BIZARRE: 8 | Mind Blowing Facts

Waymo's Robotaxis Have A Parking Problem—And It's Costing Thousands

Waymo’s robotaxi fleet in Austin has hundreds of self-driving cabs that seem to have a problem parking legally.

InsideEVs · Jul 27

Texas prosecutors are calling a teenage shooting spree ‘terrorism’ – the case could reshape American criminal law

For decades, terrorism researchers have generally distinguished terrorism from other forms of violence by one defining feature: the intention to intimidate a wider audience beyond immediate victims.

The Conversation · Jul 27

Austin FC academy players under investigation by police and FBI for allegations of youth-on-youth sexual abuse

Multiple league, club, and law enforcement sources confirm ongoing inquiries into MLS club

The Guardian - US · Jul 24

The Hard Ceiling over Texas Cities’ Climate Plans

From the biggest cities to smaller towns, local officials wrote serious climate plans. One law at a time, state policy has narrowed the tools to carry them out.

Texas Observer · Jul 15

“Whether the long story he gave was real or not, it doesn’t matter”: Teen blues prodigy reunited with his stolen Stevie Ray Vaughan Strat

Rhys John Stygal received support from Joe Bonamassa after his Number One guitar was stolen in Austin, Texas, last month

Guitar World · Jul 14

Despite the growth of some AI schools like Alpha, research doesn’t show that AI tutors are better than human teachers

Over the past decade, the AI-focused, for-profit Alpha School has grown from one campus in Austin, Texas, to a growing list of more than 15 schools across the country, including in major cities like New York and San Francisco.

The Conversation · Jul 13

Report: The layoffs at Xbox's DOOM studio id Software are even worse than we thought — devs at Bethesda's Austin office have been hit, too

A new report reveals that Microsoft's Xbox layoffs have hit DOOM dev id Software even harder than we first thought, with 136 workers cut from the studio.

Windows Central · Jul 8

‘Why are we using fake women’: Austin woman reads The Beauty Authority magazine only to realize in an article on plastic surgery, every image is AI

“This woman has never looked in the mirror.”

We Got This Covered · Jul 7

Woman sets her expensive Prada glasses down at famous restaurant in Austin. They vanish — and manager allegedly gives different excuses every time

Her alleged experience opened up a can of worms.

We Got This Covered · Jul 7

Tesla Starts Testing Steering-Wheel-Free Cybercab On Austin Streets. Can It Match Waymo?

Tesla wants to sell Cybercabs without steering wheels to the general public. Will it work?

InsideEVs · Jun 30