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Houston is sinking half an inch per year—and it’s not alone

Fast Company Tech

MAY 8, 2025

In Texas, parts of Houston are sinking at a rate faster than 10 millimetersor about two-fifths of an inchper year. The researchers expected to see subsidence in places like Houston and New Orleans. Dallas, Fort Worth, and Houston saw the highest rates of subsidence, from about 5 millimeters to as much as 10 millimeters per year.

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NASA Astronaut Notices "Slice" in Her Suit's Glove During Spacewalk

Futurism

MAY 1, 2025

Less than an hour in, McClain noticed a "slice" in the index finger of her right glove, prompting ground control in Houston to have a closer look. "If If it helps, when I bend it, it's kind of right at the corner where the finger bends," McClain told Houston via voice link , "but when I bend it, a little tab opens up."

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This strange-looking device just hitched a ride to the moon

Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Image: Lonestar Data Holdings] The data storage device is attached to the side of Athena , a lander developed by Houston startup Intuitive Machines (IM), through NASAs Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative.

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Dub wants to make stock market stars out of everyday investors

Fast Company Tech

JUNE 5, 2025

Daniel Tang, a 26-year-old early Dub user who works in the commodities trading industry in Houston, initially joined the app to diversify his investments but quickly discovered an unexpected benefit. But most young investors begin much later.

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4chan is down: Hack suspicions grow as commenters turn Downdetector website into an alternate forum

Fast Company Tech

APRIL 15, 2025

Here is a list of the cities included: Seattle Los Angeles Phoenix San Francisco Dallas Houston Minneapolis Chicago St. Another 24% of users reported problems with the server connection, and another 5% said they could not post. Outages were registered across the country in a heat map on Downdetector.

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A company is returning to the moon. Heres how it will avoid tipping again

Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Now, as the Houston-based company seeks to repeat the journey , its executives say they've made improvements to their new spacecraft, Athena, that should help it avoid the problems that impacted the mission in 2024.

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Joann fabrics stores closing: See the full list of all remaining locations that will shutter this month

Fast Company Tech

MAY 23, 2025

Alaska Nugget Mall, Juneau Alabama Mobile Festival Centre, Mobile Riverchase Promenade, Hoover Huntsville Plaza, Huntsville Arkansas Spring Creek Centre, Fayetteville Arizona Santan Village Marketplace, Gilbert Santa Fe Square, Mesa Alameda Crossing, Avondale Riverview Mall, Bullhead City East Broadway Blvd, Tucson Buckhorn Plaza, Mesa The Riverview (..)

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In Texas, ‘water is the new oil’ as cities square off over aquifers that may soon dry out

Fast Company Tech

APRIL 1, 2025

said David Lynch, a managing partner at Core Capital investment firm in Houston and a partner in the Upwell project. Upwell partnered with CoreCapital investors in Houston, which bought its 9,000-acre Robertson County farm property in 2021. Were following the rules. Why are we being vilified? After all, hes not the only one doing this.

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Sustainable community-led solutions shaping disaster philanthropy

Candid

APRIL 1, 2025

Our long-term investment in Houston nonprofits strengthened their ability to lead localized disaster recovery efforts from Hurricane Harvey through ongoing severe weather events. In South Dakota, our partnerships with Indigenous-led organizations helped make COVID-19 response efforts culturally relevant, community driven, and accessible.

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Hooters is abruptly closing more restaurants: See the list of doomed locations in several states

Fast Company Tech

JUNE 5, 2025

Louis (7th Street) North Carolina Charlotte (South Blvd) South Carolina Columbia Rock Hill Tennessee Murfreesboro Memphis (Peabody Pl) Nashville (Largo Drive) Texas Grapevine Houston (Farm to Market 1960 Road) San Marcos USA Today has also noted that two additional storesFort Smith, Arkansas, and Madison, Wisconsinhave been delisted from the Hooters (..)

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How NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams’s 8-day mission turned into a 9-month ordeal

Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

And he is an elder in his Baptist church back home in Houston, and hes even done, I understand, some, put in some calls to some of his older church members to try to give them a pep talk, right? And Butch cant wait to get back to face to face ministering of his flock back home at his church in Houston.

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Expert Process Tips to Ensure Year-End Fundraising Success

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DECEMBER 5, 2024

Lena Lieb Director of Major Gifts, Children’s Museum of Houston Set Time on Your Calendars for a Post-mortem Not all steps are active fundraising steps. There’s a wealth of institutional knowledge across the people who have been here a long time and I’m enjoying learning from them.

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United Airlines faces lawsuit from passenger who said he was forcibly removed from a bathroom

Fast Company Tech

MARCH 24, 2025

An Orthodox Jewish passenger says a United Airlines pilot forcibly removed him from an airplane bathroom while he was experiencing constipation, exposing his genitalia to other flyers during a flight from Tulum, Mexico, to Houston.

