https://storyconsole.dallasobserver.com The Leading Independent News Source in Dallas, Texas Wed, 20 May 2026 20:26:46 +0000 Wed, 20 May 2026 20:26:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 https://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss https://storyconsole.dallasobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2026/02/favicon-DAL_4076e1.png The Leading Independent News Source in Dallas, Texas https://storyconsole.dallasobserver.com https://storyconsole.dallasobserver.com/sc/big-d-bigger-data-the-quiet-surveillance-happening-in-your-pocket/ https://storyconsole.dallasobserver.com/?p=1353 https://storyconsole.dallasobserver.com/sc/big-d-bigger-data-the-quiet-surveillance-happening-in-your-pocket/#respond Wed, 20 May 2026 15:26:45 -0500 Services Dallas has spent the past few years quietly building one of the more comprehensive surveillance infrastructures in Texas. Facial recognition software deployed by the Dallas Police Department, a city-sponsored camera mapping program, and AI-driven investigative tools have reshaped what it means to move through this city anonymously. Most people haven’t noticed. Their phones, however, have been keeping close tabs all...]]> https://storyconsole.dallasobserver.com/sc/big-d-bigger-data-the-quiet-surveillance-happening-in-your-pocket/feed/ 0 Story Console: Dallas Observer https://storyconsole.dallasobserver.com/sc/wylhow-forevermore-brings-families-closer-in-life-and-fortifies-memories-in-death/ https://storyconsole.dallasobserver.com/?p=1321 https://storyconsole.dallasobserver.com/sc/wylhow-forevermore-brings-families-closer-in-life-and-fortifies-memories-in-death/#respond Thu, 05 Mar 2026 14:09:48 -0500 Services When the World Wide Web was unveiled to the general public back in 1993, it was seen as an innovative and revolutionary communication tool. For the first time in human history, people worldwide could have an instant conversation with one another. The idea was that this technology could bring people closer together than ever before.  And yet, in the decades...]]> https://storyconsole.dallasobserver.com/sc/wylhow-forevermore-brings-families-closer-in-life-and-fortifies-memories-in-death/feed/ 0 Story Console: Dallas Observer