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Amazon Goes Electric in Fort Worth, Delivering With Rivian EVs

by | Jul 22, 2021
Amazon's custom, electric-powered Rivian vans are rolling to homes and businesses in southwest metro Fort Worth. North Texas is one of 16 regions in the U.S. where Amazon is testing the service this year. One reason they chose our area: our summer heat.
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Alexa, Let’s Chat: UT Dallas Is Part of a $500K Global Competition To Teach Amazon’s AI How To Make Small Talk
by | Mar 22, 2021
By creating conversational AI, Alexa could potentially help people who are suffering from anxiety and depression due to loneliness and provide greater accessibility for those who use assistive tech and language translation. Anyone can try out one of the nine teams' socialbots now by telling Amazon's AI, “Alexa, let’s chat.”
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Dallas Innovates’ 10 Most Popular Stories in November
by | Dec 2, 2020
Rising to the top of the list is 7-Eleven's fifth Evolution Store in Lake Highlands. The location will serve as an experiential testing ground for patrons to try new shopping technology and products.
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Amazon Launches In-Garage Grocery Delivery, Expands Package Delivery in Dallas-Fort Worth
by | Nov 12, 2020
Amazon's new contactless grocery delivery service is initially launching in only five cities, including Dallas. The service can be used in Richardson, Denton, Irving, and Grapevine, among other North Texas locations.

 

Prime members who are eligible can get a myQ smart garage door opener and also combine that with a Ring smart camera for peace of mind, Amazon says.
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Dallas Innovates’ 10 Most Popular Stories in September

by | Oct 1, 2020
Rising to the top of the list: How the private charitable foundation of Dallas Mavericks Owner and “Shark” Mark Cuban partnered up with tech companies to bring an "AI Bootcamp" to underserved DFW students. Here's our roundup of the Top 10.
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EarthXR Launches First-Ever Virtual Immersive Nature Reserve to Kick Off Climate Week
by | Sep 21, 2020
Wild at Home will allow viewers to explore Africa, the Amazon, and Asia from their mobile devices while staying socially distant during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Top 10 Dallas Innovates August 2020
Dallas Innovates’ 10 Most Popular Stories in August
Rising to the top of the list: How the private charitable foundation of Dallas Mavericks Owner and “Shark” Mark Cuban partnered up with tech companies to bring an "AI Bootcamp" to underserved DFW students. Here's our roundup of the Top 10.
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Amazon is Expanding its Dallas Tech Hub by Hiring 600 and Adding 100K SF of Space
by | Aug 18, 2020
Amazon is creating a total of 3,500 new jobs in six cities across the U.S, including 600 in Dallas.
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First Look: Amazon Picks Las Colinas as the First Location for its New Neighborhood Health Center Pilot Program

by | Jul 15, 2020
It's the first of six to be established in the Dallas region this year. Amazon is collaborating with Crossover Health to establish health centers near its fulfillment centers and operations facilities. Each center will provide full-spectrum acute, chronic, and preventive primary care for employees and their families.
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Dallas Innovates’ 10 Most Popular Stories in June
by | Jul 1, 2020
From Toyota making executive changes to AT&T offering a new enterprise-level internet solution, here are our 10 most-read stories in June.
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Dallas’ 900lbs Partners With Amazon for a Gamified Tutorial on Remote Working, Teaching, and Engaging
by | Jun 9, 2020
To show how Amazon Web Services' cloud computing offerings can increase productivity, 900lbs collaborated with the company to create a web-based educational application.
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top 10 most read stories on Dallas Innovates in May 2020
Dallas Innovates’ 10 Most Popular Stories in May
by | Jun 1, 2020
From Amazon hiring in Oak Cliff to great places to work in DFW and Texas, here are our 10 most-read stories in May.
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Trend Micro Takes on ‘Patent Trolls’ Through LOT Network

by | Jan 24, 2020
Trend Micro is joining Amazon, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft in the fight against patent assertion entities, often referred to as "patent trolls," through the LOT Network.
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Dallas is No. 3 Among Global Data Center Markets, C&W Study Says
by | Jan 21, 2020
Cushman & Wakefield evaluated 1,162 data centers across 38 global markets in its just-released Data Center Market Comparison.
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‘One Marvelous Night in Vegas’: Dallas’ JSX Teams Up With Amazon for a Maisel-Style Experience
by | Dec 10, 2019
The Dallas-based jet service's latest collaboration treated some of Mrs. Maisel's biggest fans to "One Marvelous Night in Vegas."
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After the Pitch: Behind the Scenes of Dallas-Fort Worth’s Pursuit of Amazon’s HQ2
Three experts in economic development, real estate, and investment—Mike Rosa, Linda McMahon, and Todd Watson—recount their roles in the Amazon effort, share details, and look ahead to the region’s future.
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