SXSW LONDON 2026
SXSW is now international: it will return to London this June, after a successful inaugural appearance in 2025. I spoke with Clare Hill, director of marketing & communications for SXSW…
Frightening Trends in Design
NICK FOSTER, futures designer and head of Google X from 2016-2023, took to the stage at SXSW in Austin to issue a dire warning about the future of design: “I…
Accessing the Rage of the Heart
In a wide-ranging SXSW discussion about People Skills in a Changing World, two prominent leaders offered a lot of sage advice. Here, I give two of the core arguments from…
JANE FONDA: Tyrants drink fossil fuels
Jane Fonda, 88, started the Committee for the First Amendment in 1947. She reprised her appearance at SXSW 2025 with another one this year, joined by the comedian W. Kamau…
Davis Harris: Bootstrapping Austin’s Liaison AI into a Hub for Enterprise AI
Davis Harris, founder and owner of Liaison AI, has spent the last several years quietly building one of Austin’s most practical bridges into the enterprise AI ecosystem. Liaison AI doesn’t…
DALLAS at centre of Synthetic Biology Revolution
“I think synthetic biology will be more transformative than any other technology set of capabilities that we have on this planet.” That bold declaration was made at SXSW by Ben…
The Sights of SXSW 2026
I offer here a selection from the sights of another successful SXSW in downtown Austin. While it is now just a memory, SunNewsAustin.com will be continuing its detailed reports on…
Milwaukee Puts Its Flavor On Your Feet — Literally
I’ll confess something. I used to be a slave to fashion — or a slave to labels, as they called it back when wearing someone else’s name on your body…
Gilead Is Coming to Your Street: Hulu’s The Testaments Takes Austin and the Country
A purple bus, cryptic pies, and an army of purple-clad “Plums” signal the arrival of one of 2026’s most anticipated series. If you were walking along South Congress Avenue or…
SXSW and the Reinvention of the “Short”: Self Custody and the Language of Ambition
At SXSW, where new forms are constantly being tested, the question is not only what you are watching, but what you are being asked to call it. Garrett Patton’s Self…