In a press release issued this week, UT officials said completion of the demolition is expected in mid-May. A UT spokesperson previously told KXAN they estimated the demolition project would be done in September.
The venue was replaced by the Moody Center, which opened in April 2022. The Erwin Center shuttered its doors that same month after hosting the Harlem Globetrotters for its final public event.
Demolition of the 500,000-square-foot arena will make way for a Dell Medical School expansion, according to UT System documents.
As of Friday, all that remained of the iconic venue was rafters, support beams, stone, and debris.
Two months after hackers broke into Change Healthcare systems stealing and then encrypting company data, it’s still unclear how many Americans were impacted by the cyberattack. Last month, Andrew Witty, the CEO of Change Healthcare’s parent company UnitedHealth Group, said that the stolen files include the personal health information of “a substantial proportion of people in America.” On Wednesday, during a House hearing, when Witty was pushed to give a more definitive answer, testifying that the breach impacted “I think, maybe a third [of Americans] or somewhere of that level.”
Innovaccer, a health tech startup that aggregates patient data across systems and care settings, is in advanced stages of talks with investors to raise as much as $250 million in a new financing round, three sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. The deliberation for the new funding round is ongoing, and the current talks propose a value of between $2.5 billion and $3 billion for the nine-year-old company, the sources said, requesting anonymity, as the details are private. The company has developed a cloud-based software layer that integrates with existing electronic health record systems used by healthcare facilities.
Sony just announced a forthcoming feature for the PS5 that will let users invite friends into a game even when they aren’t at the console or near a keyboard. It works via a shareable link.
Airbnb's summer release is usually a grand affair with tons of updates for guests and a few for hosts. This time, however, the company is introducing just a few updates for group booking along with a new category called "Icons," which are experiences hosted by celebrated names in music, film, TV and sports. Group booking features, which are probably the only update that will reach all users, allow people to create shared wishlists, and there are trip invitations for the group with details of the property.
Block appears to be squarely in the government’s sights. Prosecutors from the Southern District of New York are reportedly probing extensive compliance lapses at the parent company of Square and Cash App.
The Fed is expected to keep interest rates at a 23-year high Wednesday, but investors will be listening for any signs of how long they will have to wait before cuts can begin.
Ahead of Google's annual I/O developer conference in May, the tech giant has laid off staff across key teams like Flutter, Dart, Python and others, according to reports from affected employees shared on social media. Google confirmed the layoffs to TechCrunch, but not the specific teams, roles or how many people were let go. "As we’ve said, we’re responsibly investing in our company's biggest priorities and the significant opportunities ahead," said Google spokesperson Alex García-Kummert.