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TRENDING

  • HOUSTON, TEXAS - NOVEMBER 05: Framber Valdez #59 of the Houston Astros reacts after striking out J.T. Realmuto #10 of the Philadelphia Phillies to get out of the third inning in Game Six of the 2022 World Series at Minute Maid Park on November 05, 2022 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images)
    No Verlander, no problem: How Astros can replace ace's production
  • Michael Conforto #30 of the New York Mets watches after hitting a ball deep for a home run during the eighth inning of the game against the Atlanta Braves at Truist Park on October 2, 2021 in Atlanta, Georgia.
    Report: Astros considering trio of free-agent outfielders
  • The League of United Latin Americans Citizens is suing Houston City Council over its implementation of at-large city council positions it believes stymies the voice of the city's large Hispanic population.  
    Houston City Council sued over lack of Hispanic representatives
  • Protestors hung the banner following controversy surrounding a recent Balenciaga ad campaign featuring kids. 
    'Pedophiles' banner hung over entrance of Texas Balenciaga store

Technology

  • Whinstone US CEO Chad Harris points to where Bitcoin mining machines will go during a tour at the Whinstone US Bitcoin mining facility in Rockdale, Texas, on October 10, 2021.
    Texas’s crypto mining boom is starting to look more like a bust
    Energy costs and competition lead some cryptocurrency companies to bankruptcy and default.
    By David Pan and Naureen S. Malik
  • Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes arrives at federal court with her partner Billy Evans on November 18, 2022 in San Jose, California. 
    Elizabeth Holmes appeals Theranos fraud conviction, prison term
    By Joel Rosenblatt
    Until now, some paying customers have been blocked from accessing the feature known as FSD because they didn’t score high enough on metrics Tesla uses to set insurance rates.
    Tesla opens floodgates for owners to test out automated driving
    By Craig Trudell
    Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes on November 18, 2022 in San Jose, California. Holmes appeared in federal court for sentencing after being convicted of four counts of fraud for allegedly engaging in a multimillion-dollar scheme to defraud investors in her company Theranos, which offered blood testing lab services.
    Elizabeth Holmes judge proposes Texas prison, family visits
    By Joel Rosenblatt
    Elon Musk recently floated the idea of opening a second Twitter headquarters in Texas. 
    Report: Elon Musk won't rule out a Twitter headquarters in Texas
    By Ariana Garcia

Today's Picks

  • Norco
    Why Norco, a Gulf Coast thriller, is one of the year's best games
    The roots of the thrilling point-and-click noir Norco stretch from Texas to Louisiana.
  • Ja'Vier Francis #5 of the Houston Cougars drives to the basket on Nate Clover III #13 of the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles at Fertitta Center on November 14, 2022 in Houston.
    Texas teams maintain stranglehold on top of rankings
    The Lone Star State continues to reign supreme.
  • 3001 Inwood in Houston's River Oaks neighborhood
    $16.5M River Oaks mansion is brand new, ready for its first owner
    This River Oaks mansion offers its future first homeowner ideal indoor-outdoor living.
  • These non-traditional stocking stuffers will wow them this year.
    16 useful stocking stuffers for everyone on your list
    Here's a guide inspired by my dad (and his 50-plus years of stocking stuffing experience).

More News

  • Brittney Griner facing 'terrible' life at Russian penal colony
  • SEC halftime contest booed, both students awarded $100,000
  • Texas federal judge says domestic abusers can keep their guns
  • Hundreds of TX Methodist churches vote to split from denomination
  • Jeremy Peña expresses excitement about Astros' offseason moves
  • Body of 7-year-old Texas girl found, FedEx driver arrested
  • Texas hunters find skeletal remains of missing man from 2005

