Neowin News Feed for: Texas

These TV-makers are allegedly taking screenshots of what people watch, without consent

Usama Jawad — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 07:32:01 +0000

Lawmakers in Texas have sued five major TV manufacturers for capturing user data such as screenshots of what they are watching without their explicit consent. Read more...

Meta says its new $1.5 billion AI data center will restore 200% of the water it uses

Karthik Mudaliar — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 20:04:01 +0000

Meta has announced a $1.5 billion investment to build an AI-optimized data center in El Paso, Texas, designed to scale to 1 gigawatt and fully powered by renewable energy. Read more...

Apple users in Texas will have to follow these new app requirements

Aditya Tiwari — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 20:26:02 +0000

Apple has outlined the new app requirements for users and developers in response to an upcoming age verification law in Texas. Read more...

Meta's facial recognition feature has backfired, as it settles to pay $1.4 billion to Texas

Martin Hodás — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 11:56:01 +0000

A lawsuit filed against Meta in 2022 over its use of facial recognition software has led to, by far, the largest settlement ever obtained from an action brought by a single U.S. state. Read more...

Samsung to receive $6.4 billion from the CHIPS and Science Act

Paul Hill — Tue, 16 Apr 2024 01:30:01 +0000

Samsung is going to get $6.4 billion from the US CHIPS and Science Act. As part of the arrangement, the company has promised to invest $40 billion in and around Austin, Texas, in the coming years. Read more...

Samsung could get up to $7 billion in subsidies for Texas expansion

Paul Hill — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 23:14:01 +0000

Samsung will receive up to $7 billion next week, according to two sources speaking with knowledge of the matter. The US subsidy will help Samsung build more factories in Taylor, Texas. Read more...

New dating app, Desti, could boost sales for local businesses with novel matching system

Paul Hill — Wed, 03 Aug 2022 06:22:01 +0000

A new dating app called Desti is leveraging video messaging to overcome small talk. It will also filter out matches based on where people want to go on their first date, giving local firms a boost. Read more...

Axon halts its project to install tasers on drones to combat mass shootings

Karthik Mudaliar — Mon, 06 Jun 2022 16:34:01 +0000

Taser maker company Axon has decided to halt its plan to develop taser drones to combat mass shootings that could be pre-installed in public places after most members of its ethics board resigns. Read more...

Amazon becomes the latest company to say it will help employees bypass anti-abortion laws

Paul Hill — Tue, 03 May 2022 01:16:01 +0000

Amazon has said that it will reimburse staff up to $4,000 per year if they have to travel to get non-life-threatening treatment more than 100 miles from their home or if virtual care isn't available. Read more...

Elon Musk says Tesla could make futuristic robotaxis while opening a new factory in Texas

Paul Hill — Fri, 08 Apr 2022 05:56:54 +0000

Elon Musk opened a new factory in Texas on Thursday evening. He said that the company is looking to start producing futuristic-looking robotaxis. Musk has previously said he wanted to build robotaxis. Read more...

Texas Governor claims Mexican cartel is using TikTok to recruit smugglers from the U.S.

Karthik Mudaliar — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 16:30:01 +0000

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has claimed that the Mexican cartel is using TikTok as a platform to recruit smugglers from the United States and that TikTok is promoting human trafficking in the U.S. Read more...

Google is getting sued for misleading users about their location data

Karthik Mudaliar — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 16:02:01 +0000

Google is getting sued by the Office of the Attorney General in Washington DC, Indiana, Texas, and Washington State for deceiving users about how it handles their location data and profits out of it. Read more...

Samsung is set to build a semiconductor factory in Taylor, Texas after tax break offer

Paul Hill — Wed, 24 Nov 2021 01:10:01 +0000

Samsung will build a semiconductor factory in Taylor, Texas after local government wooed the Korean firm with support in the form of tax breaks. It'll also establish a skills center in the city. Read more...

Tripwire CEO steps down following controversial remarks on Texas anti-abortion law

Usama Jawad — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 06:48:02 +0000

Following massive backlash to Tripwire CEO John Gibson's controversial statement in favor of Texas' anti-abortion law, the studio has announced that the executive will be stepping down from his role. Read more...

Samsung offered tax breaks from a Texas city to build new chip plant

Paul Hill — Mon, 06 Sep 2021 15:10:01 +0000

Samsung has been offered tax breaks by Taylor city in Texas if it chooses to locate a new chip factory there. Construction could begin in Q1 2022 with chip production starting by Q4 2024. Read more...

TrendForce says smartphone production to be reduced 5% in 2Q21

Paul Hill — Fri, 12 Mar 2021 19:40:01 +0000

TrendForce has said that 5G penetration could fall slightly this year due to a winter storm that hit Samsung's Austin factory that produces Qualcomm's 5G RFIC, a crucial component in 5G phones. Read more...

TrendForce warns of SSD price hikes later this year

Paul Hill — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 04:02:01 +0000

TrendForce has warned of a 3-8% price increase for solid-state drives in the second quarter. It originally expected the price to remain steady but several production issues have cropped up. Read more...

"Mars, here we come!!" exclaims Elon Musk despite explosive ending to Starship's test flight

Ather Fawaz — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 06:56:01 +0000

Starship SN8 executed an almost perfect high-altitude flight test before plummeting towards the earth at a velocity greater than the intended threshold. SpaceX and Musk extolled the test as a success. Read more...

Elon Musk asks Twitter if it wants to see a gigafactory built in Texas

Paul Hill — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 09:54:02 +0000

Elon Musk has asked Twitter in a poll if it would like to see a future gigafactory constructed in Texas. Tesla earlier said that there was a need to ramp up battery production to "crazy levels". Read more...

