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Why you should pay attention to these 8 emerging tech hubs

The Next Web

Raleigh, North Carolina. city for young families are all triggers for the flock of technology companies and university graduates to Raleigh. Over the past two decades, Raleigh has experienced the third-highest job growth and second-highest population increase in the country. research parks pioneering in IT and biotechnology.

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Some Halo Infinite players have to use dev kits at first major tournament

The Verge

Microsoft is apparently having just as much trouble procuring Xbox consoles as everyone else, as some of the players at the first major Halo Infinite tournament in Raleigh, North Carolina are forced to play on Xbox Series X development kits (via Kotaku ). Screenshot from Halo Esports via YouTube.

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Farmstead, a grocery startup with a focus on software, raises $7.9M

TechCrunch

Next up: Geographic expansion, starting in North Carolina, with Charlotte and Raleigh-Durham (where Farmstead just opened its wait list ). .” In fact, in the startup’s first market of San Francisco, Farmstead is supposedly “marching towards profitability, and we’re very close at this point.”

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Flying taxi startup Lilium will build a hub for its electric aircraft in Florida

The Verge

Earlier this year, Chinese drone maker Ehang demonstrated its autonomous air taxi in the US for the first time, with its all-electric two-seater flying above a test track south of Raleigh, North Carolina, for about five minutes. Another German startup, Volocopter, unveiled its latest model at the Consumer Electronics Show in 2018.

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This startup wants to use technology to help solve Austin’s housing shortage problem

TechCrunch

It’s a model Pechet envisions replicating in other cities with similar housing supply issues such as Miami, Tampa, Raleigh and Charlotte. “We’re already seeing Austin grow faster than any of our other markets did in their early days. It’s going to be a huge market for us.”. This is just the start,” Pechet said.

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Superstrata unveils ‘world’s first’ 3D-printed unibody electric bike

The Verge

For insight into how to design a great-looking bike, he turned to Bill Stephens, who has been creating cycle designs at StudioWest Concepts for decades, including high-end carbon-fiber bike frames for Schwinn, Raleigh, Diamond, and Yeti.

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Bolt Mobility has vanished, leaving e-bikes, unanswered calls behind in several US cities

TechCrunch

The purchaser opened up 48 new markets to Bolt Mobility, most of which were smaller cities such as Raleigh, North Carolina, St. The company acquired in January 2021 the assets of Last Mile Holdings , which owned micromobility companies Gotcha and OjO Electric. Augustine, Florida and Mobile, Alabama. .

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