Round Rock Texas doles out incentives that will add high-paying jobs at Emerson and SDC. Incentives added nearly $500M in taxes in 15 years!

Around Austin-"Another beautiful sunset in Lakeway last night. I just keep my camera by the porch door now ;-)" by Ron B.

Elon Musk's moves Boring Co. R&D to Pflugerville, Texas. Less regulatory hassle in Texas is a key to speed tunneling capability and vision.

A smartphone security concern, hackers are moving from one-click to zero-click. No need to click and you won't easily know you've been hit!

Ready or not enter the American market the first EV Pickup the Rivian RIT. Many accolades for the powerful mid-size pickup & a few glitches

Private equity preferred by entrepreneurs has been hot for a while and doubled the number of unicorns last year as investors poured in $681B

Surgically implanted nerve stimulation device has demonstrated the ability to restore walking for patients in a controlled clinical setting.

Developing software without having coding credentials is increasingly possible using tools from Salesforce, Microsoft, Amazon and others

Tesla's Austin Texas Giga plant started initial production late in 2021. Ultimately the plant may bring 120,000 direct & indirect ATX jobs.

We've been though seismic changes since the onset of the COVID pandemic. Working from Home is clearly higher now and is likely to remain so

Consumer grade drones have been in use for a while yet countermeasures to stop nefarious use are lagging. What's being considered?

COVID Vaccines & Antiviral Pills the how in an image by visualcapitalist.com

Austin has been a boom town for the last decade. Pundits wonder if ATX can avoid the pitfalls of Silcon Valley and San Francisco.

Around Austin-Tesla plant seen on Wednesday 19JAN2022 from TX-130. See more photographs below or swipe. Around Austin-Front view of Tesla...

Aviation-"The Massive Stratolaunch taking to the skies over Mojave, California for only the third time". Photographs by David Joseph.

Digital twins are being created to help manage and plan in all fields including medicine-diagnosing and treating congenital heart defects.

In two years from breaking ground the Austin Tesla factory readies for production. 20,000 direct jobs 100,000 indirect jobs eventually!

Around Mexico-"Good morning from Punta Mita! Beautiful Sunrise!" Photograph and comment from Donna Obermaier Wilkins.

GLP-1s could move medical practice closer to achieving drug-based long-term weight loss but overcoming cost and old beliefs are needed.

Decision-making software are now widely used today in American medical practices. Due to shortcomings better FDA oversight is requested.