4+ week, 20+ hour ago   (777+ words) A view from Boca Chica Beach towards two SpaceX launch pads, in south Texas. Reynaldo Leaños Jr./For NPR hide caption STARBASE, Texas — On a scorching August afternoon in south Texas, Bekah Hinojosa, the co-founder of the South Texas Environmental…...

1+ mon, 1+ hour ago   (1579+ words) Along a two-lane highway 55 miles southwest of Houston, Amazon is laying the groundwork for a $10 billion data center campus that could transform a rural community into a massive engine for the artificial intelligence boom. At nearly 3,000 acres, the site is…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (484+ words) SpaceX and Tesla have announced a multibillion-dollar venture to build a semiconductor manufacturing facility, dubbed Terafab, in a Texas county just north of Houston. SpaceX announced on Aug. 6 that Terafab would be built in Grimes County and would manufacture new…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (890+ words) FORT WORTH — Chipmaking giant Nvidia is investing big in North Texas and that’s something worth paying attention to. Last fall, it became the first company in the world to surpass a $5 trillion valuation, largely driven by a massive surge in…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (978+ words) SpaceX is famous for plenty of reasons. First and, perhaps, foremost, is the company's headline-grabbing founder – tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, who happens to be the world's richest man. Then there's SpaceX's sheer dominance in the spaceflight industry, a sector in…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (288+ words) More autonomous vehicles are expected to hit the roads in Houston next year. Ridesharing giant Uber announced that it plans to roll out its premium robotaxi service in the Bayou City in mid-2027. Houston will be Uber's second planned market for…...

3+ mon, 1+ day ago   (63+ words) SpaceX officially went public on Friday, making history as the largest initial public offering of all time and making Elon Musk a trillionaire. Also on Friday, the Justice Department gave the green light for a merger between CBS News' parent…...

3+ mon, 1+ day ago   (37+ words) Residents near SpaceX's South Texas campus have mixed opinions about Elon Musk's company and its plans to expand operations. CBS News' Jason Allen reports from Starbase, Texas. SpaceX plans expansions in South Texas amid massive IPO launch...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago   (343+ words) June 11, 2026 / 8:25 PM EDT / CBS News SpaceX's first employee and Elon Musk shared an enthusiasm for model rockets. "I met Elon through an amateur rocket club, and he convinced me to leave that career and come do something exciting, which was…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago   (43+ words) Atlas, a humanoid robot made by robotics company Boston Dynamics, has been upgraded from a version 60 Minutes saw in 2021, with joints that can fully rotate and hands that can grip a variety of objects. How Boston Dynamics upgraded the Atlas…...