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Tag Archives: SpaceX
“Why Is Everyone Investing in Texas?”
I’ve been covering some of these issues since all the way back when I was doing the Texas vs. California updates, but this video offers a nice summary. “Texas has been one of the biggest winners of the blue state … Continue reading
Posted in Austin, Republicans, Technology, Texas, video
Tagged AI, Alice Walton, Austin, California, Dallas, data centers, Economics, Elon Musk, Fort Worth, Goldman Sachs, housing, Houston, Laredo, Metroplex, Mexico, New York, New York City, Nvidia, oil industry, Republicans, Samsung, San Antonio, Semiconductors, Sherman (Texas), SpaceX, Taxes, Taylor, technology, Tesla Motors, Texas, Texas Instruments, video
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VDH: America Dominates Tech
It’s easy for the uninformed to get black pilled about America’s comparative advantage in technology. “China’s AI efforts are eating our lunch!” Etc. Victor Davis Hanson is always good for a grounded take, and when it comes to technology, he … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Technology, video
Tagged Adobe, AI, Anthropic, Apple, cancer, ChatGPT, China, Claude Cowork, Copilot, Crystal Genetics, Daily Signal, Dubio, Economics, Energy Policy, Facebook, France, genetic engineering, Genomics, Google, Google Gemini, Grok, Illumina, Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Microsoft, Midjourney, Mistral, Natera, Notion AI, Oracle, Palantir, Palo Alto Networks, Perplexity AI, Salesforce, SAP, space, SpaceX, technology, Victor Davis Hanson, video, xAI
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LinkSwarm For August 21, 2026
Trump’s winning in Iran, Russia’s losing in Ukraine, Democrats committing fraud left and right, the data center debate rages on, a crappy movie in China gain sudden popularity because it’s crappy, and Orlando PD get to wrestle an alligator. It’s … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Democrats, Elections, Foreign Policy, Jihad, Media Watch, Military, Social Justice Warriors, Technology, Texas, Waste and Fraud, Welfare State
Tagged 2026 Election, Abdulloi Toshpulodzoda, Admiral Grigorovich, AI, Alabama-Coushatta, alligator, Anthony Fauci, Anthropic, Arleigh Burke class destroyer, Babylon Bee, Bastrop, Bastrop City Council, CAIR, California, Cami Clark, campaign finance fraud, cars, Chicago, China, CleanSpark, Communism, Core Scientific, coronavirus, Crime, Critical Drinker, Dario Amodei, Data Center Coalition, data centers, David Morens, deconstructionism, Democrats, Department of Health and Human Services, Digital Realty, Eagle Pass, EcoHealth Alliance of New York, Ed Bolian, EdgeConneX, Emily Gallagher, Eric Swalwell, Facebook, Fairfax County, Far Corner, Flock AI cameras, FOAI, Frankfurt School, fraud, fundraising, Gavin Newsom, Gilles Deleuze, Google, Grand Theft Auto, Greg Abbott, Hamas, Herbert Marcuse, Illegal Aliens, Innodata, Iran, Isaiah Mitchell, Jacques Derrida, Japan, Jason Arday, Jeffrey Epstein, Jihad, Karen Bass, Kickapoo, Koledino, Kombinat Kamensky, Kurt Schlichter, Lancium, Last Token, LinkSwarm, logistics, Los Angeles, Mara, Mariupol, Max Horkheimer, Media Watch, Melissa L. Farris, Michel Foucault, Middle East Forum, Military, Minnesota, Moscow, National Review, Navy, New York, Nigel Farage, Nithya Raman, Novorossiysk, OpenAI, Operation Epic Fury, Oracle, Orlando, Peter D, Peter Daszak, Philip Qiu, Professor of Rock, QTS Data Centers, Reddit, Rick Beato, Rockstar Games, Ron DeSantis, Rostov, Rowan Digital Infrastructure, Russia, Russo-Ukrainian War, Salman Ahmed Elmi, Samara, SB Energy, shoplifting, Skybox Datacenters, Social Justice Warriors, Softbank, South China Sea, Soyuz, space, SpaceX, Stan Gerdes, Steve Descano, Stream Data Centers, Suchomimus, Tajikistan, terrorism, Texas, The Texan News, Theodor W. Adorno, Trump Derangement Syndrome, Ukraine, USS Benfold, Vantage Data Centers, voting fraud, waste, Welfare State, Wildberries, WNBA, World Vision, World War II, xAI, Ysleta del Sur Pueblo, Zoom Books
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Tech Giants Voltron Up Against AI Safety Threats
With nearly constant news about AI-based security threats (both within and without), it’s notable that several tech giants have banded together to address the problem. Nvidia and a host of tech giants on Monday launched a new artificial intelligence safety … Continue reading
