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  Dallas Wants to Give Millions in Tax Breaks to a Failing Pizza Delivery Startup

  January 17 at 4 a.m.

  Dallas plans to offer Zume, a Silicon Valley tech startup, more than $5 million in tax incentives to open a manufacturing hub. The company, once valued at more than $2 billion, has come on hard times after failing to deliver on its early promise of robotic pizza delivery. The city...

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  As Abbott Reconvenes Domestic Terrorism Task Force, Talk Turns to Iran

  January 8 at 4 a.m.

  As tension between the U.S. and Iran turns into conflict, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott warned the public Tuesday about Iranian cyberattacks on Texas' state agencies. Over the last 48 hours, the governor said, more than 10,000 attacks per minute, many of them originating in Iran, have been attempted against the...

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  Dallas Housing Authority Is Using Artificial Intelligence to Reduce Wait Times, and Could Profit Off the Technology

  Friday, November 8, 2019 at 4 a.m.

  Landlords have long complained that red tape prevents them from accepting federal housing vouchers, limiting the places that low-income tenants can live. Those in wealthier, whiter neighborhoods tend to turn voucher-holders away, driving segregation. One bureaucratic slowdown that has particularly frustrated landlords is how long it can take for inspectors from...

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  Cyberattack Takes Dallas’ Heritage Auctions Offline

  Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at 4 a.m.

  Heritage Auctions, a Dallas-based auction house, was hit by a ransomware attack on Friday that took its website offline through the weekend. Many auctions were rescheduled and some Friday bids were lost, but customer data was not leaked, according to updates posted on the company’s website. The website was back...

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  Esports May Be Coming to Dallas Schools

  Wednesday, October 16, 2019 at 4 a.m.

  Teams from schools across Collin and Dallas counties met up last weekend to play in front of a screaming crowd at a stadium in the shadow of Globe Life Park in Arlington. They were playing Nintendo. Mixed into the crowd were parents, classmates, coaches and district administrators. This tournament, they...

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  Self-Driving Cars Coming to Dallas. Sort Of.

  Thursday, October 10, 2019 at 4 a.m.

  In November, two Volvo SUVs equipped with LIDAR laser sensor technology and two Uber technicians per vehicle will begin driving Dallas streets to map them.