Karoline Leonard
@karolineleonard.bsky.social
technology reporter at austin american-statesman | ou daily alum | formerly: djnf, businessden, tulsa world
Hays County residents are fighting a 96-acre natural gas-powered data center. It'll likely be built anyway. Read about the facility and why residents don't want it built:
Hays County residents are fighting a proposed data center. It'll likely be built anyway
Hays County residents packed a courtroom Tuesday to hear some of the first information related to a planned 96-acre, up to 1.2 gigawatt data center.
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May 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Hays County residents are fighting a 96-acre natural gas-powered data center. It'll likely be built anyway. Read about the facility and why residents don't want it built:
Take a look inside the new innovation lab helping Omnicell, a global medication management technology company, create the first fully autonomous pharmacy:
How Omnicell's new Austin Innovation Lab aims to help create a fully automated pharmacy
Omnicell, a global health care technology company, is opening an Innovation Lab in Austin.
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May 9, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Take a look inside the new innovation lab helping Omnicell, a global medication management technology company, create the first fully autonomous pharmacy:
This week: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is taking legal action against more "Chinese or Chinese Communist Party aligned companies."
The move comes after Paxton launched an investigation into AI company DeepSeek and other Chinese tech companies and platforms:
The move comes after Paxton launched an investigation into AI company DeepSeek and other Chinese tech companies and platforms:
AG Paxton targets more Chinese software companies for violating Texans' personal data
As part of his larger investigation into companies like DeepSeek, Paxton has put more Chinese companies on notice for violating Texans' data privacy.
www.statesman.com
May 9, 2025 at 10:43 PM
This week: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is taking legal action against more "Chinese or Chinese Communist Party aligned companies."
The move comes after Paxton launched an investigation into AI company DeepSeek and other Chinese tech companies and platforms:
The move comes after Paxton launched an investigation into AI company DeepSeek and other Chinese tech companies and platforms:
A company named Tesla EV Motors has incorporated in Texas and is looking to replace Musk's auto company. Here's what we know:
What to know about the new EV company looking to replace Elon Musk's Tesla
Look out Elon Musk, a new Tesla is in town. A company named Tesla EV Motors has incorporated in Texas and is looking to replace Musk's auto company.
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May 6, 2025 at 2:36 PM
A company named Tesla EV Motors has incorporated in Texas and is looking to replace Musk's auto company. Here's what we know:
"On the moon? Cedar Park on the moon?"
What's next for the Cedar Park aerospace company that recently became the first commercial company to successfully land on the moon:
What's next for the Cedar Park aerospace company that recently became the first commercial company to successfully land on the moon:
What's next for the Cedar Park company that landed on the moon? CEO says more launches
"On the moon? Cedar Park on the moon?" Take a look inside Firefly Aerospace's journey from startup over 30 employees to the moon.
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May 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
"On the moon? Cedar Park on the moon?"
What's next for the Cedar Park aerospace company that recently became the first commercial company to successfully land on the moon:
What's next for the Cedar Park aerospace company that recently became the first commercial company to successfully land on the moon:
Potential semiconductor tariffs could raise the price of almost everything, experts believe. Here's what to know ahead of potential tariffs in:
Austin-area experts, lawmakers weigh in on impact of looming semiconductor tariffs
Potential semiconductor tariffs could raise the price of almost everything, experts believe. Here's what to know ahead of potential tariffs.
