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Our Cars Have Become a Treasure Trove of Data. Can We Do Anything About It?

Cars are becoming more than cars. This idea has been at the center of Elon Musk’s pitch to investors for years. “We should be thought of as an AI robotics company. If you value Tesla as just an auto company – it’s just the wrong framework,” he said during an investor’s call last year.

4:56PM Wed. Mar. 12, Benton Graham Read More | Comment »

Scholars Visiting Austin Discuss the Building Blocks of a “Just Economy”

The field of economics has a physics problem. Or, more specifically, a playing-dress-up-as-a-natural-science problem, says Nick Romeo, a longtime writer for The New Yorker magazine and a professor of journalism at UC Berkeley.

6:00PM Fri. Mar. 7, Maggie Quinlan Read More | Comment »

Advocates Rally Against Removal of Disability Rights at Capitol

On Tuesday, a coalition of disability rights activists gathered outside the Texas State Capitol, braving the dusty winds to send Attorney General Ken Paxton a clear message.

4:40PM Wed. Mar. 5, Lucciana Choueiry Read More | Comment »

TODAY'S EVENTS

Peach Pit, Briston Maroney, Bnny

Moody Amphitheater

Happy Together + God’s Own Country at Paramount Theatre

Showgirls
at Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

Medics at Hays County’s Private, Unionized EMS Service Fear for Agency’s Future

A bitter dispute is unfolding south of Austin between the union at a private EMS nonprofit company that provides emergency medical care for much of Hays County and two of the governmental entities they contract with. The dispute could pose a threat to the future of that company, San Marcos Hays County EMS.

1:18PM Fri. Feb. 28, Austin Sanders Read More | Comment »

Asylum Seeker in Texas Faces Deportation After Complying as Witness

The prosecutor speaks at a podium. The judge interrupts with a question. The interpreter grips the edge of her desk like she’s on a boat taking massive waves.

3:06PM Thu. Feb. 27, Maggie Quinlan Read More | Comment »

Big Medium Closes, Leaving a Void in Austin’s Art Scene

Austin's creative community has been dealt another devastating blow with the announcement that one of its key institutions, nonprofit Big Medium, is closing down – and a combination of managerial turmoil and the city of Austin's decision to pull arts funding from legacy organizations seems to be key factor.

3:48PM Tue. Feb. 25, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

East Austin Needs More Trees, and This Nonprofit Is Planting Them

TreeFolks, an environment-oriented nonprofit, is partnering with East Austin performing arts theatre the Vortex and Huston-Tillotson for a tree-planting event on Feb. 28.

2:11PM Tue. Feb. 25, Mattea Gallaway Read More | Comment »

Texas Gets Its Own DOGE

Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows moved some members of his audience to tears Thursday.

3:33PM Thu. Feb. 20, Maggie Quinlan Read More | Comment »

Treasure City Thrift Prepares to Move to New Location

Black letters contrast against a bright pink brick wall, beckoning Austinites to enter. Inside, a sprawling, eclectic inventory unfolds. Various patterns, prints and designs reminisce in their era, a party girl top hung on a metal rack, a pair of khakis donated after a job interview. The items sit patiently, waiting for their next life.

11:55AM Tue. Feb. 18, Angelina Liu Read More | Comment »

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