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Why a Great Website Is One of the Best Investments Your Nonprofit Can Make

Neon CRM

JULY 7, 2025

If your website isn’t checking the boxes below, then Houston, we have a problem (but luckily also solutions!). Let’s dive in: 1. Your Website Should Build Trust and Community Confidence Think of your website as a digital handshake. We’ve all landed on a website that looks a little… off.

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The Masters offers public phones as alternatives to cellphones. Here’s what attendees think

Fast Company Tech

APRIL 11, 2025

The 16-year-old from Houston had the rare opportunity to use a public telephone for the first time. Attending the Masters for the first time was a new experience for Thomas Abraham, and it wasn’t just about the golf.

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6 ways effective leaders think like astronauts

Fast Company Tech

MAY 20, 2025

We all know those infamous words: “Houston, we have a problem.” The challenges of space flight were on full display during the Apollo 13 crew’s near-disastrous mission on the way to the moon in 1970.

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The best Netflix TV shows of 2025 (so far)

Mashable Tech

JUNE 27, 2025

Co-created by Mo Amer and Ramy Youssef, this semi-autobiographical series centers on Palestinian refugee Mo (Amer) and his family's lives in Houston. Mo , Season 2 Not only is Mo one of the best TV shows of 2025 — it's also essential viewing. Season 2 opens with Mo struggling to get back to the U.S. from Mexico.

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Why FEMA’s flood maps often miss dangerous flash flood risks

Fast Company Tech

JULY 16, 2025

A map of Houston, produced for a 2022 study by researchers at universities and First Street, shows flood risk shifting over the next 30 years as climate change worsens. Blue areas are today’s 100-year flood-risk zones.

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AI-Powered Brady Compliance

Medium Technology Section

JULY 15, 2025

Addressing Implementation Challenges Legal Framework : The system would likely require statutory changes, since Brady is currently a constitutional requirement interpreted through case law.

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How to turn job hopping into a win on your résumé

Fast Company Tech

JUNE 26, 2025

Your résumé sets the tone for a transparent dialogue with potential employers,” says Jaune Little, director of recruiting services at Insperity who is based in Houston. Your résumé can be the first impression you make, so let it reflect an accurate history of your experience.

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Dropbox CEO slams return-to-office mandates, compares them to outdated malls and theaters

TechSpot

JUNE 7, 2025

Speaking on an episode of Fortune's "Leadership Next" podcast, Houston said what most people have long thought: that returning to the office is a waste of time and money when employees can do exactly the same tasks at home. Read Entire Article

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The grid may fail, airports shouldn’t

Fast Company Tech

JUNE 20, 2025

And it did in May after the air traffic control tower at Houston Hobby lost power for an hour and backup generators kicked on. It did again on the Iberian Peninsula in April after a power outage, whose cause is still undetermined, knocking out transit in Barcelona, Madrid, and Lisbon and grounding flights even as back-up generators kicked on.

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Geothermal Unicorn Fervo Energy Is Building a Massive Next-Gen Plant in Utah

Singularity Hub

JUNE 12, 2025

Fervo’s cofounder, Tim Latimer, started his career in the oil and gas industry, but after a 2015 flood in his home city of Houston, he realized the urgency of the climate crisis and decided to find a way to apply fossil fuel technologies to renewable energy. Horizontal drilling isn’t the only technology Latimer repurposed for geothermal.

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AXRP Episode 44 - Peter Salib on AI Rights for Human Safety

The AI Alignment Forum

JUNE 27, 2025

Peter is a law professor at the University of Houston, the co-director for the Center for Law and AI Risk , and he serves as law and policy advisor for the Center for AI Safety. In this episode I’ll be speaking with Peter Salib. There’s a transcript of this episode at axrp.net and links to papers we discuss are available in the description.

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Wing and Walmart are bringing drone delivery to 100 new stores

The Verge

JUNE 5, 2025

Customers who shop at Walmart stores in Atlanta, Charlotte, Houston, Orlando, and Tampa will soon have the ability to request a drone deliver their online shopping orders. Wing, the drone company owned by Alphabet, and Walmart are expanding their delivery partnership to five new cities in the US, the companies announced today.

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These 96 housing markets are seeing falling home prices

Fast Company Tech

JUNE 25, 2025

Year-over-year home value declines, using the Zillow Home Value Index, are evident in major metros such as Austin (-5.5%); Tampa, Florida (-5.4%); Dallas (-3.4%); Phoenix (-3.4%); San Antonio (-3.3%); Orlando, Florida (-3.2%); Miami (-3.2%); Jacksonville, Florida (-3.0%); Atlanta (-2.7%); San Francisco (-2.5%); Denver (-2.4%); New Orleans (-2.3%); (..)

