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Friday, November 18 The Most Popular Stories on Dallas Innovates This Week⓵ Raytheon Intelligence & Space Launches Paid Manufacturing Apprenticeship Program with the Department of Labor, Collin College ⓶ How Axxess’ John Olajide Built a Bootstrapped Unicorn in Dallas ⓷ McLaren’s Nicolas Brown on Opening the Supercar Company’s HQ in Coppell ⓸ CBRE Acquires Full Spectrum Group for $110M, Boosting Lab Solutions for Life Sciences Hubs ⓹ Merriman Anderson Architects Hires Director of Strategy, Development ⓺ South Korean EV Charging Company Picks Plano for Its First U.S....









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![At CES 2019, Toyota announced it was developing its Guardian autonomous vehicle safety system that could anticipate a pending incident and employ a corrective response in coordination with the driver. [Photo: Toyota Newsroom]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/03ToyotaGuardian_970_CES2019Scenario_5_2_629F1309E4F85D8D455DD73022D6ADD814C30DD4-360x203.jpg)


![Introducing Crypto Fitness Gamification: Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban and Tony G. from Lympo celebrate the U.S launch of Lympo, the nation's first blockchain fitness app, in partnership with the Dallas Mavericks, at the Dallas Mavericks' Lympo Practice Facility in Dallas, Texas on Friday, Nov. 16. [Photo: Peter Larsen]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/01PHotocredit_Peter-Larsenotog_Peter-Larsen_Lympo_Mavericks_BlockchainApp_courtesy5G8A1444_1-360x203.jpg)





![Erica Kosemund, Chief Brand Officer, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Gillian Breidenbach, Chief Partnership Officer, North Texas FWC Organizing Committee; Chief Gary Batton, Chief of Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Monica Paul, Executive Director of Dallas Sports Commission and President of North Texas FWC Organizing Committee; John Hobbs, Senior Executive Officer of Communications, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; and Heidi Grant, Senior Executive Officer of Commerce Administration, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, celebrate Choctaw Casinos & Resorts becoming an Official Dallas World Cup 2026 Host City Supporter. [Photo: North Texas FWC Organizing Committee/Choctaw Casinos & Resorts]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/FIFA-Choctaw-dec-2025.jpg)

