Ways to monitor employees are now more advanced than ever. Worker protections are slowly beginning to emerge.

Warren Buffett says cryptocurrencies are non-productive assets the value of which is based solely on getting the next guy to pay more.

Big tech Amazon, Alphabet, Apple, Microsoft & Meta have concentrated profits, some loss of loyalty & regulatory hits that could total $330bn

Only 1 in 15 companies have made net-zero-emission goals. Stopping their own emissions rather than rely on offsets alone is essential.

Desalination will never be the panacea solution to drought but with innovations it is part of the solution but comes with high cost.

Retail pricing once an art is now more of science due to massive transactional databases and AI computing.

Austin continues to accrue above "it's weight" in VC Funding and SBA Loans and is on a path to see growth in Medical Research NIH grants.

Early detection of disease is often a key to slowing or eliminating disease. A test being developed for Parkinson's Disease catch it early.

With rising gas prices comes an even greater interest in electric vehicles. 36% of Texas EV registrations are in the DFW area of Texas.

Michael Dell and VC Jim Breyer at SXSW comment that the Austin area will continue to build a tech and medical innovation hub.

Kroger will enter the Austin Metro Market with grocery delivery later in 2022 by collaborating with eCommerce expert Ocado.

CelLink techologies makers of circuits for EVs is opening a manufacturing site in Georgetown, TX that will add 2,000 jobs mid-2022.

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