As Monday morning rolls in, we’re providing TechWire readers with a quick recap of the past week’s news hits.
Hot stories for January 14-18 included: Red Hat shareholders approve IBM merger, the North Carolina Department of Commerce reiterates that the Apple recruitment project is still active, and Durham startup FoodLogiQ brings on a new CEO.
Here’s a look back at 63 local, state and national headlines as reported by WRAL TechWire last week.
MONDAY January 14 Headlines:
- Crypto, startup pitches, SaaS + more: Meetups for you across the Triangle
- Event horizon: Duke StartupConnect, Power America, Cleantech & more in Feb.
- Ex-Carolina Hurricanes GM Francis joins Raleigh commercial real estate firm
- Free event at NC Biotech Center to showcase biomanufacturing job options
- Gannett, USA Today journalists anxious amid report Digital First Media is circling company
- Greenlight Biosciences, with R&D operations in RTP, lands $50M round
- IBM could give its mainframe biz a big lift with $1B acquisition
- Lazy Gator’s Hemp Farm in Kinston launches $30M round
- NC headliners: 65 events in Charlotte, Asheville, Wilmington & Triad this month
- Raleigh startup with promising cancer treatments nabs $1.3M
- TechWire week in review: Raleigh Chamber, NC firms at CES, Epic’s ‘F’ BBB rating, more
- Triangle headliners: 62 upcoming workshops, panels & deadlines
- Worried about a recession? Watch bank earnings this week
- Zillow Offers (all cash) launches in competitive Triangle real estate market
TUESDAY January 15 Headlines:
- Bitcoin is 10 years old but it won’t go mainstream until it is regulated
- Cary-based TowerCo lands $300M in equity, names new CEO
- David Gardner: Innovation, immigration and entrepreneurship
- Facebook, fighting off skeptics, plans to invest $300 million in journalism programs
- Heat Biologics issues top three executives end-of-year bonuses
- Microsoft, Walgreens join forces to take on Amazon in health care
- Morgan Stanley: Another market storm is coming
- NBCUniversal is getting in the streaming business
- NCSU researcher, colleague find flaws in forensic software
- Netflix raising prices for 58M US subscribers as costs rise
- North Carolina reiterates Apple ‘remains active recruitment project’
- Robotic surgery firm TransEnterix receives FDA clearance for Senhance Ultrasonic System
- Spirit Airlines expands to RDU with seven destinations
- Vast Therapeutics Lands $15M Series A funding, $300K from CF Foundation
- Wilmington concussion management startup raises cash (+video)
WEDNESDAY January 16 Headlines:
- Bandwidth CEO makes $1.1 million after cashing in stock options
- Brew monitoring startup’s founders switch CEO, COO roles (+ video: How system works)
- CERN lays out vision for next-generation particle collider
- Feds propose easing of rules on drone flights over crowds and at night
- IBM, Ford unveil blockchain project to track cobalt, other minerals
- Middle school science project travels to space with help from Precision BioSciences
- Raleigh’s Sageworks takes on a new name, still has 200 Triangle workers
- Red Hat shareholders approve $34B IBM merger
- Report: IBM is dropping its Watson Workspace offering
- RTP180 explores ‘smart’ tech, from civic engagement to IoT to textiles & beyond
- Triangle entrepreneur plans to ‘keep on creating’after selling edtech startup Youth Digital
- Veteran tech exec Sean O’Leary takes over as CEO at FoodLogiQ
- YouTube bans dangerous pranks and challenges
THURSDAY January 17 Headlines:
- A.M. Pappas Life Science Ventures raises $85.7M fund
- Battle lines forming ahead of a looming US privacy law fight
- Charlotte-based ISolvedHCM acquires Sage Payroll Solutions
- Facebook removes hundreds of Russia-linked pages
- High Point therapeutics firm injects $1.5M in equity
- Less beef, more beans. Experts say world needs a new diet
- MetLife accepting applications for 2nd digital accelerator +video
- Outlook for Tech Conference discloses disrupting agenda
- Real Estate startup Knock closes $400M B round
- Red Hat shareholders can expect windfall once IBM merger complete
- Red Hat, SAS leaders push for more slots for students in NC Pre-K
FRIDAY January 18 Headlines:
- DILIsym Services awarded $1.5M SBIR grant
- Duke researchers develop rules to predict complex biological systems
- From ‘smart’ garments to sewage-sniffing robots, RTP180 showcases local innovators
- Military veterans are cracking codes as developers and software engineers
- Netflix’s solid 4Q eclipsed by projected slowing US growth
- Pfeiffer University and NCBiotech break new ground, both literally and figuratively
- RIoT hosts event to accelerate gigabit cities movement in NC
- Tech veteran to build on FoodLogiQ’s momentum
- Tesla plans 7% staff cut, says road ahead very difficult
- TrialCard purchases RxSolutions for undisclosed amount