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Affluent Travelers Are Ditching Business Class for Business Jets

Wired

JULY 2, 2025

Sophie Hurwitz Walmart Goes Big With Drone Delivery Expansion Walmart, with its partner Wing, plans to bring drone delivery to 100 new stores in five new US cities: Atlanta, Charlotte, Houston, Orlando, and Tampa.

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The Supreme Court ruling on birthright citizenship is causing widespread confusion in the U.S. immigrant community

Fast Company Tech

JUNE 30, 2025

Lorena, a 24-year-old Colombian asylum seeker who lives in Houston and is due to give birth in September, pored over media reports on Friday morning. Constitution: that anyone born in the United States is considered a citizen at birth, regardless of their parents’ citizenship or legal status. “I don’t understand it well.”

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Airplane Wi-Fi Is Now … Good?

Wired

JULY 2, 2025

Benj Edwards, Ars Technica Walmart Goes Big With Drone Delivery Expansion Walmart, with its partner Wing, plans to bring drone delivery to 100 new stores in five new US cities: Atlanta, Charlotte, Houston, Orlando, and Tampa.

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Walmart to Expand Wing Drone Deliveries to 100 Stores

The Information

JUNE 6, 2025

The retail giant is adding Wing drone deliveries from stores in Atlanta, Charlotte, Houston, Orlando and Tampa, on top of existing drone operations in. Walmart plans to offer deliveries using drones from Alphabet subsidiary Wing from 100 stores in five new U.S. cities, the retailer said Thursday.

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“It’s a heist”: Senator calls out Texas for trying to steal shuttle from Smithsonian

Ars Technica

JULY 10, 2025

Udvar-Hazy Center in northern Virginia and displayed at Space Center Houston. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, both representing Texas, introduced the " Bring the Space Shuttle Home Act " that called for Discovery to be relocated from the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F.

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China's Electric Vehicle Factories Have Become Tourist Hotspots

Wired

JUNE 23, 2025

Aarian Marshall Walmart Goes Big With Drone Delivery Expansion Walmart, with its partner Wing, plans to bring drone delivery to 100 new stores in five new US cities: Atlanta, Charlotte, Houston, Orlando, and Tampa.

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How oil prices are faring after U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear sites

Fast Company Tech

JUNE 23, 2025

Countries are not always rational actors and Tehran could lash out for political or emotional reasons, said Andy Lipow, a Houston analyst who has covered oil markets for 45 years. . “The price of oil should fall and stock markets around the world should climb higher.” ” Other experts weren’t so sure.

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NASA will lose over 2,000 senior staff due to proposed Trump budget cuts

Engadget

JULY 9, 2025

For example, Kennedy Space Center is NASA's main rocket launch site and Johnson Space Center (the "Houston" of "Houston, we have a problem") acts as the home base for human space flight operations. These centers serve critical functions in the operation of NASA's various missions.

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Kroger is closing 60 stores: See the list of locations that are reportedly shuttering in 2025 so far

Fast Company Tech

JUNE 23, 2025

WFHG ) It’s unclear if the above locations are part of the 60 locations included in Kroger’s earnings disclosure on Friday.

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How to watch the NBA draft 2025 live online or on TV, including free options

Fast Company Tech

JUNE 25, 2025

Here’s a look at the order of selections for tonight’s first round of the NBA draft.

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Rich Kleiman is building Boardroom into a membership club, and it’s all about legacy

Fast Company Tech

JUNE 23, 2025

Kevin Durant (left) of the Houston Rockets and Rich Kleiman sit courtside at the 2023 WNBA All-Star Game. “I really want to build a sustainable brand that lasts,” Kleiman tells Fast Company. “By By having this core membership community, and having them become, in a lot of ways, voices of this brand, I thought was really crucial.”

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Japan’s ispace fails second private moon landing attempt

Fast Company Tech

JUNE 6, 2025

A lunar lander from Houston-based Intuitive Machines followed closely behind but touched down at an odd angle , preventing the solar panels that power it from recharging to carry out its mission objectives.

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Walmart Goes Big With Drone Delivery Expansion

Wired

JUNE 5, 2025

Walmart, with its partner Wing, plans to bring drone delivery to 100 new stores in five new US cities: Atlanta, Charlotte, Houston, Orlando, and Tampa.

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Mattel rolls out ChatGPT Enterprise

CIO Dive

JUNE 13, 2025

25, 2021 in Houston, Texas. Deep Dive Opinion Library Events Press Releases Topics Sign up Search Sign up Search IT Strategy Cloud Security Big Data AI Software Leadership An article from Dive Brief Mattel rolls out ChatGPT Enterprise The toymaker plans to use OpenAI’s technology to improve product development and customer engagement.

