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The priority list, to be formally adopted at an upcoming meeting, will influence the next two city budgets (2022 and 2023-24) and steer councils policymaking focus for the next two years. Council members narrowed down the priorities at a follow-up to their semi-annual retreat Tuesday night at Innosphere Ventures. About half of the priorities are environment-related: Improve air quality, aid bird species recovery, get a municipal composting program off the ground, protect and enhance river flows...

Most years, South by Southwest is an opportunity to meet strangers, wander through crowds – and for startups, its a chance to network and make the connections that could get your company off the ground. This year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the conference will be a one-week, all-virtual event. That means it simply wont be the same experience for startups looking to get their names and products in front of potential customers and investors.  In some ways, last years cancelation of SXSW ...

Samsung Foundry has filed documents with authorities in Arizona, New York, and Texas seeking to build a leading-edge semiconductor manufacturing facility in the USA. The potential fab near Austin, Texas, is expected to cost over $17 billion and to create 1,800 jobs. If everything goes as planned, it will go online by the fourth quarter of 2023. There is an intrigue about the new fab though: Samsung hasnt stated which process node it will be designed for. Could Samsung be the first to 3nm in th...