Hacker News with Generative AI: Texas

Texas Sues Allstate over Its Collection of Driver Data (nytimes.com)
The State of Texas sued Allstate on Monday, accusing the insurer of illegally tracking drivers by way of their phones through a subsidiary called Arity that claimed to have the “world’s largest driving behavior database.”

Texas, Lawsuits, Insurance, Data Privacy, Automotive

7 points by elsewhen 4 days ago | 1 comments

Wends of Texas (wikipedia.org)
The Texas Wends or Wends of Texas are a group of people descended from a congregation of 558 Sorbian/Wendish people under the leadership and pastoral care of John Kilian (Sorbian languages: Jan Kilian, German: Johann Killian) who emigrated from Lusatia (part of modern-day Germany) to Texas in 1854.[1] The term also refers to the other emigrations (and all descendants) occurring before and after this group. However, none came close to the size or importance of the Wendish culture in Texas.

Texas, History, Culture, Immigration, Germany

69 points by benbreen 10 days ago | 45 comments

Most cars registered in Texas won't need to pass a safety inspection (texastribune.org)
Starting in 2025, many Texas drivers will no longer have to have their car inspected for safety.

Texas, Automotive, Policy, Safety

9 points by geox 12 days ago | 2 comments

U-Haul Growth Metros and Cities of 2024: Dallas Top Metro for In-Migration (uhaul.com)
PHOENIX, Ariz. (Jan. 3, 2024) — The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area, better known as the DFW Metroplex, is the leading U-Haul Growth Metro of 2024.

Demographics, Migration, Urban Planning, Dallas, Texas

27 points by rawgabbit 14 days ago | 13 comments

Yemeni Coffee Shops in Texas (texasmonthly.com)
They’re popular hangouts for Arab and Muslim populations, but they also attract a diverse group of customers who seek alcohol-free spaces that are open late.

Texas, Coffee Shops, Culture

242 points by Geekette 15 days ago | 200 comments

3D-printed neighborhood nears completion in Texas (yahoo.com)
GEORGETOWN, Texas (Reuters) - As with any desktop 3D printer, the Vulcan printer pipes layer by layer to build an object – except this printer is more than 45 feet (13.7 m) wide, weighs 4.75 tons and prints residential homes.

3D Printing, Architecture, Construction, Texas

81 points by whoisstan 21 days ago | 117 comments

Samsung gets $4.7B grants for Texas fabs (nist.gov)
The U.S. Department of Commerce awarded Samsung Austin Semiconductor, LLC, a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics (Samsung), up to $4.745 billion in direct funding under the CHIPS and Science Act to strengthen the resilience of the U.S. semiconductor supply chain, advance U.S. technology leadership, and fuel U.S. global competitiveness.

Government Funding, Semiconductors, Texas, Manufacturing, Technology

32 points by osnium123 28 days ago | 6 comments

AT&T Hits Texas Man with $6k Bill for Using 3GB of Data (pcmag.com)
An AT&T customer in Texas claims they were hit with a $6,223.60 wireless bill for the month of November because of a pay-as-you-go data charge.

Data Overages, Telecommunications, Consumer Issues, Texas

8 points by thunderbong 30 days ago | 0 comments

In Defense of Y'All (texasmonthly.com)
A New York Times columnist says it’s “much too slangy, regional or what you might even call ethnic to ever gain universal acceptance.” We couldn’t disagree more.

Language, Culture, Texas, Regionalism

169 points by scour 31 days ago | 362 comments

Texas medical school says hackers stole sensitive data of 1.4M individuals (techcrunch.com)
The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center confirmed hackers accessed the personal and sensitive health data of over 1.4 million individuals during a September cyberattack.

Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Healthcare, Texas

4 points by impish9208 32 days ago | 0 comments

Hospitals gave patients meds during childbirth, then reported them for drug use (themarshallproject.org)
Amairani Salinas was 32 weeks pregnant with her fourth child in 2023 when doctors at a Texas hospital discovered that her baby no longer had a heartbeat. As they prepped her for an emergency cesarean section, they gave her midazolam, a benzodiazepine commonly prescribed to keep patients calm. A day later, the grieving mother was cradling her stillborn daughter when a social worker stopped by her room to deliver another devastating blow: Salinas was being reported to child welfare authorities.

Health, Legal Issues, Texas, Childbirth, Pregnancy

62 points by anigbrowl 35 days ago | 34 comments

SpaceX Seeks Approval to Turn Texas Starbase Site into New City (bloomberg.com)
Elon Musk is attempting to turn the Starbase site in Texas where SpaceX builds its Starship rockets into a new city and officially move his space company there.

Space Exploration, SpaceX, City Planning, Texas, Elon Musk

31 points by JumpCrisscross 36 days ago | 45 comments

Attorney General Ken Paxton sues companies over "forever chemicals" (texastribune.org)
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit Wednesday against chemical giants 3M and DuPont, accusing them of decades-long misrepresentations and omissions regarding the safety of PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” sold for use in countless consumer products.

Lawsuits, Environmental Issues, Chemicals, Texas

7 points by adomasm3 36 days ago | 0 comments

The revenge of the company town: Elon Musk, the new Baron of Bastrop (sherwood.news)
The Baron de Bastrop arrived in Texas with big ambitions.

