Two teenagers arrested in UK after suspect Malik Faisal Akram, 44, was killed when FBI stormed synagogue after 11-hour standoffUS president Joe Biden has condemned a tense 11-hour hostage standoff at a synagogue in Texas on Saturday as “an act of terro…
Trump’s border wall and the slow decay of American soil | Carlos Sanchez
The ‘big, beautiful wall’ has kept US citizens away from the no man’s land it created – and in effect ceded territory to MexicoSeveral miles south of the small town of San Juan, Texas, beyond acres of onion fields, orange groves and other cash crops si…
6 things in cybersecurity we didn’t know last year
The past twelve months in cybersecurity have been a rough ride. In cybersecurity, everything is broken — it’s just a matter of finding it — and this year felt like everything broke at once, especially towards the end of the year. But for better or worse, we end the year knowing more than we did […]
Investors: Up your ante at the iMerit ML DataOps Summit 2021
The “oil bidness,” as they say in Texas, is so 20th century. Data, artificial intelligence and machine learning are the power triad fueling the future. If you’re an investor placing bets on the data operations market, you can’t afford to miss the iMerit ML DataOps Summit on December 2, 2021. This free, one-day virtual conference […]
Natural gas customers in Texas get stuck with $3.4 billion cold-snap surcharge
State oil and gas regulator will allow exemptions from winterization mandates.
Astroworld Festival concert crush leaves at least eight dead
Officials in Texas say several others injured when crowd surged towards the stage during show in HoustonOfficials in Texas say at least eight people are dead and several others injured in a crowd surge at the Astroworld Festival.A compression of the cr…
US supreme court to hear oral arguments over Texas abortion law
Biden administration and reproductive rights groups have asked court to block a controversial law banning nearly all terminationsThe US supreme court is set to hear oral arguments over whether Texas can continue to allow private citizens to enforce a c…
Ted Cruz says bitcoin will stabilize Texas electric grid—here’s why he’s wrong
Numbers and potential incentives just don’t add up.
Texas governor bans all vaccine mandates, including from private businesses
Abbott previously indicated gov’t shouldn’t interfere with business decisions.
The legal mind behind America’s most extreme abortion law
Former Texas solicitor general Jonathan F Mitchell’s ‘dangerous’ legal strategy lets legislators pass laws that thwart the judiciaryAt the center of the extreme Texas law that bans nearly all abortion care in the second largest state in the US lies a n…