by Harold Obrien | Feb 4, 2021 | Technology
Abbott declares such access an emergency item as educators call for statewide strategy, not a patchwork of solutions Taillights on a fleet of Duncanville buses lit up the roads early one morning just after the spring semester started. One turned onto Fouts Avenue and...
by Beverly Barney | Feb 4, 2021 | Lifestyle
From voice-controlled faucets to virtual workplaces, people are growing accustomed to – and relying heavily on – an assortment of technological innovations. If this first of the year technology-focused Trend Spotting had published a year ago, it would most likely not...
by Harold Obrien | Feb 4, 2021 | Business
The Texas oil and natural gas industry is poised to find its “cyclical trough” early this year, according to one of the state’s leading industry groups. Texas oil and gas outlook The state’s share of total U.S. oil production had grown to roughly 42% in 2019, and by...
by Josephine Stubblefield | Feb 3, 2021 | Technology
The latest prototype of SpaceX’s next-generation Starship rocket launched successfully on Tuesday but exploded on impact during an attempted landing after a development test flight. Starship prototype Serial Number 9, or SN9, aimed to fly as high as 10 kilometers, or...
by Beverly Barney | Feb 2, 2021 | Business
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican Gov. Greg Abbott said Texas is on a comeback from a pandemic that has killed more than 36,000 people here — third-most in the U.S. — and steered America’s biggest red state Monday night into a thicket of battles over voting,...
by Josephine Stubblefield | Feb 2, 2021 | Technology
MONROE TOWNSHIP, N.J., Feb. 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: OPTT), a leader in innovative and cost-effective ocean energy solutions, today announced the acquisition of 3Dent Technology, LLC, an offshore energy engineering and...
by Harold Obrien | Feb 2, 2021 | Business
Southwest Airlines, despite a pandemic that decimated air travel, topped the Texas companies on this year’s list. Dallas-based Southwest Airlines, San Antonio-based USAA and Westlake-based Charles Schwab are among the world’s most admired companies in Fortune’s 2021...
