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Texas Instruments To Invest Over $60B to Manufacture ‘Billions’ of Semiconductors in North Texas and Utah

by | Jun 18, 2025
Dallas-based TI said it's working with the Trump administration to expand its U.S. foundational semiconductor manufacturing capacity at its "fab" plants in Richardson and Sherman in North Texas, as well as in Lehi, Utah. Combined, TI’s new manufacturing mega-sites will support more than 60,000 U.S. jobs, the company said.
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The Last Word: Jim Keyes on His New Book ‘Education Is Freedom’
In one of our top stories today, Dallas Innovates' Glenn Hunter spoke with former 7-Eleven and Blockbuster CEO Jim Keyes about his new book, Education is Freedom. That CEO acronym in the book makes a key point, he told us.
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Visionary Business Leader Jim Keyes: ‘It’s Time to Create an Educated Workforce for the Information Age’
by | Jun 6, 2024
Amid a general atmosphere of ignorance and fear that’s being stoked by the internet and social media, the U.S. education system currently is under attack as irrelevant or beyond repair, Jim Keyes says. What’s urgently needed, he believes, is replacing this cycle of negativity with knowledge—and a new technology platform that will ‘take American education to the next level.’
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The Last Word: John Quinn of EXOS Aerospace on Competing with SpaceX and Blue Origin
by | Sep 14, 2023
Quinn's Greenville-based company, EXOS Aerospace, is one of three that are currently licensed by the FAA to fly resusable rockets, the CEO told KXAS. The other two? They're just a little bigger: Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin. 
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Denton-Based Kubos Corp. Launches Software into Space for the First Time

by | Nov 20, 2018
The takeoff of Kubos' mission control software—dubbed "Major Tom"—will mark its first journey to outer space. Major Tom was scheduled to be on the postponed SpaceX launch, originally slated for Nov. 19. Rescheduled for Nov. 28 but also delayed, the next available launch window is Dec. 1, according to the company.
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Hyperloop in Texas?
Dallas-led AECOM Group is Making the Case
by | Apr 5, 2017
The Hyperloop Texas team is one of 35 semifinalists proposing routes for the high-speed transportation system in a Hyperloop One contest.
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