UT Austin researchers found Gulf Coast coal and ash contain large rare‑earth inventories on paper, but low per‑ton value and tricky extraction keep the economics tight. Pilot projects and co‑products may be the only realistic path to profit.

UT Austin will lead the NNME South node, convening 104 partners and industry-backed training to prepare technicians and engineers for thousands of chip jobs across 10 states.

Cedar Park's Firefly Aerospace will deliver four propulsive drones to the Moon’s south pole under a $75M JPL subcontract, stepping into NASA's Moon Base plans.

UT Austin researchers are installing ultrasonic sensors and refining seismic models to spot canister damage before it spreads as Texas invests $350M in advanced nuclear.

HydroGraph’s HGRAF shares swung from $0.15 to $8.37 as the company raised C$30M and opened an Austin HQ — even though fiscal‑2025 revenue was just $43,051.

A Dallas Fed survey finds two-thirds of Texas companies use AI; a small share say it lowered their need for workers.

A Baylor‑led consortium's AllFaith Benchmark finds major language models often omit religious perspectives in ethics answers and show conversion biases. The work is open‑sourced for developers and scholars.

ACC and Central Texas school districts have launched a healthcare academy that lets ninth-graders earn industry credentials and stack them toward ACC degrees. The program is backed by more than $10 million in grants.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Netflix, alleging the streamer secretly harvested Texans’ data — including kids’ viewing logs — and shared it with ad-tech and data brokers.

A $13M state award will expand Texas A&M’s Cyclotron Institute, boosting radiation testing used by satellites, defense systems and semiconductor makers.

Corning says three new U.S. plants and more than 3,000 jobs will follow a multiyear partnership with Nvidia; the deal includes warrants that could lead to a multi‑billion dollar investment.

UT Arlington will lead a $4M, state-backed project with Rice to deploy a radar-integrated, real-time flood-warning network across the Texas Hill Country. The platform aims to deliver location-specific depth forecasts to emergency managers.

Samsung moved chipmaking tools into its Taylor campus, pushing the long‑delayed build toward production and tying the site to a major Tesla chip deal.