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Texas’ Brightest Business Stars Share their Secrets: ‘The Key to Success Is Daring to Fail’
by Glenn Hunter | Nov 15, 2024
Six "transformative entrepreneurs and innovators"—including North Texans Taylor Sheridan, Kathleen Hildreth, Mike Boone, and David Miller—were inducted into the Texas Business Hall of Fame at a gala dinner in Dallas.
by Quincy Preston |
Oct 15, 2024
With seniors losing $3.4B to cyber scams yearly, the Dallas telecom giant teamed up with AARP and rallied employees to craft senior-savvy tech kits for nonprofits.
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 30, 2024
The acquisition by Fort Worth- and San Francisco-based private equity giant TPG is just part of a gamechanging multi-step deal—one that will see DirecTV merge with Dish Network into America's biggest pay-TV provider.
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by David Seeley |
Sep 11, 2024
If you stay up late tonight—or get up very early—you can watch a live feed of the Cape Canaveral launch of AT&T and AST SpaceMobile's first five satellites to bring space-based calling to everyday cell phones. Dallas-based AT&T said this is the first step toward potentially eliminating “dead zones" everywhere from rural highways to national parks and more.
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AWS To Host a Gen AI ‘Digital Inclusion’ Hackathon in North Texas in September
by David Seeley | Aug 14, 2024
"Breaking Barriers: A Generative AI Hackathon for Digital Inclusion" will take place September 20-23 at the AT&T Foundry in Plano. WIth over $15,000 in prizes, the event is sponsored by Nvidia, which dominates the AI chip market, and Anthropic, the San Francisco company behind the Claude AI chatbot.
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by Quincy Preston |
Jun 20, 2024
When Dallas-based LevelBlue spun out from AT&T Cybersecurity in May, it wasn't your typical startup. As Bob McCullen, LevelBlue's chairman and CEO, told IT industry publication CRN, the new company launched as one of the largest startups in the cybersecurity industry to date.
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by David Seeley |
Jun 19, 2024
In May, Dallas-based AT&T and Chicago's WillJam Ventures launched LevelBlue as a standalone managed cybersecurity services business, offering strategic consulting, threat intelligence, and "renowned research." Now the Dallas-based spin-out's LevelBlue Labs has identified a new global threat.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jun 19, 2024
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros for the week of June 4, 2024. 153 patents granted include: 7-Eleven's feedback and training for a machine learning algorithm configured to determine customer purchases during a shopping session at a physical store, Apple's enhanced RACH (random access channel) design for 5G CIoT (cellular internet of things), ATT Intellectual Property I's facilitation of voice over new radio for 5G or other next generation network, Avohdah's automated gesture identification using neural networks, Bank of America's dynamic unauthorized activity detection, and more.
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AT&T and AST SpaceMobile are partnering to provide the first space-based broadband network direct to everyday cell phones. [Image: AT&T]
AT&T and AST SpaceMobile To Launch First Space-Based Broadband Network for Cell Phones
by Lance Murray | May 16, 2024
This summer, AST SpaceMobile plans to deliver its first commercial satellites to Cape Canaveral for launch into low Earth orbit. The initial five satellites aim to enable commercial services including voice calls, texts, and video calls—even in places like national parks and rural highways where you can't get a traditional signal today.
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by Quincy Preston |
May 10, 2024
McMahon, recognized as a powerhouse in the real estate sector, currently serves as president and CEO of The Real Estate Council (TREC), where she has spearheaded transformative initiatives to enhance commercial real estate and economic growth in Dallas. With her impending departure on June 30, TREC CFO/COO Summer Loveland will step in as interim CEO, while the organization actively searches for a successor.
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by Glenn Hunter |
May 7, 2024
From busting fuel bandits to revolutionizing customer experiences, AI is driving unprecedented improvements across industries. Over 650 business leaders gathered at the Dallas Regional Chamber's Convergence AI conference in Irving to learn how companies are harnessing artificial intelligence to stay ahead of the curve. Here are some of their key insights.
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by Glenn Hunter |
May 2, 2024
Dallas Innovates, the Dallas Regional Chamber, and Dallas AI have teamed up to launch the inaugural AI 75 list. The 2024 program honors the most significant people in AI in DFW in seven categories—the visionaries, creators, and influencers you need to know.
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North Texas Businesses Rank on Fortune’s 2024 ‘Most Innovative Companies’ List
by Quincy Preston | Apr 3, 2024
This year, Fortune's second annual ranking of America's Most Innovative Companies honors 200 businesses that are "transforming industries from the inside out." Check out the innovative North Texas companies that made the list—along with others across the Lone Star State.
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by Lance Murray |
Apr 1, 2024
Called AT&T Phone - Advanced, the new residential service provides customers with a modern alternative to traditional landline service, while having the ability to keep their old numbers and use their traditional home phones.
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by Quincy Preston and Lance Murray |
Mar 7, 2024
AT&T says cybersecurity threat detection and mitigation have become a complex puzzle and costly expense for businesses. Rick Welday, head of AT&T Business, calls its new embedded offering "the future of network security."
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by Quincy Preston |
Mar 5, 2024
Tech trailblazer and AI expert Marissa Mayer, known for her groundbreaking 13-year tenure as Google's first female engineer and her leadership as Yahoo!'s CEO, brings a track record of innovation and a deep understanding of consumer internet engagement to AT&T's expanding board.
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