More Technology News

  • Technology
    Texas Bitcoin miner Core Scientific lost $1.7 billion this year
    Power lines run to a Bitcoin mining facility in Texas. The Austin-based company is among the hardest hit miners with low bitcoin prices depressing revenue. By David Pan
  • Technology
    Texas stays optimistic even after cryptocurrency firm FTX’s fall
    Lee Bratcher, president of nonprofit trade association Texas Blockchain Council, makes the opening remarks at the Texas Blockchain Summit in Austin on Nov. 17, 2022. Many legislators, investors and enthusiasts remain believers in making Texas crypto’s top destination. By Alex Nguyen
  • Technology
    TikTok CEO says ‘Project Texas’ to allay US security concern
    STOCK IMAGE The effort will isolate sensitive data from its American users. By Zheping Huang and Reto Gregori
  • Technology
    Layoffs like at Amazon are outlier in still-robust job market
    Anwar Almojarkesh (L) and Alan Chalabi (R) from England take a photo at Meta (formerly Facebook) corporate headquarters in Menlo Park, California on November 9, 2022. - Facebook owner Meta will lay off more than 11,000 of its staff in "the most difficult changes we've made in Meta's history," boss Mark Zuckerberg said on Wednesday. So far this month, technology companies have outlined plans to eliminate 31,200 jobs. By Augusta Saraiva
  • Technology
    Twitter users create havoc by impersonating brands
    FILE - The Twitter logo is seen on a cell phone, Friday, Oct. 14, 2022, in Boston. The “official” designation for major corporate accounts on Twitter appeared, vanished, and depending on the account, appeared or vanished again and some companies took to the social media platform to warn of imposters. Users were quick to begin abusing a revamped a subscription service this week on Twitter. By Ryan Mac, Benjamin Mullin, Kate Conger and Mike Isaac

Most Popular

  1. Justin Verlander signs with Mets, ending brilliant run with Astros
  2. 'Pedophiles' banner hung in front of Texas Balenciaga store after controversial ad campaign
  3. The Houston Astros should sign this hated rival in free agency
  4. Popular TX pastor returns after absence over an 'inappropriate' online relationship
  5. Report: Houston Astros eyeing trio of outfielders in free agency
  6. Jeremy Peña expresses excitement about Houston Astros' offseason moves
  7. Texas’s crypto mining boom is starting to look more like a bust

More Technology News

  • Technology
    Facebook parent Meta cuts 11,000 jobs, 13% of workforce
    FILE - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at Georgetown University in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019. Facebook parent Meta is laying off 11,000 people, about 13% of its workforce, as it contends with faltering revenue and broader tech industry woes, Zuckerberg said in a letter to employees Wednesday. Facebook parent Meta is laying off 11,000 people, about 13% of its workforce, as it contends with faltering revenue and broader tech industry woes, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a letter to employees Wednesday. The job cuts come just a week after... By BARBARA ORTUTAY
  • Technology
    Musk takes over Twitter and faces social media crash course
    Twitter headquarters is shown in San Francisco, Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. Elon Musk has taken control of Twitter after a protracted legal battle and months of uncertainty. The question now is what the billionaire Tesla CEO will actually do with the social media platform. Twitter's newly minted owner, the self-described “free speech absolutist” Elon Musk, is about to get a crash course on global content moderation. Among his first moves after completing his $44 billion takeover Thursday was to fire the social media... By BARBARA ORTUTAY, TOM KRISHER and MATT O'BRIEN
  • Technology
    Kanye West to buy conservative social media platform Parler
    FILE - Kanye West arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on Feb. 9, 2020, in Beverly Hills, Calif. The rapper formerly known as Kanye West is offering to buy right-wing friendly social network Parler after being booted off of Twitter and Instagram. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File) Details like price were not disclosed. By MICHELLE CHAPMAN and BARBARA ORTUTAY
  • Technology
    Bitcoin Cowboys are the ultimate stress test for TX power grid
    The Bitcoin buildup in Texas has been so massive and so fast that it’s like adding entire cities’ worth of electricity consumption in just a couple of years. The rapid expansion piles risk onto one of the most unstable grids in the US.  By Michael Smith
  • Technology
    Tech companies gaming out responses to the TX social media law
    FILE - The Facebook logo is displayed on an iPad in Philadelphia, May 16, 2012. Actions by Facebook and its parent Meta during last year's Gaza war violated the rights of Palestinian users to freedom of expression, freedom of assembly, political participation and non-discrimination, a report commissioned by the social media company has found. Most of the options being floated would alter tech company services so dramatically that some experts have concluded they would be virtually impossible to execute. By Elizabeth Dwoskin

