Two sanitation workers load discarded furniture into a Toronto waste truck as a woman adds more items to the curb. (Roberto Machado Noa / LightRocket via Getty Images)
Dallas City Council has voted to arm its waste collection vehicles with AI-powered cameras, what one official called a "smart-city approach to an everyday challenge.”
"They say everything is bigger in Texas, and we certainly saw that with the effort put forth in their BEAD Final Proposal," said NTIA Administrator Arielle Roth.
Jane Nelson, Texas’ secretary of state, revealed that her office had been collected interstate data sharing agreements, but the details remain private.
A man wearing a Donald Trump cowboy hat waits to hear the former president speak at the South Texas International airport on November 19, 2023 in Edinburg, Texas. Trump received Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s endorsement for his 2024 bid for president. (Michael Gonzalez / Getty Images)
Vehicles sit submerged as a search and rescue worker looks through debris for any survivors or remains of people swept up in the flash flooding on July 6, 2025 in Hunt, Texas. (Jim Vondruska / Getty Images)