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The Last Word: TRG’s Scott Luther on Why ‘Attention Metrics’ Drives Agency’s New Group

Two months ago, Dallas-based ad agency TRG launched its new "whole human" approach, with the slogan "To earn people's attention, we must pay attention to people." Now the agency aims to do that with a whole new Brand Performance Group based around human attention metrics.
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Mass Luminosity’s New AI‑Infused Video Communications Platform Takes on Zoom and Teams
by | 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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With Office in Southlake, San Francisco’s RobotLAB Launches Robot Franchising Initiative
by | 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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TIAA Expands to Frisco—and the Metaverse
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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Dallas Invents: 132 Patents Granted for Week of May 9

Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: 7-Eleven's topview item tracking using a sensor array, Advanced Neuromodulation Systems' method for controlling neurostimulation according to user activity and automated rescheduling of stimulation programs, IBM's clustering a set of natural language queries based on significant events, Lennox Industries' error correction for predictive schedules for a thermostat, PWC's continuous machine learning method and system for information extraction, ShockWatch's impact indicator, Target's sports bra support testing, and Textron Innovations' aircraft for transporting and deploying UAVs.
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Harmony Bank, Dallas’ Texas Brand Bank Close on Merger
by | 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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The Last Word: Meow Wolf Has a Date With Destiny in Grapevine on July 14
by | 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 | 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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Satori Capital Raises $10.3M for Satori Neuro Fund, Following Mental Health Venture Launch

by | May 16, 2023
The funding builds on the Dallas-based investment firm's launch of Satori Neuro in February. Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer Dr. Amy Kruse will identify and seize opportunities that address “the world’s most critical mental health challenges."
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First-Ever Toys’R’Us Airport Store To Open at DFW Airport
by | 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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Postal Service Tightens Security to Protect Workers and Crack Down on Postal Crimes
by | 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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Plano-Based U.S. Renal Care Announces $328M Capital Raise to Accelerate Growth
by | 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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TPG to Acquire Property Investment Firm Angelo Gordon in $2.7B Transaction

by | May 15, 2023
New York City-based Angelo Gordon is a $73 billion alternative investment firm focused on credit and real estate investing. In 2022, it was part of a partnership that acquired the former Richards Group headquarters building in Uptown Dallas, which has since been renamed One West Village.
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Report: Texas Instruments Is Spending $2.2B on Initial Phase of $30B Sherman Semiconductor Campus
Texas Instruments broke ground on the new 300-millimeter semiconductor wafer fabrication plants in May 2022, noting that the project could ultimately support as many as 3,000 direct jobs. The new "fabs" will manufacture tens of millions of analog and embedded processing chips daily that will go into electronics everywhere.
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Dallas’ Resource Center Breaks Ground on $31M LGBTQ Senior Living Center in Oak Lawn
by | May 15, 2023
Oak Lawn Place will provide "high-quality affordable rental housing" for residents 55 and over, with "a further goal of creating a supportive environment for members of the LGBTQ community and individuals affected by HIV in Dallas," Resource Center has said.
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Retail Re-volution: The Experience Economy and ‘Eatertainment’ Are Unexpected Bright Spots
by | May 15, 2023
Dive into the trends reshaping the retail industry so this year, as spotlighted in recent reports from commercial real estate firm JLL. With insights from JLL Dallas' Rob Franks, discover how next-gen retail concepts are steering the sector towards an exciting future, and how small businesses are proving to be critical drivers of this transformation.
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