Apple announces new green campus in Austin, Texas

Paul Hill — Wed, 20 Nov 2019 14:16:01 +0000

Apple has announced that it's building a new campus in Austin, Texas, which will house up to 15,000 employees. The new campus will open in 2022 and will include a massive area of green space. Read more...

Apple will once again manufacture its new Mac Pro in Texas

Rich Woods — Mon, 23 Sep 2019 17:08:01 +0000

Apple today announced that its upcoming Mac Pro will be manufactured in Austin, Texas. As noted by the Cupertino firm, it has been manufacturing the Mac Pro at that plant since 2013. Read more...

Microsoft partners with Nextlink Internet in the latest Airband Initiative milestone

Hamza Jawad — Wed, 18 Sep 2019 16:58:01 +0000

Microsoft has continued its Airband Initiative journey by teaming up with Nextlink Internet. The partnership will bring broadband access to nine million people, including one million in rural areas. Read more...

Hurricane Harvey relief being expedited by drone use

Chris Schroeder — Mon, 04 Sep 2017 06:00:01 +0000

The devastating natural disaster that was Hurricane Harvey left quite a mess. With extensive cleanup and relief efforts underway, some companies are using drone technology to provide aid to victims. Read more...

Google and Ford to come together in pursuit of a self-driving car

Paul Hill — Wed, 23 Dec 2015 02:42:02 +0000

Ford and Google are believed to be forming a partnership around self-driving vehicles. The announcement is expected to be revealed at CES in January. Read more...

Google Fiber pricing released for Austin, sign-ups to begin next month

Alec Robertson — Thu, 27 Nov 2014 17:42:01 +0000

Google has released the pricing for Austin, Texas, for its Fiber service. The service offers super-fast speeds, with sign-ups beginning next month. Read more...

Microsoft Office 365 to be used deep in the heart of Texas

John Callaham — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:23:04 +0000

Microsoft announced today that it has signed a deal with the Texas government that will allow over 100,000 state government employees to use Microsoft's Office 365. Read more...

One thief acquires iPads worth $57,000

Paul Ferson — Fri, 04 May 2012 17:19:45 +0000

A thief operating in North Texas has managed to steal over one hundred iPad tablets, totalling up to a value of almost $60,000 without being caught. Read more...

Apple's $304 million Austin campus approved

John Callaham — Tue, 01 May 2012 23:04:41 +0000

A planned $305 million Apple campus in Austin, Texas has received approval from the Travis County Commissioners Court, after giving Apple millions in tax incentives. Read more...

iPhone A5 now made deep in the heart of Texas

Michael Stanclift — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:28:19 +0000

As Samsung reaches peak production capacity of Apple's A5 processor at their Austin, Texas facility, they've injected a little made in the USA pride into devices that are mostly foreign born. Read more...

Neowindex 2009 US starts tomorrow in Texas

Michael Stanclift — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:20:15 +0000

Starting tomorrow, eight staffers from Neowin will be participating in the third annual Neowindex US, this year dubbed "TX09." Two weeks ago, staffers from the EU met up in Amsterdam for their fourth annual event,... Read more...

Texas bans Windows Vista from government use

Sam Symons — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:17:29 +0000

Windows Vista wasn't the biggest commercial success; many companies refused to use it initially, and are sticking with XP for now. It's strange, however, that the state of Texas has only just now declared it... Read more...

Texas Instruments Debuts 'TI-Nspire'

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 03:46:14 +0000

No doubt a lot of you will remember using a TI calculator sometime during your education. Up here in Canada, the majority of schools use Ti-83/84 calculators at the high school level to teach topics... Read more...

Google to Digitize University of Texas library

Tue, 23 Jan 2007 04:09:42 +0000

Google and the University of Texas Libraries have agreed that over one million books will be digitized and incorporated into the Google Books Library Project. The University of Texas at Austin is the fifth largest... Read more...

NASA & Texas Tech Work on New Systems for Spacecraft

Tue, 20 Dec 2005 19:34:27 +0000

NASA has chosen Texas Tech University computer scientists to help develop software that will aid in the design and building of an abort system for a new Crew Exploration Vehicle. NASA engineers will work with... Read more...

Texas Sues Sony Over Rootkit

Mon, 21 Nov 2005 20:27:58 +0000

Under its new anti-spyware law, the State of Texas has sued Sony BMG Music Entertainment, on the grounds that its much-maligned XCP anti-piracy software included on numerous recent releases has left customers' computers open to... Read more...

Texas Instruments develops new digital video technology

Fri, 09 Sep 2005 11:01:41 +0000

Texas Instruments Inc. says it has developed semiconductor technology that will let manufacturers quickly produce digital video devices with more power and features. Officials say manufacturers will be able to use the new chip, microprocessor... Read more...

Texas Instruments Targets Portable Media Centers

Wed, 04 May 2005 14:45:30 +0000

Texas Instruments Incorporated announced that it is working with Microsoft on future versions of the Windows Mobile-based Portable Media Center Software Kit, which will enable manufacturers to develop Portable Media Centers with TI hardware. The... Read more...

Texas Moves to Tackle Spamming

Fri, 14 Jan 2005 11:38:31 +0000

Texas law-enforcement officials have moved to crack down on spam, filing a lawsuit against one of the world's largest junk e-mail operations. The state's attorney general, Grreg Abbott, has field the case against two men... Read more...

Texas hacker caught

Sat, 15 Mar 2003 14:57:09 +0000

A 20-year-old University of Texas student from Houston faced federal charges Friday for hacking into the university's computer system and stealing Social Security numbers of 55,000 students, faculty and staff. Christopher Andrew Phillips, a computer... Read more...