Tech Sector /tags/tech-sector Tech Sector en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Fri, 01 Mar 2024 21:03:11 GMT Austin Google workers learned of layoffs as City Council prepped public support /austin/2024-03-01/austin-google-layoffs-city-council The employees who worked for YouTube’s music content operations team were speaking to City Council when they began receiving text messages informing them the entire team was being laid off. Fri, 01 Mar 2024 21:03:11 GMT /austin/2024-03-01/austin-google-layoffs-city-council Chad Swiatecki Texas Instruments Will Close Two North Texas Computer Chip Factories /texas/2020-01-24/texas-instruments-will-close-two-north-texas-computer-chip-factories From Texas Standard:Texas Instruments, or TI, says it will close two facilities in the Dallas area.Most people know Texas Instruments for its calculators.� Fri, 24 Jan 2020 20:49:38 GMT /texas/2020-01-24/texas-instruments-will-close-two-north-texas-computer-chip-factories Kristen Cabrera The Lasting Effects Of Moderating YouTube Content /texas/2019-12-19/the-lasting-effects-of-moderating-youtube-content From Texas Standard:Tech giants Facebook and Google routinely work with third-party companies to monitor the content users put onto their platforms.� Thu, 19 Dec 2019 22:50:30 GMT /texas/2019-12-19/the-lasting-effects-of-moderating-youtube-content Shelly Brisbin Tariff Exclusions Mean Apple Can Build Its Top-Of-The-Line Mac Pro In Texas /texas/2019-09-30/tariff-exclusions-mean-apple-can-build-its-top-of-the-line-mac-pro-in-texas From Texas Standard:When President Donald Trump started slapping tariffs on Chinese imports to the United States in 2018, one American company that stood� Mon, 30 Sep 2019 18:58:46 GMT /texas/2019-09-30/tariff-exclusions-mean-apple-can-build-its-top-of-the-line-mac-pro-in-texas Shelly Brisbin Venture Investment In Austin Companies Is Soaring, But Fewer Startups Benefit /texas/2019-01-29/venture-investment-in-austin-companies-is-soaring-but-fewer-startups-benefit From Texas Standard:Not since the heady days of the dot-com boom more than 20 years ago has Austin witnessed so much venture capital cash invested in a� Tue, 29 Jan 2019 18:35:43 GMT /texas/2019-01-29/venture-investment-in-austin-companies-is-soaring-but-fewer-startups-benefit Laura Rice How A Texas Startup Changed The Way The World Travels /texas/2018-05-29/how-a-texas-startup-changed-the-way-the-world-travels From Texas Standard.Tech transformations can have such a dramatic effect on the course of your day that it’s hard to remember your life before the latest� Tue, 29 May 2018 19:42:46 GMT /texas/2018-05-29/how-a-texas-startup-changed-the-way-the-world-travels Haley Butler The Trump Administration's H-1B Visa Changes Are Creating Uncertainty Among Employers /texas/2017-04-19/the-trump-administrations-h-1b-visa-changes-are-creating-uncertainty-among-employers From Texas Standard:President Donald Trump's latest executive order focuses on the way the federal government gives visas to highly trained foreign� Wed, 19 Apr 2017 17:07:53 GMT /texas/2017-04-19/the-trump-administrations-h-1b-visa-changes-are-creating-uncertainty-among-employers Laura Rice Coding Boot Camps Aim To Help Solve Diversity Problem In Tech Sector /education/2017-03-31/coding-boot-camps-aim-to-help-solve-diversity-problem-in-tech-sector It’s no secret that the tech sector � which accounts for 13 percent of jobs in Austin, according to the Austin Chamber � is predominantly male and white.� Fri, 31 Mar 2017 11:01:00 GMT /education/2017-03-31/coding-boot-camps-aim-to-help-solve-diversity-problem-in-tech-sector Kate Groetzinger