TechWire rewind: Recapping 67 headlines, from startup funding to life science cluster report

As Monday morning rolls in, we’re providing TechWire readers with a quick recap of the past week’s news headlines.

Here was the hot news for February 10-14: News & Observer and Durham Herald Sun parent company McClatchy Co. is filing for bankruptcy; a new bipartisan grant program aims to help counties across NC create digital inclusion plans; Chapel Hill edtech firm Terra Dotta plans to expand its workforce by 30%; shareholders approved a $240 million acquisition deal for High Point telecommunications provider NorthState; a new Cushman and Wakefield report says NC is one of the most dynamic life science clusters in the U.S.

A few NC-based startups raised funding last week, including: Raleigh-based GroundTruth Ag ($600,000+), Durham-based NeuroTronik ($120,000) and Durham-based restor3D ($4.3 million).

Check out TechWire’s comprehensive resource package for Triangle startups.

And, in national news: Four members of China’s military were charged for the 2017 Equifax breach; a federal judge approved T-Mobile’s $26.5 billion takeover of Sprint; Samsung unveiled a new foldable phone; Facebook moved to allow a new type of paid political ads.

Keeping with our Monday tradition, here’s a look back at 67 local, state and national headlines as reported by WRAL TechWire last week: