USGS finds modest oil and gas in the Buda Limestone beneath parts of Austin; the totals are small compared with major shale plays but reshape the subsurface map.

TPWD says a vendor‑related breach may have exposed driver’s license and passport details for more than 3 million hunting and fishing license customers. The agency is offering one year of free credit monitoring.

UNT Health Fort Worth is the first Texas site in a national study probing why most adults with Down syndrome develop Alzheimer’s. The study will offer free imaging and testing to eligible participants.

Anthropic is committing up to $15 million in Claude credits to help state and local governments scan for and fix software vulnerabilities, with California and Texas among early participants.

Raleigh advisory firm Opex bought Dallas-based Intellys and says it will expand rapidly — including plans to roughly double its size — as it builds a national technology-advisory platform.

CompTIA’s May data put Dallas‑Fort Worth third nationwide for tech job postings, with roughly 10,840 openings. Local training programs and employers are racing to close the talent gap.

UNT Health Fort Worth consolidated six colleges into four to streamline administration and clear space for faster enrollment growth and expanded clinical training. Leaders say no programs were cut and students will remain in their current degrees.

United Texas Bank moved to a national charter and unveiled UTB Atomic and PRISM SENTINEL as Scott Beck positions Dallas for a bigger role in digital‑asset finance.

DFW researchers and museum staff helped identify a school‑bus‑sized mosasaur now named Tylosaurus rex. The holotype is on display at the Perot Museum in Dallas.

AT&T says it boosted network capacity in the Arlington stadium district for the 2026 World Cup and staged FirstNet assets for responders, with many upgrades to remain afterward.

A JAMA Cardiology study led by UT Southwestern shows an AI‑augmented ECG screened nearly 6,000 Kenyans and reliably ruled out left‑ventricular dysfunction for most patients.

Schwab says AI is boosting efficiency, but surging accounts and assets have the firm adding staff in Texas and at its Westlake campus.

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.