Retail News

  • Business Americans spent less in July as COVID-19 cases surged
  • Houston & Texas H-E-B among retailers no longer selling MyPillow products
  • BizFeed Retail-office lifestyle development breaks ground in Conroe
    Marcel Boulevard will have 68,160 square feet of restaurant and retail space, 32,400 square feet of executive office space and ground-level special event and entertainment areas.
  • BizFeed Olive Garden to open in Lake Jackson and Cypress
    The new Olive Garden in Lake Jackson will be a first for the city south of Houston. The restaurant is at 151 State Highway 288.
  • Retail Beloved retailer makes long-awaited return to Houston
    Adriana Grays takes a picture of her grandson Austin Collier, 4, during a Toys R Us store preview at The Galleria on Dec. 5, 2019.

More Technology News

  • Technology
    Uvalde ‘conspiracy’ among TikTok’s recommended searches
    Photo illustration a TikTok logo seen displayed on a smartphone In Brussels - Belgium on 18 September 2022. (Photo illustration by Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images) TikTok users are being led to Uvalde conspiracy videos. By Steven Santana
  • Technology
    Elon Musk's college photos, memorabilia sold for $165K
    Musk would later use a Judge Dredd meme to troll Jeff Bezos. “We broke up just before he started conquering the world,” the seller said.
  • Technology
    Watch the replay of Wednesday's Apple Event
    Apple is set to announce its latest products live from it's HQ in Cupertino, Califg.  The tech juggernaut is replacing the iPhone's oft-maligned notch with the "Dynamic Island." 
  • Technology
    Irish watchdog fines Instagram $402M over handling of teens' data
    FILE - This Friday, Aug. 23, 2019 photo shows the Instagram app icon on the screen of a mobile device in New York. Ireland's Data Protection Commission said by email on Monday, Sept. 5, 2022, that it made a final decision on Friday to fine the company 405 million euros ($402 million) for mishandling teenagers' personal data. . The penalty is the second-biggest issued under the EU's privacy rules.
  • Technology
    TX crypto-mining rush may need power equivalent to state of NY
    Bitcoin mining machines in a warehouse at the Whinstone US Bitcoin mining facility in Rockdale, Texas, on Oct. 10, 2021. Crypto currency miners are accelerating their push to expand in Texas far beyond what authorities had initially expected, threatening to send the state’s electricity use skyrocketing. By Naureen S. Malik

Aviation News

  • News Mexico's domestic airline industry in shambles
    FILE - Passenger planes land at Benito Juárez International Airport in Mexico City, May 12, 2022.
  • News 20 years for Chinese national in US aviation spying case
    This photo provided by Butler County, Ohio, jail shows Yanjun Xu. A federal judge is preparing to sentence Yanjun Xu, a Chinese national convicted of trying to steal trade secrets from U.S. aviation and aerospace companies. Prosecutors allege that beginning in 2013, Yanjun Xu recruited experts who worked at aviation companies, including GE Aviation. The government is asking for a 25-year prison term at Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022 sentencing hearing in Cincinnati. Xu's attorneys say a fair sentence would be the nearly five years he's served since his arrest. ( Butler County, Ohio, jail via AP)
  • Travel This Tiny Brooklyn Company Is About to Upend the Aviation...
  • Business Will airlines get their acts together for Thanksgiving rush?
    Southwest Airlines is moving back to Bush Airport. The airline previously flew out of IAH, but since 2005 has flown to and from Houston out of Hobby, according to earlier reporting.
  • News Southwest schedule chaos mostly misses Albany

