Texas is the envy of the world with its critical assets. In energy, health, communications, and high tech sectors, the Lone Star State’s prowess with critical infrastructure makes it a remarkably hot target for hostile foreign adversaries like Russia, China, and Iran. Notably, there has been a 5,220% increase in cyberattacks in the US over the last two decades, with nearly 2/3 of critical infrastructure attacks levied by state-affiliated, hostile actors. The frequency and sophistication of attacks continues to grow as society becomes more digital, and the emergence of new AI tools enhances the capability, motivation, and opportunity for threat actors to successfully infiltrate targets.
Technology
Being in the Increasingly Artificial World
It’s everywhere. Even my family has begun to depend on it: “Mom, have you seen the doctor to get your wrist checked out?” I ask. “No, I asked Chat instead,” she says. You see it appear in texts; the long, meandering, just-so perfectly casual yet precisely to the point prose that has never passed the...
August 12, 2026