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Miami's Tech Rise Is Rooted in Decades of Deliberate Investment, Not a California Exodus

Miami’s Tech Rise Is Rooted in Decades of Deliberate Investment, Not a California Exodus

The narrative is familiar by now: hedge fund titans fleeing New York taxes, Silicon Valley engineers trading fog for sunshine, a mayor tweeting “How can I help?” and suddenly Miami is a tech city. But a new analysis published Monday by Refresh Miami and WLRN argues that framing gets the story backward. The companies showing up to Brickell and Wynwood are arriving to an ecosystem that was quietly and deliberately built over decades — and the work is far from finished. A Foundation Laid Long Before the Headlines The arrival of firms like Palantir, Meta, and Citadel in recent years made for splashy announcements, but Miami’s tech infrastructure predates them by a generation. Augmented reality company Magic Leap has operated

Miami-Dade Reverses Course on Paid World Cup Transit, Rolls Out Four Free Shuttle Routes to Hard Rock Stadium

Miami-Dade Reverses Course on Paid World Cup Transit, Rolls Out Four Free Shuttle Routes to Hard Rock Stadium

Miami-Dade County’s plan for moving hundreds of thousands of fans to FIFA World Cup 26 matches at Hard Rock Stadium has been rebuilt from scratch. After an initial proposal to charge $50 to $60 per transit trip for World Cup matches and other mega-events ran into a wall of federal funding rules, county transit operators announced this week that they will instead operate four free express shuttle routes on game day, available exclusively to verified match ticketholders on a first-come, first-served basis. The pivot, reported by Miami Today, marks one of the more consequential transit policy reversals in recent county history. It also offers a window into how federal funding conditions are quietly shaping how American cities prepare for the

Miami's Tourism Recovery: The Comeback of the Cruise Industry and International Visitors

Miami’s Tourism Recovery: The Comeback of the Cruise Industry and International Visitors

Miami sits at the center of one of the most consequential tourism moments in its modern history — a city where the world’s largest cruise port is setting passenger records, new ships are calling it home, and the FIFA World Cup is weeks away from bringing a global wave of visitors to its beaches, hotels, and neighborhoods. The convergence is not accidental. It reflects years of infrastructure investment, a deepening identity as an international gateway, and the return of confidence from travelers who chose Miami as their destination even when global tourism stumbled elsewhere. PortMiami’s Record-Breaking Run PortMiami officially closed Fiscal Year 2025 with its highest-ever passenger count: 8,564,225 cruise passengers passed through Miami between October 1, 2024, and September

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Who Were the Tequesta?

A Complete History of Miami’s First People The Tequesta were the original inhabitants of what is now Miami and much of southeastern Florida, long before the arrival of Europeans. Their

Edge Computing: Improved Performance Over Cloud?

Edge Computing: Improved Performance Over Cloud?

Edge computing offers a compelling performance advantage by minimizing the distance data must travel between its source and the point of processing. Unlike traditional cloud computing, which relies on centralized