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Uber now allows teens to ride alone in Dallas and other cities [Images: Uber]
‘Managing the Craziness’: Teens in Dallas and Other Cities Can Soon Ride in an Uber Alone
by David Seeley | May 18, 2023
Parents who have to rise at 5:45 a.m. to drive their 15-year-old to cross-town band practice just breathed a sigh of relief. Under a new Uber policy, teens will be able to use the rideshare service all by themselves in more than a dozen metro areas—including Dallas, Houston, New York City, and Atlanta.
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
May 18, 2023
The next World Cup is still three years away, but soccer fans in North Texas were already buzzing like crazy today. That roar you might have heard at the AT&T Discovery Center in downtown Dallas or the The Star’s Tostitos Plaza in Frisco coincided with the official unveiling of the FIFA World Cup 2026 Dallas logo and branding.
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by Dallas Next Media |
May 18, 2023
Here’s how your company could be named one of the most innovative, fastest-growing companies in North America. The prestigious Fast 500 rankings honor companies large and small, public and private.
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by Lance Murray |
May 17, 2023
121 Technology Park's first phase will feature four Class A buildings, offering 370,000 square feet of technology manufacturing and industrial space. Later phases will include two 100,000-square-foot office buildings, 130 owner-occupied townhomes, and 20,000 square feet of food and beverage retail.
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Angel Munoz [Photo: Beacon MAX]
Mass Luminosity’s New AI‑Infused Video Communications Platform Takes on Zoom and Teams
by Glenn Hunter | May 17, 2023
Founder Angel Munoz says work with OpenAI helped give Beacon MAX advanced features like real-time translation in eight languages.
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by David Seeley |
May 17, 2023
The robots will serve you now. Restaurants across North Texas have been testing table-side food delivery robots, from La Duni in Dallas to Fort Worth's Japan House to Chili's locations across DFW. Now San Francisco-based RobotLAB—whose central U.S. office is in the DFW suburb of Southlake—has launched what it calls a "first-of-its-kind" robotics franchising program. It goes beyond restaurant robots to include robotics solutions for delivery, cleaning, education, and customer service.
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by Nicole Ward, DRC Data Journalist |
May 17, 2023
With Andrew Carnegie serving as its avatar, TIAA is harnessing advanced language models like Chat GPT to create an immersive TIAA-verse where financial knowledge meets innovation. As TIAA pioneers a new era of customer service, it's an endeavor that might earn a nod of approval from Carnegie himself.
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by David Seeley |
May 17, 2023
After launching in Denmark and saving 20 million meals to date in Europe, Too Good To Go continued its U.S. expansion today by launching across Texas. Restaurant and grocery partners on the app pack their surplus food into "Surprise Bags" that are sold to customers at one-third of the item's retail value.
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Bill Lowe, president and CEO of Harmony Bank [Photo: Harmony Bank]
Harmony Bank, Dallas’ Texas Brand Bank Close on Merger
by Lance Murray | May 16, 2023
Both banks will now operate under the Harmony Bank name. The new Harmony Bank has more than $700 million in assets with 11 banking centers in Dallas, Ellis, Henderson, Kaufman and Navarro counties.
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by David Seeley |
May 16, 2023
Meow Wolf says its Grapevine exhibition is "a journey through a technicolor wonderland that blends storytelling, technology, and immersive art." Different dimensions of perspective and creativity will be on display through more than 30 rooms of "multidimensional art and compelling narrative."
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‘Supercharging’ Innovation: U.S. Department of Commerce Launches $500M Tech Hubs Funding Opportunity
by Quincy Preston |
May 16, 2023
The DOC's Economic Development Administration is kickstarting its Tech Hubs program—part of last year's $10 billion CHIPS and Science Act—to ignite innovation in regions across the nation. Phase 1 of the application process is open. Groups of organizations, called consortia, are invited to make their mark. Tune into a webinar on May 18 to dive deeper into the possibilities.
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by David Seeley |
May 16, 2023
Bros have it bad. Only about 1 out of 5 men said they had received emotional support from a friend in the last week, according to a 2021 survey from the Survey Center on American Life. To help alleviate what some have called a "friendship recession," Mizzen+Main—the Dallas-based maker of performance-fabric apparel designed with modern silhouettes—launched a new brand campaign today called "Bring Back Male Friendships."
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Rendering of the Toys"R"Us Airport Store coming to Terminal A at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. [Image: WHP Global]
First-Ever Toys’R’Us Airport Store To Open at DFW Airport
by David Seeley | May 16, 2023
If you're walking through Terminal A at DFW Airport this coming holiday season—and a kid is with you—get ready to have your arm pulled out of its socket.
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by Lance Murray |
May 15, 2023
The move is a result of increases in threats and attacks on letter carriers and in mail fraud incidents, which have escalated along with a national rise in crime. The agencies recently updated Congress on the problems, and say the new measures will help safeguard mail and packages in Dallas-Fort Worth and across the nation.
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by Lance Murray |
May 15, 2023
The company says the new capital will be invested in programs that focus on innovation and continued delivery of high-quality kidney care—both in clinic and at home—as well as the continued professional development of care teams.
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by Lance Murray |
May 15, 2023
Pearl manages roughly $1.9 billion of cumulative capital commitments across a series of energy-focused funds. Its newest fund, which was raised from "a diverse group of existing and new investors," represents the largest investment vehicle in Pearl’s history.
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