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Walmart expands drone deliveries to five new cities, including Atlanta

Engadget

JUNE 5, 2025

These areas include Atlanta, Tampa, Orlando, Charlotte and Houston. Walmart just announced a major expansion of its drone delivery service to five new cities. This makes it the first retailer to offer drone-based deliveries across five states, as the service has already been operating in Arkansas.

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Looking for a summer read? Barnes & Noble is on track to open more than 60 new bookstores this year. Here’s where

Fast Company Tech

JULY 3, 2025

NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49525 Texas: 12850 Memorial Drive, Houston, TX 77024 California: 2475 Sand Creek Rd., Dale Mabry Hwy., Tampa FL 33618 151 N US Highway 1, Tequesta, FL 33469 4149 Tamiami Trail N., Naples, FL 34103 New York: 301 Walt Whitman Rd., Huntington Station, NY 11746 Nebraska: 7949 Towne Center Pkwy., Beltline Ave.

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Case Study Highlights Future of Philanthropy Depends on Next Gen Donor Learning

NonProfit PRO

APRIL 26, 2022

Titled 'Next Gen Donor Learning: Lessons for Effective Programs from Houston and the Field,' the report identifies core questions facing any next gen donor learning effort and offers practical guidance for tackling each question.

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Business Class Ain’t What It Used to Be. Don’t Tell First Class

Wired

JULY 2, 2025

Nena Farrell Walmart Goes Big With Drone Delivery Expansion Walmart, with its partner Wing, plans to bring drone delivery to 100 new stores in five new US cities: Atlanta, Charlotte, Houston, Orlando, and Tampa.

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Houston is sinking half an inch per year—and it’s not alone

NASA Astronaut Notices "Slice" in Her Suit's Glove During Spacewalk

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This strange-looking device just hitched a ride to the moon

Webinars

Dub wants to make stock market stars out of everyday investors

4chan is down: Hack suspicions grow as commenters turn Downdetector website into an alternate forum

A company is returning to the moon. Heres how it will avoid tipping again

Joann fabrics stores closing: See the full list of all remaining locations that will shutter this month

In Texas, ‘water is the new oil’ as cities square off over aquifers that may soon dry out

Sustainable community-led solutions shaping disaster philanthropy

Hooters is abruptly closing more restaurants: See the list of doomed locations in several states

How NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams’s 8-day mission turned into a 9-month ordeal

Expert Process Tips to Ensure Year-End Fundraising Success

United Airlines faces lawsuit from passenger who said he was forcibly removed from a bathroom

Why a Great Website Is One of the Best Investments Your Nonprofit Can Make

The Masters offers public phones as alternatives to cellphones. Here’s what attendees think

6 ways effective leaders think like astronauts

The best Netflix TV shows of 2025 (so far)

Why FEMA’s flood maps often miss dangerous flash flood risks

AI-Powered Brady Compliance

How to turn job hopping into a win on your résumé

Dropbox CEO slams return-to-office mandates, compares them to outdated malls and theaters

The grid may fail, airports shouldn’t

Geothermal Unicorn Fervo Energy Is Building a Massive Next-Gen Plant in Utah

AXRP Episode 44 - Peter Salib on AI Rights for Human Safety

Wing and Walmart are bringing drone delivery to 100 new stores

These 96 housing markets are seeing falling home prices

Affluent Travelers Are Ditching Business Class for Business Jets

The Supreme Court ruling on birthright citizenship is causing widespread confusion in the U.S. immigrant community

Airplane Wi-Fi Is Now … Good?

Walmart to Expand Wing Drone Deliveries to 100 Stores

“It’s a heist”: Senator calls out Texas for trying to steal shuttle from Smithsonian

China's Electric Vehicle Factories Have Become Tourist Hotspots

How oil prices are faring after U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear sites

NASA will lose over 2,000 senior staff due to proposed Trump budget cuts

Kroger is closing 60 stores: See the list of locations that are reportedly shuttering in 2025 so far

How to watch the NBA draft 2025 live online or on TV, including free options

Rich Kleiman is building Boardroom into a membership club, and it’s all about legacy

Japan’s ispace fails second private moon landing attempt

Walmart Goes Big With Drone Delivery Expansion

Mattel rolls out ChatGPT Enterprise

Walmart expands drone deliveries to five new cities, including Atlanta

Looking for a summer read? Barnes & Noble is on track to open more than 60 new bookstores this year. Here’s where

Case Study Highlights Future of Philanthropy Depends on Next Gen Donor Learning

Business Class Ain’t What It Used to Be. Don’t Tell First Class

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