Photo of the week: A blast from the past, Austin

Human race left gasping for air as a silent virus infects the planet… how robots could launch a chilling AI takeover

IT sounds like the plot of a horror movie: an army of robots create a deadly chemical potion which removes oxygen from Earth, killing all forms of human life. But this isn’t a sci-fi fantasy ...

Photo of the week: A blast from the past

For years, ABJ's Austin Icons series has thrown the limelight onto some of this city's most beloved businesses.

Missing Link: Homebrew Computer Club, nucleus of the digital revolution

The best stories from Silicon Valley start in a garage. "I can tell you almost to the day when the computer revolution, as I see it, began – the revolution that changed everyone's life.

Heydey Social Club at Hyatt Centric Austin

Heydey Social Club at Hyatt Centric Austin Right in the heart of all the SXSW action in downtown, Jenna King gets a look at a spot you can pop in for a drink or a bite. Posted March 6, 2025 1:20pm CST ...

What happened at the Homebrew Computer Club 50 years ago: Apple was born, and a revolution began

The Homebrew Computer Club, founded by French and Fred Moore, quickly became a nexus for innovation, collaboration, and the democratization of computing technology. You see, present at this first ...

Computer making Notification sounds when Sleeping

If your Windows computer is making notification sounds when sleeping, restart it and see if it helps. At times, the issue is nothing but a glitch that can be resolved by rebooting. In case the ...

WREC Talks AI and Internet Security at Computer Club Meeting

On February 17, keynote speakers from the Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative addressed the Hernando Computer Club on artificial intelligence and internet security. Mike Gayda, Director of ...

Katy man charged after allegedly threatening to 'shoot up' Joe Rogan's Austin comedy club

AUSTIN, Texas — A 35-year-old man from the Houston area is facing a felony charge after allegedly threatening to attack Joe Rogan's Comedy Mothership club in Austin. According to an affidavit ...

Austin FC: Defense an area of stability during club's era of change

For a club that’s had an offseason of change with a new coach and roster turnover, Austin FC’s defense is the one constant. While the Austin FC attack will look dramatically different from what it was ...

Back in the Day: Strolling through downtown in the early 1960s

Many childhood memories are of wandering familiar lands and roads of Riceville and downtown sidewalks. My brothers and I were ...

LMN Architects and Page reveal renderings of new Austin Convention Center

Renderings for a new convention center in Austin designed by Seattle-based LMN Architects in collaboration with Page, a Texas ...

Texas Senate passes bill penalizing libraries for hosting drag story time

The Texas Senate approved legislation that would strip public funding for any library that hosts a children’s reading event ...

New bookstore ‘A Novel Idea’ to open at Mandan Morton Public Library

Come April, you’ll be able to visit “A Novel Idea” in the back of the Morton Mandan Public Library and buy books.

Bill changing how schools pick library books clears Texas Senate

Senate has passed a bill that would give parents more power over which books their children can read in public school libraries.

Latest Trump cuts put summer reading, mobile libraries and local museums in jeopardy

Federal employees who work at a tiny agency that funds the nation's libraries and museums expect to be put on administrative ...

Zell Miller III Named Austin’s First Poet Laureate

Austin has now joined the ranks of Texas cities who have a designated poet laureate.

Zell Miller III tapped to serve as Austin's inaugural poet laureate

The longtime Central Texas creative with experience in poetry and theater was named to the new position in March.

Nonprofits aid unhoused in Cedar Park

Cedar Park and Williamson County have provided funding to local nonprofits to help support unhoused and financially ...

A concert of New Jazz Standards on March 23 at Warwick Library

A concert of new jazz standards by Austin Burns & Elliott Talley will be held at Warwick Public Library on Sunday, March 23 ...