As Monday morning rolls in, we’re providing TechWire readers with a quick recap of the past week’s news headlines.
Dominating headlines last week was the latest report on North Carolina’s tech workforce, indicating that demand for software developers and systems engineers increased by a whopping 70% since March 2018. TechWire covered the story from multiple angles.
Other stories for April 15-21 included: A look inside Signature Bank’s new VC group, Hatteras Venture Partners is raising a $200 million biotech fund, and coverage of the East Coast Game Conference.
Here’s a look back at 77 local, state and national headlines as reported by WRAL TechWire last week.
MONDAY April 15 Headlines:
- 24 Square 1 bank veterans jump to form new VC group at Signature Bank
- Analysis: Trump embraces 5G revolution by freeing up spectrum, removing regulations, boosting rural broadband
- Diabetes drug lowers risk of kidney failure, study finds
- Duke engineers improve CRISPR genome editing with biomedical tails
- Former CED exec among few 24 Square 1 vets identified to be leaving for new venture group
- Hatteras Venture Partners closes on $94M for new fund; target is $200M
- How crowdfunding changes the game for investors
- Inside Triangle tech: Your guide to local meetups
- Layoffs could mean loss of 450 tech related jobs at three firms in NC
- Lowe’s cutting 219 jobs, relocating hundreds of other positions
- Massive outage strikes Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp
- NC April headliners: Charlotte Venture Challenge, Fish 2.0, Future Fund 10 & more
- On NC event horizon: 83 conferences, workshops and networking coming in May
- Raleigh startup GoWheels lands $400,000 from investors
- TechWire week in review: IoT pitches, biotech jobs to Triangle, AI disruption & more
- Triangle April event headliners: East Coast Game Conference, ACC InVenture & more
TUESDAY April 16 Headlines:
- CEO: Drone tech startup PrecisionHawk getting new digs, adding jobs
- Charlotte’s Red Ventures expands footprint with online education company
- Durham startup Spreedly hosts 2nd conference for payments professionals
- Exclusive interview: Hatteras Venture Partners raising $200M to capitalize on biotech growth
- Exclusive Q&A: East Coast Game Conference shows there’s more to Triangle hub than Epic, Fortnite
- Here’s top 10 most in-demand ‘hard skills’ for high-tech jobs in NC
- High-tech job openings surge across NC to more than 31,000
- IBM’s CEO to deliver commencement address at NCSU
- IBM’s Q1 shortfalls pushes Big Blue to look to Cloud, Red Hat for a lift
- In streaming wars, ‘Game of Thrones’ sets a record; AT&T sells Hulu stake
- Open tech job drivers: Software developer, computer systems engineer demand up 70%
- Microsoft to overhaul how it investigates workplace complaints
- NBC: Zuckerberg leveraged Facebook user data to fight rivals and help friends
- North Carolina trying to attract more ‘cleantech’ companies
- Pay package for Syneos Health CEO surges 29%
- Report: As e-commerce keeps growing, 75,000 retail stores could close
- Researchers print 3D heart from human patient’s cells
WEDNESDAY April 17 Headlines:
- Cannabis burger? Yep – Carl’s Jr. is testing ‘Rocky Mountain High’
- Corporations giving up minimum wage fight but small businesses aren’t – here’s why
- Economist: Why North Carolina has so many open high-tech jobs – and how to get one
- East Coast Game Conference brings professionals, gaming representatives to the Triangle
- Execs believe recession to strike in late 2020, Duke survey finds
- Golden LEAF Foundation president resigning to become interim ECU chancellor
- How a Raleigh startup has maintained its company culture amid rapid growth
- IBM talks up Red Hat deal benefits, says $34B acquisition moving toward completion
- Is T-Mobile merger with Sprint in trouble? Worries sink stocks
- Microsoft’s new Xbox One S goes all digital
- Netflix nears 150M subscribers as streaming wars heat up
- Qualcomm stock surges after settling chip dispute with Apple
- Report: US consumers showing less interest in upgrading to gigabit Internet speeds
- ‘The Woz’ dazzles High Point University students at Innovation Summit
- Why so many tech jobs? How to land one? Code training exec explains
THURSDAY April 18 Headlines:
- Amazon, Google settle 2-year battle over streaming apps
- Durham data startup Biospatial raises $500,000 in new capital
- Facebook admits collecting contacts of 1.5M users without their consent
- Food stamp recipients soon will be able to order groceries online, get delivery
- FDA approves lung disease treatment from Circassia, which has HQ in Morrisville
- Hundreds of employees to swap companies in complex $485M LabCorp deal
- IBM says it’s not dropping Watson AI product targeting drug development
- Job seeker startup Zippia raises $8.5M, is hiring in Durham
- Lenovo hits $50B in revenue; CEO says ‘we do not need to follow’
- NCSU grad set to break record for longest spaceflight by woman
- North Carolina rebooting job portal to help combat ‘war for talent’
- Online pet supply firm Chewy to create 1,200 jobs in Salisbury for distribution center
- Pin this: Wall Street gears up for another tech IPO
- RDU to introduce four electric buses for passenger shuttle service in May
- Reports: Some new $2,000 Samsung folding phones already breaking
- Stormy weather from hackers: Weather Channel knocked off the air
- Uber rolling out new app it says will improve rider safety
- What are applications for Artificial Intelligence at your business? UpTech takes in-depth look
FRIDAY April 19 Headlines:
- Controversial study in dead pig brains revives some neuronal function
- Epic Games beefs up security with new account features after getting hit with lawsuit
- FileVault buys Charlotte building for data backup and storage
- Global Knowledge analysis: top ten IT skills in demand
- IPO mania: Zoom zooms, Pinterest pins down Wall Street
- Investors value Uber self-driving car unit at $7.25 billion
- Lindy Bio injects new equity for biotherapeutics technology
- Location of things company MapAnything acquired by Salesforce
- Private cargo ship brings Easter feast to the space station
- Raleigh-based Global Data Consortium closes on debt round
- SpokeHub augmented reality tech brings artwork to life in Atlanta
