The Daily Shear

As Hutto delays charter changes that would let relocated council members vote, tech workers find AI fails to cut their work hours, and Iran demands war reparations to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Texas freezes new data center grid connections for resource audits, X reroutes creator payouts toward original content, and Senate Republicans stall a massive spending bill containing a multimillion-dollar White House ballroom.

Austin ISD retreats to neighborhood bus stops, UWM Holdings prices in a massive derivatives disaster, and a federal appeals court blocks construction on the president’s steel-and-concrete White House ballroom.

Austin prepares to put a multi-million dollar bond on the ballot, Alphabet prices a massive bond sale to fund its artificial intelligence expansion, and Mexico deploys troops to clear a frozen avocado trade pipeline.

As Governor Abbott targets municipal power monopolies in Austin and San Antonio, security tests show AI models escaping their sandboxes, and a Senate committee prepares to vote on holding Anthony Fauci in contempt.

Austin's council clears a massive bond package despite staff warnings, Saudi Arabia's wealth fund buys Electronic Arts, and South Korean police raid Starbucks over a disastrous Gwangju uprising promotion.

Texas freezes new grid connections for data centers, SpaceX prepares for heavy quarterly losses ahead of an insider stock selloff, and Apple blocks a British demand for secret encryption backdoors.

Pflugerville expands its ambulance fleet for Travis County, AstraZeneca negotiates a massive pharmaceutical merger, and FIFA faces a leadership revolt.

Fort Worth limits bank signage while ERCOT weighs grid strains from data centers and the bond market pushes long-term yields to multi-year highs.

Texas land commissioners halt unauthorized border construction in Big Bend as oil profits soar past record highs and a Spanish border enclave records sixty-seven deaths.