and VIPs, the crowd erupted in applause and toasted champagne.

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FBI probes arson of Tesla cars and facilities, says “this is domestic terrorism”

Ars Technica

ATF is embedding personnel in some FBI field offices, starting in San Antonio, Texas, "where some of the Molotov cocktail attacks have been carried out," the report said. Read full article Comments There were previously three arrests.

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Measles outbreak erupts in one of Texas’ least-vaccinated counties

Ars Technica

Health officials in Texas are battling a growing measles outbreak in an area that has some of the state's lowest vaccination rates and highest non-medical exemptions. Read full article Comments Both children were hospitalized in Lubbock and had been discharged.

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Oracle moves its HQ from California to Texas

The Verge

Software giant Oracle moved the company headquarters from Redwood City, California to Austin, Texas, Bloomberg reported , the latest tech firm to depart Silicon Valley for the Lone Star State. Greg Abbott heralded the news in a tweet, saying “Texas is truly the land of business, jobs, and opportunity.”. Alex Castro.

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Bird flu strain that just jumped to cows infects dairy worker in Nevada

Ars Technica

The outbreak was thought to have been caused by a single spillover event from wild birds to cows in Texas in late 2023 or early 2024. Read full article Comments Until this point, the outbreak of H5N1 in dairy cowswhich was declared in March 2024was entirely caused by H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b, genotype B3.13.

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