Posted in Technology
Tagged AI, Anthropic, Apple, Cadence, Capital One, China, Cisco, Cloudera, CloudFlare, Cognition, Crowdstrike, data security, Databricks, Dell Computer, DoorDash, Elastic, hacking, Hewett Packard Enterprise, Hugging Face, IBM, LangChain, Linux, Linux Foundation, Microsoft, NAVER, NetApp, Nous Research, Nvidia, Open Secure AI Alliance, OpenAI, OpenClaw, Palantir, Palo Alto Networks, Red Hat, Reflection AI, Salesforce, SAP, ServiceNow, Siemens, SK Telecom, Snowflake, SpaceX, Synopsys, technology, Thinking Machines Lab, TrendAI, xAI
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Musk Fab Tax Rebates Approved
Remember our news that Elon Musk’s new Terafab semiconductor plant was going to be located in Grimes County, Texas? Well, two school districts just approved the tax abatements for the project. Iola Independent School District (ISD) and Anderson-Shiro Consolidated Independent … Continue reading
Posted in Technology, Texas
Tagged Anderson-Shiro Consolidated Independent School District (CISD), Elon Musk, Grimes County, Hannah Brewer, Intel, Iola ISD, Semiconductors, SpaceX, technology, Terafab, Tesla Motors, Texas, Texas Jobs Energy Technology and Innovation (JETI), The Texan News, xAI
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The Texas Economy: Kicking Ass, Taking Names
As long as I’ve been blogging (and long before), the Texas economy has been growing by leaps and bounds. That trend continues with Texas leading the nation in economic growth. As California continues to impose strict regulations on businesses, many … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Republicans, Social Justice Warriors, Texas
Tagged California, Caterpillar, Chevrolet, Chevron, Chris Furlow, Democrats, Economics, Elon Musk, Grant Halk, Greg Abbott, Hewett-Packard, Republicans, Schwab, Scott Bessent, Social Justice Warriors, SpaceX, technology, Texas, Texas Bankers Association, Texas Scorecard
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Musk’s Terafab Going In Grimes County?
When last we checked, Terafab, the cutting-edge megafab being built to produce AI chips for Elon Musk’s Telsa/SpaceX/xAI consortium, was going to be built and run by Intel, but the location was up in the air. Now, according to regulatory … Continue reading
Posted in Technology, Texas
Tagged AI, California, College Station, Elon Musk, Grimes County, Huntsville, Intel, Magnolia, Semiconductors, SpaceX, technology, Terafab, Tesla Motors, Texas, xAI
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Musk’s Terafab To Have Intel Inside
After the initial report on Elon Musk’s planned Terafab project, there were a whole lot of questions about how Musk was going to get his ambitious semiconductor fab project up and running. Now a very, very big piece of the … Continue reading
Posted in Austin, Technology, Texas
Tagged Austin, Elon Musk, Intel, Semiconductors, SpaceX, technology, Terafab, Tesla Motors, Texas, xAI
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How Texas Kicks Europe’s Ass
Back when I was doing regular Texas vs. California updates, this is the sort of video I would feature. It covers why Texas is doing so much better than Europe, though the framing misses a few things I’ve tried to … Continue reading
Posted in Austin, Regulation, Technology, Texas, unions, video
Tagged AI, ARM, Austin, BASF, CBRE, deficits, Economics, Energy Policy, Estonia, EU, Europe, European Debt Crisis, Flamenville, France, Freeport, General Data Protection Regulation (GPDR), Google, Greece, inflation, Mario Draghi, Microsoft, natural gas, nuclear power, oil industry, Permian Basin, PIIGS, Portugal, Regulation, Schwab, Skype, SpaceX, Spain, Spotify, State Income Tax, Sweden, Taxes, Tesla Motors, Texas, Texas Interconnect Grid, unions, video
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Musk’s Terafab: Half Possible, Half Pipe-Dream
The last few days I’ve been grappling with exactly what to say about Elon Musk’s Terafab announcement. Elon Musk on Saturday announced that his rocket making company SpaceX and electric vehicle major Tesla will jointly run a new chip manufacturing … Continue reading
Posted in Austin, Technology, Texas
Tagged AI, Austin, Elon Musk, Micron, robots, Samsung, Semiconductors, SpaceX, technology, Terafab, Tesla Motors, Texas, TSMC, xAI
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