THURSDAY, MAY 18, 2023

ECLECTIC INFLUENCER

Dallas TikTok Star Carla Rockmore Launches Summer Staples Capsule Collection

After 30 years as a globe-trotting fashion designer, Rockmore went viral on TikTok in 2021, amassing over 2 million followers. Now the Dallas-based influencer is out with her own capsule summer collection of "three essential styles" in "delicious colors" at "an accessible price." Oh—and she has a two-story closet.

LIFE SCIENCE 

Dallas-Based NexPoint Expands Life Sciences Real Estate Footprint with Lab, Distribution Properties

The multi-billion investment firm’s two-property industrial deal in Philadelphia builds on its commitment to grow in the “critical sector.” Closer to home, NexPoint recently unveiled plans for a massive life sciences district in Plano. The proposed 200-acre TxS development would be a "major economic catalyst" for North Texas, the firm’s founder said in February.

ENGAGEMENT AND REWARDS

Lewisville’s RedCritter Launches AI- and ChatGPT-Powered CritterCoin for Students

To support positive schoolroom behavior while making learning fun and (literally) rewarding, RedCritter's new AI- and ChaptGPT-powered product suite enables students to do lots of things. Like interviewing a historical character. Receiving personal tutoring on any topic. Learning a language, learning to code, and more.
 

'MANAGING THE CRAZINESS'

Teens in Dallas and Other Cities Can Soon Ride in an Uber Alone

Under a new Uber policy, teens will be able to use the rideshare service all by themselves in more than a dozen metro areas—including Dallas, Houston, New York City, and Atlanta.

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Dennis Quaid Hosts Video Featuring Addison-Based Partnership With Native Americans

The Dennis Quaid-hosted "Viewpoint," which airs on public television stations nationwide, recently explored challenges facing Native American tribes, from food insecurity to struggles in getting college scholarships. The report supports the need for Native representation in nonprofit funding decisions.

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Push a Button, Help Save the Earth

1 week and 483k miles later, a Toyota study shows helping the environment is at your fingertip.Plano-based Toyota Connected North America employees and family members drove in Eco or EV mode for a week to see how much earth-saving difference it can make. Turns out, it made a lot.

TIAA Expands to Frisco—and the Metaverse

With Andrew Carnegie serving as its avatar, TIAA is harnessing advanced language models like ChatGPT to create an immersive TIAA-verse where financial knowledge meets innovation to help people get the answers they need. “Everyone is experimenting with LLMs to see how they can be leveraged in business,” said Swatee Singh, TIAA chief data and AI officer. 

PLUS

“We are Dallas. We are excited. We are ready to show the world how we will flourish on the international stage.”

Dan Hunt
President
FC Dallas
.…on the FIFA World Cup returning to Dallas in 2026 and the unveiling of the Dallas branding for it, via NBC DFW.

The next World Cup is still three years away, but soccer fans in North Texas were already buzzing like crazy today. That roar you might have heard at the AT&T Discovery Center in downtown Dallas or the The Star’s Tostitos Plaza in Frisco coincided with the official unveiling of the FIFA World Cup 2026 Dallas logo and branding.

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