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Big tech companies like Apple and Microsoft use devices, training and conferences for teachers and students to embed in schools. The New York Times' Natasha Singer discusses the impact in Coding Kids.
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Data center development has picked up in the Austin area, and residents have voiced concerns about water and energy resources related to the construction. But experts say they can use those concerns to get the companies to build more sustainably. -
The Dallas Police Department announced it would cease using more than 300 of its Flock cameras a day before council was to consider an amendment to cancel Flock funding. -
Dallas-area citizens of Hispanic heritage now always carry passports and legal documents to avoid wrongful detainment since the Trump administration increased immigration and deportation enforcement efforts, some say. -
Bexar County staff corrects the cost of military widows' tax exemption at a Commissioners Court meeting, in response to San Antonio Report story. -
Though CenterPoint is reporting few outages, Entergy, which services the region from The Woodlands to Beaumont, reported more than 60,000 customers were without power as of Tuesday night. -
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