Tesla Cybercab hits pothole in Austin, raising questions about sensors
A Tesla Cybercab drives through stormwater on Barton Springs Road after an Oct. 14 rainstorm. The purpose-built robotaxi,…
Riding in a Tesla Cybercab in Austin gets you an assertive driver
Austin American-Statesman reporter Andrea Guzmán exits a Tesla Cybercab on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman The…
Tesla Semi production at 1,000 a week, Austin supplies batteries
In April, Tesla said its first Semi rolled off its production line in a new factory next to…
Texas pauses data center approvals as Abbott orders audit
Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered a halt of all data center approvals in Texas amid ongoing pushback against the…
Elon Musk’s Boring Co. proposes Austin-San Antonio hyperloop tunnel
Elon Musk speaks during a 2018 unveiling event for the Boring Co.’s test tunnel in Hawthorne, Calif. It…
Austin family seeks answers after Waymo robotaxi kills beloved cat
Tommy, the Caputo family’s cat. He died after he was struck by a Waymo autonomous vehicle Sept. 6…
Pete Hegseth visits Austin’s Saronic Technologies on Texas tour
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during an event at Saronic Technologies in Austin on Friday. Hegseth visited…
Tesla, SpaceX sue Illinois’ Tera-print over Terafab chip factory name
Terafab, we have a problem. When Elon Musk announced plans for what he said would be the world’s…
Quantum computing campus planned as Texas chases next tech boom
Ground-clearing work is underway Aug. 31 at the future site of Occam Foundry in Southeast Austin, south of…
Texas hemp lawsuit targets undefined ‘trace amounts’ standard
Kaab Malik, owner of iVape ATX, reaches for a strain of smokeable hemp at his shop on Guadalupe Street…
Alex Jones Sandy Hook damages cut to $1.5M by Texas court
A $50 million judgment against Infowars founder Alex Jones for falsely calling the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary school…
State lawmakers press data center developers on water, power use
The House State Affairs Committee held a hearing Wednesday on data centers and the 765-kilovolt line at the…