The Daily Shear

San Marcos bans data centers to protect local water supplies as OpenAI offers the federal government a massive equity stake and the White House accepts a luxury aircraft gift from foreign donors.

Austin bus drivers prepare for a strike while federal export controls on AI models stall, and the Supreme Court strikes down executive attempts to limit birthright citizenship.

San Marcos bans data centers to preserve utility capacity, a director faces prison for defrauding Netflix, and the Supreme Court reshapes the limits of presidential firing power over federal agencies.

Austin's roadside landmarks fall to infrastructure expansion as General Motors replaces human labor with robotics and the U.S. Supreme Court considers seizing control of the Federal Reserve.

Austin City Council hides decades of utility votes in the shadows while the state spends millions fixing textbook typos and global transit networks melt under record-breaking heatwaves.

Apple lobbies for blacklisted Chinese microchips as the state manages agricultural pests and Saharan dust, while federal trade threats and military escalations highlight the limitations of institutional oversight.

Texas lawmakers face silence from data centers on water usage, while hardware costs climb alongside rising inflation and the Supreme Court narrows corporate liability for chemical manufacturers.

Camp Mystic stalls flood lawsuits via bankruptcy, Micron secures multi-billion dollar chip deals, and Venezuelan earthquakes strain regional emergency systems.