More Technology News

  • Technology
    Texas-based SpaceX partners with T-Mobile to connect remote spots
    FILE - In this May 29, 2014, file photo, Elon Musk, CEO and CTO of SpaceX, introduces the SpaceX Dragon V2 spaceship at the SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, Calif. Musk’s SpaceX and T-Mobile are teaming up to help provide voice and data services anywhere by having satellites connect with cellphones using T-Mobile’s wireless spectrum. The plan, called Coverage Above and Beyond, looks to use SpaceX’s Starlink satellites that are in low Earth orbit and T-Mobile’s wireless network to reach people even in remote areas of the U.S. that typically don’t receive traditional cell signals. Musk emphasized one of the key benefits will be to help people in life-threatening situations. By MICHELLE CHAPMAN
  • Technology
    Google flagged a Houston dad for taking photos of his toddler
    STOCK IMAGE Google logotype on a smartphone held by a hand with a dark red background. A Houston man was investigated for taking photos of his son for health reasons. By Kashmir Hill
  • Technology
    Movement to #DeleteFacebook grows after charges over abortion
    The #DeleteFacebook hashtag caught fire on Twitter Tuesday. Social media users fumed as news reports about Facebook sharing a Nebraska teen's DMs with cops investigating her for allegedly aborting her pregnancy circulated online.  By Michael Murney
  • Technology
    Phone bills are about to go up for some in Texas. Here’s why.
    Texans who call people in other parts of the state will likely see an increase in their phone bills starting this month after the Public Utility Commission approved a rate hike to help replenish a fund to provide cellphone service in rural Texas. The rate increase will help replenish a state fund to maintain and operate cellphone networks in rural Texas. A court determined the state’s Public Utility Commission needed to restore $200 million in overdue money to the fund. By Cecilia Lenzen
  • Technology
    Musk says Twitter deal could move ahead
    The billionaire and Tesla CEO has been trying to back out of his April agreement to buy the social media company, leading Twitter to sue him last month to complete the acquisition.

Medical News

  • U.S. & World Abortion clinic that opened days after Roe fell is inundated
    Dr. Elizabeth Brett Daily, left, walks with patient Haley Ruark after providing a medical abortion at a Planned Parenthood clinic Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022, in Kansas City, Kan.
  • U.S. & World In a nod to JFK, Biden pushing 'moonshot' to fight cancer
    President Joe Biden waves as he boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, on his way to the groundbreaking of the new Intel semiconductor manufacturing facility in New Albany, Ohio.
  • Politics Michigan’s high court puts abortion question on Nov. ballot
    Pro choice supporters gather outside the Michigan State Capitol during a "Restore Roe" rally in Lansing, on September 7, 2022. - Michigan's elections board last Wednesday rejected a voter initiative due to formatting of the petition text for the November ballot that would enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution, a move that sets the stage for a legal showdown at the state Supreme Court. More than 730,000 residents in Michigan signed a petition to get an amendment to enshrine reproductive rights into the Michigan's State Constitution. (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP) (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images)
  • Education How HISD and other schools help students' mental health
    A student at Lakewood Elementary School in Cecilia, Ky., uses her laptop to participate in an emotional check-in at the start of the school day, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022. The rural Kentucky school is one of thousands across the country using the technology to screen students' state of mind and alert teachers to anyone struggling.
  • Politics Senate Democrats approve big Biden deal; House to vote next
    President Joe Biden walks to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, on his way to his Rehoboth Beach, Del., home after his most recent COVID-19 isolation, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022.

More Technology News

  • Technology
    Elon Musk countersuit accuses Twitter of fraud
    Twitter filed its response denying Musk's accusations before Musk’s own counterclaims surfaced. By Associated Press
  • Technology
    Yes, you are being watched, even if no one is looking for you
    STOCK IMAGE There is a market for personal data compiled from information volunteered, unwittingly yielded and stolen. By Peter Krapp
  • Technology
    Robots can be racist and sexist, researchers find
    FILE PHOTO An advisor guides users to interact with the "Pepper" robot during a trial of robotic assistants Pepper and James at Medellin Town Hall on July 08, 2022 in Medellin, Colombia. (Photo by Fredy Builes/Getty Images) The robots responded to words like "homemaker" and "janitor" by choosing women and people of color. By Pranshu Verma
  • Technology
    Report: Uber used political leaders to relax labor and taxi laws
    As Uber aggressively pushed into markets around the world, the ride-sharing service lobbied political leaders to relax labor and taxi laws. By The Associated Press
  • Technology
    Google to delete location data when users visit abortion clinics
    Google said Friday that it would delete abortion clinic visits from the location history of its users, in the company’s first effort to address how it will handle sensitive data in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade. Since the Supreme Court’s decision last week to strike down Roe v. Wade, experts have said search and location data from companies like Google are more likely to be used as evidence. By Nico Grant

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    The Houston home at 1702 Milford Street is listed for $2 million
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