As Monday morning rolls in, we’re providing TechWire readers with a quick recap of the past week’s news headlines.
Hot stories for April 1-7 included: A new deep-dive video series on AI, coverage of NC State’s Lulu eGames competition, Duke Energy plans to invest $76 million in North Carolina’s electric vehicle market, Center for AgTech opens in RTP, and Bird and Lime pull operations in Raleigh.
In more national news: Bitcoin surges, Tesla sales drop as Elon Musk faces SEC hearing, and coverage of a busy IPO season.
Here’s a look back at 71 local, state and national headlines as reported by WRAL TechWire last week.
MONDAY April 1 Headlines:
- ‘Aha moment’ – TechGirlz sets record for girls coding at the same time
- Alexandria opens agtech center in RTP; 2nd phase in development
- Bioengineering breakthrough: Durham firm’s vessels, human cells produce vascular tissue
- Duke Energy $76M plan would charge up support for fast-growing electric vehicle market
- Events ‘on the horizon’ in May: 53 conferences, panels, workshops & more
- Get plugged in with these local tech meetups
- Headlines: AT&T hits gigabit 5G; Throne giveaway; Valley IPOs for all; NetApp $10M housing effort
- Investigator: Saudi Arabia obtained Jeff Bezos’ private information
- Liquidia CEO sees 2018 compensation jump to $4M as company executes IPO
- Market mania? Why this IPO season differs from dot-com hysteria
- NC April headliners: Gate City Minority Biz Fair, Climate City Expo, Blue Diamond Awards & more
- No joke: When it comes to humor, the laughs are on artificial intelligence
- Paradigm shift in treatment of leukemia may be at hand
- TechWire week in review: CED Innovators Report, WakeMed drones, Duke pays grant settlement, more
- Triangle headliners in April: East Coast Game Conference, IACUC, STEM Saturday, more
- UNC undergrads hope seaweed can help save the planet
TUESDAY April 2 Headlines:
- ‘A noble effort:’ Recalling the birth of ISP Interpath 25 years ago
- BCBS of NC teams with Duke Health to form insurance company targeting seniors
- Bitcoin prices are soaring again
- Greensboro-based Guerrilla RF raises $1.6M from 14 investors
- Grid Edge East event in Durham to explore innovation in energy grid market
- Grocery wars: Under pressure, Amazon slashes prices at Whole Foods
- Guest opinion: Fiber Internet is the key to a brighter online future
- Los Angeles, Code for America team up to wipe out old marijuana convictions
- NeoNova grows its rural broadband footprint with latest acquisition
- Photo shoot: Startup stars turn out for weekend in Wilmington
- Raleigh-based Innovate Biopharma raises $9.7 million in new capital
- Tesla likely to report largest drop in quarterly sales – blip or reason to worry?
- Walmart taps Google for grocery voice shopping, countering Amazon
- Wilmington Techstars Weekend preps local startups for road to possible success
WEDNESDAY April 3 Headlines:
- Are cannabidiol products safe? FDA will consider regulating them
- ‘Avengers: Endgame’ mania overwhelms online ticket ordering systems
- Charlotte startup SecurSpace lands $900,000 from investors
- Clinical research firm Cato names new executive chairman
- From teacher to NASA to NC Science Fair Foundation exec director – the trek of Leah Bug
- Google to require health benefits, $15-an-hour for contractors
- Judge rules for Pendo in patent fight with Raleigh software rival WalkMe
- Mick Jagger’s pending surgery brings attention to advances in heart research
- NC startups show how deeply Internet of Things is penetrating our economy
- One Giant Leap: History museum to open exhibit Friday that dives into North Carolina’s space race connections
- Report: CFOs increasingly worried about managing risk, firms’ talent
- Report: Epic Games adding high-profile finance exec to lead corporate development
- Retail space at Cary mall becomes coworking hub for women entrepreneurs
- Tech on Tap: Apple’s Streaming Announcement, Duke Energy on Electric Vehicles, Bird and Lime leave Raleigh, IBM Accusations, Sprout Studies
THURSDAY April 4 Headlines:
- Artificial Intelligence and you: Introduction to a new video series ‘UpTech’
- As FDA moves to cut insulin prices, Cigna launches program to cap expenses
- Big Thermo Fisher pharma plant in Greenville to receive $74M upgrade
- Cloud, arts, social, prosthetics … NCSU startups share $100,000 in Lulu eGames competition
- CommScope closes Arris acquisition, predicts 30% earnings growth, lower costs
- Deep dive: Artificial Intelligence can take over ‘things humans should arguably not be doing’
- Get ready for the new frontiers of video games
- How 2 Wake Forest startups are making a global impact
- Life science firm with Raleigh office developing blood tests for cancers raises $3.1M
- Meet Lulu eGame winners: Innovating for the future
- Newly merged Blue Acorn iCi makes first acquisition out of the gates
- Pacific Gas & Electric hires ex-Duke Energy, Progress Energy exec Bill Johnson as CEO
- Researchers find 540 million more instances of exposed Facebook user data
- South Korea launches deployment of 5G wireless network
- Taking a deep, deep dive into Artificial Intelligence: A new series to watch, read
- Tesla sales fall 31%; Musk faces SEC at court hearing
FRIDAY April 5 Headlines:
- Bandwidth director Bailey continues to shed holdings
- Calls for Amazon to stop selling ‘biased’ facial recognition software
- ContraVir terminates licensing agreement for Chimerix drug
- Durham-based Keen Decision Systems raises $3.5 million in equity sale
- Interested in jumping on the IPO bandwagon? Get the lowdown first
- It’s finalized: Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and wife MacKenzie are divorced
- Judge gives Musk and SEC two weeks to settle dispute over tweets
- Mixed reaction to Lenovo’s foldable ‘clamshell’ smartphone patent
- Social media’s battle against bogus vaccine claims
- UK’s Sterling Pharma Solutions buys Cary’s CiVentiChem
