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Tesla will build Cybertruck factory in Austin, Texas

The Verge

The company was also considering Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Musk said Tesla would “strongly consider” it for future projects. Nashville, Tennessee was reportedly an early candidate , before Austin and Tulsa ultimately emerged as the finalists. Scouting locations for Cybertruck Gigafactory. Will be central USA,” he tweeted on March 10th.

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Austin approves tax breaks for Tesla in bid for Cybertruck factory

The Verge

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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Tesla faces criticism of Elon Musk in bid to bring Cybertruck factory to Texas

The Verge

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.

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Five features to hope for at WWDC

The Verge

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. K-pop fans and TikTok teens say they reserved tickets for Trump’s Tulsa rally to leave seats empty. At a certain point, it’s just time. Covid-19. ?

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Roe reversal weighs heavily on emerging tech cities in red states

TechCrunch

On June 24, Khadijah Robinson planned to offer a woman a job. As founder of the Atlanta-based tech startup Nile , she spent three years scaling the platform, which connects consumers to Black online businesses. That Friday, she was thrilled to finally find someone willing to relocate from California to Georgia to help grow the company.

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The 2020 election turned fandom into activism

The Verge

Hundreds of teenage K-pop fans came together in June across platforms like Twitter and TikTok to place thousands of phony online RSVPs for a Trump rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma. An AOC live stream can now rally millions of followers, whether she’s debunking misinformation or touting policy plans.

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The Facebook boycott advertisers have the right company but the wrong diagnosis

The Verge

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.)