Paul Flahive

Technology & Entrepreneurship Reporter; Creator of Worth Repeating

Paul Flahive is the Technology & Entrepreneurship Reporter for Texas Public Radio. He has worked in public media across the country from Iowa City to Chicago to Anchorage then here in San Antonio.

As producer of "The Source," Paul was honored with two 2015 Lone Star Awards from the Houston Press Club, one for Best Talk Program and the other for Best Public Affairs Segment. In 2016 he was honored with an Anson Jones Award from the Texas Medical Association for a story he did on community clinics.

Paul is also a co-host and creator of TPR's live storytelling program, Worth Repeating.

Texas Public Radio is supported by contributors to the Technology and Entrepreneurship News Fund including The 80/20 Foundation, Group 42, rackspace, The Elmendorf Family Fund, UTSA Center for Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship, Denim Group, SecureLogix, VentureLab, Conceptual MindWorks, Inc., and Giles-Parscale.

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Ukraine Paints Grim Portrait Of Cyber Attacks To Come

By Paul Flahive • Jun 12, 2017

The first successful cyber attack on an electric grid in December of 2015 resulted in 250,000 Ukrainians losing power. Nearly a year to the day later, Ukraine's capitol Kiev was plunged into darkness by hackers for over an hour.

ESET, a Slovakian-based cyber security firm, released an analysis Monday of a piece of malware they see as responsible called Industroyer. ESET says the malware took over substation switches and breakers and powered down.

San Antonio Technology Community Split On Mayoral Race

By Paul Flahive • Jun 9, 2017

San Antonio's technology sector is a small but growing force in business and politics. On the issue of Saturday's election for Mayor, there isn't a uniform response.

Unfazed, Sustainable Investors After Paris Withdrawal

By Paul Flahive • Jun 8, 2017

According to the United National Environment Program investment in green energy was nearly double that of hydrocarbon energy last year.

Geekdom Fund Raises $20 million To Seed Tech Companies

By Paul Flahive • Jun 7, 2017

The Geekdom Fund, a venture capital firm seeding tech companies, announced it has raised $20 million to invest. That's more than five times what they raised in 2014 for their first fund.

A Valet Service For Downtown Parking Starts Friday

By Paul Flahive • Jun 2, 2017

The City of San Antonio announced a parking partnership Friday that will bring valet service to the downtown area.

For years, parking has been identified as an obstacle to getting residents to come downtown. A new app called Virtual Valet will allow people to drop their car off at city pullouts, including one near the Majestic Theatre on Houston Street.

Chris Rockwell with Sovereign Services says this is a small departure for the company that usually deals with valet at hotels.