Elon Musk, Texas, Companies, History

7 points by julianozen 38 days ago | 0 comments

404 Media Objects to Texas AG Ken Paxton's Subpoena to Access Our Reporting (404media.co)
In October, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton subpoenaed 404 Media, demanding that we hand over confidential information about our reporting and an anonymous source to help the state of Texas in a wholly unrelated case it is pursuing against Google.

Journalism, Law, Texas, Google

10 points by cdme 39 days ago | 0 comments

404 Media Objects to a Texas Subpoena for Our Reporting (404media.co)
In October, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton subpoenaed 404 Media, demanding that we hand over confidential information about our reporting and an anonymous source to help the state of Texas in a wholly unrelated case it is pursuing against Google.

Journalism, Law, Texas, Google

9 points by DyslexicAtheist 39 days ago | 0 comments

Dickies moving its headquarters from Texas to California (abc7.com)
Dickies, the popular workwear and lifestyle apparel company, is moving its headquarters from Texas to Orange County.

Business, Companies, California, Texas, Relocation

46 points by geox 41 days ago | 29 comments

Study shows Texas' abortion ban is straining the OB/GYN pool (texastribune.org)
Texas’ new abortion laws are stressing the state’s already beleaguered OB-GYN workforce, and threatening the pipeline of new doctors that would help provide relief, a new survey shows.

Health, Politics, Texas, Law, Healthcare

13 points by malshe 49 days ago | 2 comments

Court rejects bid for compensation after police raid damaged Texas woman's house (amylhowe.com)
The Supreme Court declined on Monday morning to hear the case of a Texas woman seeking compensation for damage to her home inflicted by a SWAT team pursuing a fugitive.

Law, Police Brutality, Texas, Supreme Court, Compensation

7 points by speckx 53 days ago | 1 comments

Texas Opens Investigation into Conspiracy to Boycott Certain Social Platforms (texasattorneygeneral.gov)
Attorney General Ken Paxton sent a civil investigative demand to the World Federation of Advertisers (“WFA”) as part of an ongoing investigation into a potential anticompetitive scheme to withhold advertising dollars from certain social media platforms.

Texas, Law Enforcement, Social Media, Antitrust

27 points by ianrahman 56 days ago | 41 comments

Texas anesthesiologist sentenced to 190 years for tampering with IV bags (nbcnews.com)
A Dallas anesthesiologist was sentenced to 190 years in federal prison for injecting drugs into IV bags, leading to at least one death.

Crime, Healthcare, Texas

7 points by blackeyeblitzar 56 days ago | 1 comments

Texas AG Declares War on Advertisers Who Snub Musk's ExTwitter (techdirt.com)
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton loves to preach about “free speech” and “free markets”—except, apparently, when it comes to his political allies.

Texas, Free Speech, Censorship, Social Media, Politics

10 points by alsetmusic 56 days ago | 0 comments

Toddlers Shoot Three People Every Month in Texas (kfox95.com)
I came across a statistic that a toddler (1,2, or 3 years old) has shot a person every week in the United States since 2016. Accidental shootings by children keep happening.

Gun Violence, Accidents, Children, Texas

40 points by woldemariam 56 days ago | 56 comments

SpaceX just got what it wanted from the FAA for Texas Starship launches (arstechnica.com)
A day after SpaceX launched its Starship rocket for the sixth time, the company received good news from the Federal Aviation Administration regarding future launch operations from its Starbase facility in South Texas.

SpaceX, FAA, Space Exploration, Texas, Starship

24 points by TMWNN 58 days ago | 35 comments

A $1M teacher scheme left uncertified teachers in Texas (cnn.com)

Education, Texas, Politics, Controversy

13 points by LopRabbit 75 days ago | 0 comments

Toyota to buy clean power from a $1.1B solar farm in Texas (electrek.co)
Enbridge, a Canadian energy company, just announced it’s moving forward with an 815-megawatt (MW) solar project called Sequoia in Texas.

Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Texas, Business, Energy

62 points by peutetre 76 days ago | 44 comments

Cadillac Ranch over 50 years is 'both interesting and odd' to Ant Farm artist (amarillo.com)
“It is both interesting and odd to me; it is kind of understandable as it has become much more popular than we ever imagined it could become,” he said. “It is a different object now. It is not really an artwork anymore in my mind. The project that brought me to Amarillo in the first place has brought me back many times. The Amarillo Museum of Art has done an excellent job bringing this project to fruition.”

Art, History, Texas, Amarillo, Public Art

19 points by prismatic 81 days ago | 2 comments

Texas Mom Arrested and Jailed for Making Her Son Walk a Half-Mile Home (reason.com)
What does it take for a parent to get arrested?

Parenting, Crime, Texas, Law Enforcement, Social Issues

15 points by speckx 82 days ago | 6 comments

Shaken Baby Syndrome Has Been Discredited. Why Is Roberson Still on Death Row? (scientificamerican.com)
In a last-minute effort to save the life of a man on death row, a bipartisan group of Texas legislators has just done something extraordinary: they have unanimously subpoenaed Robert Roberson, convicted in 2003 of killing his daughter based on the now-discredited theory of shaken baby syndrome, to testify before them five days after he was scheduled to be executed, effectively forcing the state to keep him alive.

Criminal Justice, Texas, Death Penalty, Medical Misinformation

50 points by rossant 83 days ago | 17 comments

X changes its terms of service to steer user lawsuits towards a Texas court (pcgamer.com)

Legal, Lawsuits, Texas

10 points by jarsin 88 days ago | 0 comments