The Verge

JULY 22, 2020

The company was also considering Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Musk said Tesla would “strongly consider” it for future projects. The site where Tesla is building the factory consists of about 2,100 acres of land east of the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport , with about two miles of exposure to Texas’ Colorado river.

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The Verge

JULY 14, 2020

Austin is one of the two leading candidates for the factory, which is where Tesla will build the Cybertruck, along with Tulsa, Oklahoma. Commissioner Gerald Daugherty mentioned that the court has a “standing policy” to honor if a commissioner asks for another week. We have to vote today.”. “We We have to vote today,” one resident said.

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The Verge

JUNE 24, 2020

About 45 residents of Austin and the surrounding area spoke about the factory deal on Tuesday at a virtual public meeting held by the Travis County Commissioners Court , the policy-making and administrative arm of the local government. Tesla’s considering buying a 2,100 acre site along Texas’ Colorado River. “I

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The Verge

JUNE 21, 2020

Apple changes its App Store policies. But I wouldn’t expect Apple to budge on some other policies — like all web browsers being required to use Apple’s webkit web rendering engine. Imagine not having to re-log-in to the same sites in every single app where you happen to click a link. At a certain point, it’s just time.

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The Verge

JUNE 30, 2020

The civil rights group put up a web page with some “recommendations,” starting with hiring a “C-suite level executive with civil rights expertise to evaluate products and policies for discrimination, bias, and hate.” (My My sense is that Facebook’s chief diversity officer does at least some of this already, if somewhat informally.)

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