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April 22, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Potential semiconductor tariffs could raise the price of almost everything, experts believe. Here's what to know ahead of potential tariffs in:
Austin Police responded to a call just after 8 a.m. Monday and found incendiary devices at the Tesla Showroom off North U.S. 183 in Austin:
APD: 'Incendiary device' found at Austin Tesla dealership showroom on North U.S. 183
APD responded to a call just after 8 a.m. on Monday and found "suspicious devices," which were later determined to be incendiary.
www.statesman.com
March 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Austin Police responded to a call just after 8 a.m. Monday and found incendiary devices at the Tesla Showroom off North U.S. 183 in Austin:
IBM CEO Arvind Krishna talked quantum computing, artificial intelligence and the current state of geopolitics during his #SXSW keynote Tuesday:
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Quantum computing and AI: Here's everything IBM CEO Arvind Krishna said at SXSW in Austin
IBM CEO Arvind Krishna says the current state of geopolitics keeps him up at night during his SXSW keynote.
www.statesman.com
March 12, 2025 at 2:47 PM
IBM CEO Arvind Krishna talked quantum computing, artificial intelligence and the current state of geopolitics during his #SXSW keynote Tuesday:
www.statesman.com/story/busine...
www.statesman.com/story/busine...
In 2007, Twitter sort of launched during South by Southwest in Austin.
One of its rival platforms (and former a side project) was the focal point of today's keynote talk at #SXSW.
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One of its rival platforms (and former a side project) was the focal point of today's keynote talk at #SXSW.
www.statesman.com/story/busine...
From Twitter to Bluesky: CEO Jay Graber talks about future of social media at SXSW 2025
Bluesky was created in 2019 as an internal side project at Twitter. It launched about a year before Elon Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion.
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March 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
In 2007, Twitter sort of launched during South by Southwest in Austin.
One of its rival platforms (and former a side project) was the focal point of today's keynote talk at #SXSW.
www.statesman.com/story/busine...
One of its rival platforms (and former a side project) was the focal point of today's keynote talk at #SXSW.
www.statesman.com/story/busine...
Data privacy, artificial intelligence, quantum: Here are some of the big ideas from first few days of #SXSW.
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AI, electric vehicles, de-extinction: Here are the big ideas from SXSW weekend one
AI, data privacy and more: Here are some of our big takeaways from the first weekend of South by Southwest Conference and Festival.
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March 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Data privacy, artificial intelligence, quantum: Here are some of the big ideas from first few days of #SXSW.
www.statesman.com/story/busine...
www.statesman.com/story/busine...
"Austin's great year-round, but Austin's particularly great during SXSW."
Spoke to longtime attendees, volunteers and staff about how #SXSW has changed over the years.
Keep an eye out for all coverage from
@statesman and @austin360 this week.
www.statesman.com/story/news/2...
Spoke to longtime attendees, volunteers and staff about how #SXSW has changed over the years.
Keep an eye out for all coverage from
@statesman and @austin360 this week.
www.statesman.com/story/news/2...
Seeing Austin's signature event through ever-changing vantage points as SXSW 2025 begins
SXSW introduced Austin to the world, and the world to Austin. Today, the city's iconic cultural event, founded in 1987, continues to redefine itself.
www.statesman.com
March 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
"Austin's great year-round, but Austin's particularly great during SXSW."
Spoke to longtime attendees, volunteers and staff about how #SXSW has changed over the years.
Keep an eye out for all coverage from
@statesman and @austin360 this week.
www.statesman.com/story/news/2...
Spoke to longtime attendees, volunteers and staff about how #SXSW has changed over the years.
Keep an eye out for all coverage from
@statesman and @austin360 this week.
www.statesman.com/story/news/2...
Yesterday: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced he'd launch an investigation into Character.AI after two mothers accuse the AI chatbot of promoting sexually explicit content to children and encouraging self-harm and violence in a lawsuit filed in Texas federal court this week.
Two Texas mothers accuse AI chatbot of promoting violence, sexually explicit content
Per screenshots in the suit, the chatbot showed a teen how to self harm and suggested he murder his parents because they restricted his screen time.
www.statesman.com
December 13, 2024 at 8:40 PM
Yesterday: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced he'd launch an investigation into Character.AI after two mothers accuse the AI chatbot of promoting sexually explicit content to children and encouraging self-harm and violence in a lawsuit filed in Texas federal court this week.