Tech Bloc Weekly Newsletter 🚀
November 28th, 2023
San Antonio Tech and Business News
A newsletter bringing you a curated collection of the most impactful tech news stories from the heart of San Antonio. Join to explore the intersection of technology and the Alamo City in a concise and compelling roundup
Rackspace racks up roughly $11M in fallout of ransomware attack
Local cloud computing company Rackspace Technology Inc. (Nasdaq: RXT) is still paying the consequences, literally and figuratively, of a ransomware attack that happened nearly a year ago.
Source: San Antonio Business Journal
Booming Port of Laredo a linchpin in global trade, and San Antonio's 'right in the heart of it'
San Antonio’s leaders view the growth as an economic opportunity. The city’s proximity to the port and the access it provides to low-cost Mexican manufacturing helped lead Toyota to build its South Side factory in 2003. It was also a factor in British heavy equipment manufacturer JCB’s recent decision to do likewise.
Source: San Antonio Express News
San Antonio space firm scores NASA money and a SpaceX Starship ticket to moon
A San Antonio-based space startup has received another $1.3 million in NASA fundingto continue its work using lunar soil to build structures on the moon. It’s also landed a spot on a rover that’s slated to fly to the moon aboard a SpaceX Starship in 2026.
Source: San Antonio Express News
With renewables division in Austin, San Antonio-based Holt emerges as solar leader
The company was Holt Renewables, a division of San Antonio-based Holt, a family-owned business better known for leasing and repairing construction equipment and operating a chain of semitruck dealerships.
Source: San Antonio Express News
Securing data, information is a center of gravity for military, general tells San Antonio conference
About 4,000 people attended the annual Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association conference hosted by the Alamo Chapter of the national nonprofit. Known as Alamo ACE, the event has run for 13 years in San Antonio, the city with the largest number of cyber professionals outside the D.C. region. Attendance was up from more than 3,000 a year ago.
Source: San Antonio Express News
Meet Alan Stern, Southwest Research Institute’s first official space traveler
Years later, now an associate vice president of Southwest Research Institute’s Space Science Division and an independent science consultant, Stern has contributed significantly to the field that inspired him. He has helped to build the San Antonio-based institute’s space science and engineering division, extend what we know about icy objects deep in our solar system, and push commercial space travel to new heights.
Source: San Antonio Report
TxDOT grants $16M for bike lanes throughout downtown San Antonio
The City of San Antonio announced Tuesday that the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has awarded almost $16 million for a cycle track along Market and Commerce streets downtown.
Source: San Antonio Report
As part of AT&T’s recently announced nationwide commitment to help bridge the digital divide and homework gap, AT&T is contributing $20,000 to TechBloc to support digital literacy training and bridge the digital divide for local students.
TechBloc will be hosting the “TechBloc x SA Digital Connect Bridging the Digital Divide in San Antonio” workshop for 30 underserved students in 6th to 8th grades to build their digital literacy skills.
The catch? We're giving away to each student a Chromebook!
Join us tomorrow at 9am at Port San Antonio for a quick coffee & bagels reception where Mayor Ron Nirenberg, Councilwoman Rocha, Senator Garcia, Senator Menendez, and AT&T executives will be! See you there!