Virgin Atlantic in a Friday statement said that in Austin "demand in the tech sector is not set to improve in the near term."

Virgin Atlantic suspends its route from London to Austin because it says the city’s tech boom is over::Virgin Atlantic in a Friday statement said that in Austin “demand in the tech sector is not set to improve in the near term.”

  • Patches@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    1202·
    10 months ago

    Then Texas happened. All they had to do was nothing and become silicone valley rich

    • BassTurd@lemmy.worldEnglish
      753·
      10 months ago

      It was bringing in too many liberals for Texas. They’ll trade the billions in money for control.

    • Mossy Feathers (They/Them)@pawb.socialEnglish
      391·
      10 months ago

      It sucks because Texas was actually one of the first places the integrated circuit was developed. It’d been hypothesized and speculated upon prior to its invention, but my understanding is that the first effectively integrated circuit was designed by Jack Kilby and built by Texas Instruments; followed shortly by Robert Noyce in California (who made the first true integrated circuit).