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 22-28 included: An in-depth series on Rocky Mount Mills and the city’s new generation of entrepreneurs, NC IDEA revealed the winners for its latest grant cycle, One NC Small Business Program awarded 24 emerging startups with $1.1 million in grants, and more.
Here’s a look back at 89 local, state and national headlines as reported by WRAL TechWire last week.
MONDAY April 22 Headlines:
- As Musk prepares autonomous vehicle push, a Tesla appears to explode in China
- Banned: 1,200 ‘Fortnite’ players kicked out of $30M World Cup for cheating
- Cary IT services firm Samanage becomes part of SalesForce-ServiceNow battle following $350M deal
- Duke engineering school creates dean for entrepreneurship post
- Earth Day everyday: Celebrating the clean technologies that protect the environment
- Epic Games teases tie-in between Fortnite, new Avengers movie
- Event headliners, part I: RSVP for these 37 across the Triangle
- Event headliners, part II: 30+ tech & startup showcases across NC
- In big week for tech stocks, will GDP report show slowing growth?
- Looking to network in the Triangle? Check out these meetup groups
- More bees will be buzzing in Triangle as Bee Downtown adds 3 more partners
- On NC event horizon: SBTDC Marketplace, STEMmy Awards, RIoT XXXVI + more in May
- Rocky Mount, Raleigh’s rival? Some think so with launch of new live-work-play complex
- Samsung pushes back launch for its $2,000 folding phone
- TechWire week in review: Tech jobs soar, new VC group, Hatteras raising new fund, more
- Wilson, Salisbury make top 20 for best small cities to start a business
TUESDAY April 23 Headlines:
- AT&T, Sprint ‘amicably’ settle lawsuit over 5G E icon dispute
- Autonomous vehicles not ready for prime time yet – here’s why
- Big day for podcasts: Will Luminary’s high-profile service lure paying subscribers?
- Forum: ‘New age of healthcare’ is dawning with personalized medicine
- Google drone subsidiary Wing secures FAA approval that sets stage for deliveries
- Heat Biologics moving HQ to Morrisville from Durham
- Kohl’s goes all-in with Amazon, will accept ecommerce giant’s customer returns
- Ten startups set to vie for ‘Coastal Entrepreneur of the Year’
- The nerds have won: Game of Thrones, Avengers demo pop culture supremacy
- Musk doubles down on self-driving robo-taxis
- Nanotech firm which recently moved HQ to Raleigh raises $70M
- NCSU, Army researchers develop new fiber coating to ward off toxic chemicals
- Twitter beats Street on revenues but earnings fall short of expectations
- With Rocky Mount Mills re-opening, residents have reckoning with its slave labor, segregated past
WEDNESDAY April 24 Headlines:
- 15 startups across North Carolina to split $150,000 in NC IDEA grants
- 360,000 children in Africa to receive first malaria vaccine which GSK developed
- A new generation of entrepreneurs rises up in Rocky Mount
- AT&T shares slip on news more TV customers leave; Verizon boosts wireless subscribers
- Bicoastal agency proves Durham is a place for creative innovation
- Cash cow: Facebook keeps raking in money despite scandals
- Driven in part by tech stocks, US markets set all-time highs – but will good times last?
- Epic Games remains mum about report alleging ‘toxic’ work environment
- Facebook Expects to Be Fined Up to $5 Billion by FTC Over Privacy Issues
- Ford to invest $500M in electric truck startup Rivian
- Limits on screen time for kids: Here are World Health Organization’s first guidelines
- More than music: Moogest will feature plenty of new, immersive high tech
- Need a break during new 3-hour Avengers? This app advises when it’s best to go
- NCSU study says more plant compound can be produced to bolster fight against malaria
- Reports Huawei to supply parts of 5g networks in UK draw criticism
- The Latest: Tesla posts Q1 net loss of $700M
- The Markup, a forthcoming news site focusing on tech industry, loses top editor, several staff
- Tracker app shows 3 great white sharks off NC coast
- With 96M global users, Charlotte’s SignUpGenius launches new volunteer management service
THURSDAY April 25 Headlines:
- 24 emerging startups land $1.1M in NC grants to match federal awards
- Breathing new life into empty big-box spaces
- Ceremonial ground breaking held to kick off start of Rocky Mount cargo hub
- Deutsche Bank, which has big Cary presence, and German rival break off merger talks
- Duke Energy selling part of its renewable energy portfolio for $1.25B
- Fortnite lands tie-in with Thanos, ‘Avengers: Endgame’ + watch the trailer
- IBM to provide Lenovo high-tech support via blockchain, virtual assistants, augmented reality
- Investors rally to buy Facebook stock despite prospect of $5B privacy fine
- Just what is machine learning? AI experts talk definitions and uses in UpTech series
- Mecklenburg County first in NC to use video app for treating tuberculosis patients
- Microsoft beats Street, stock surges to top $1 trillion in market cap
- ‘New normal:’ $702M loss brings an end to Tesla’s winning streak
- Red Hat’s signature fedora logo to disappear from HQ tower May 1
- RTP startup NIRvana lands $3M grant to drive research into human immune system
- Tech on Tap: Tech on Change
- US economy goes from bearish to bullish: Jobs, wages, stocks, spending all up
- Verizon’s latest 5G rollout list includes Charlotte but not Triangle
FRIDAY April 26 Headlines:
- Amazon to offer 1-day shipping for Prime customers, makes record profit
- Be wary of falling for your robot: ‘simulated love is never love’
- Brighter future: Meet the Gen Xers and millennials helping to revitalize Rocky Mount
- Charlotte brewery gets IoT boost from IBM
- Finalists revealed for Flywheel New Ventures Accelerator
- GSK to invest $100M in plant where shingles vaccine components made
- Life science firm Arysta to lay off 18 workers in Cary
- New cannabis investment fund proclaims: ‘Invest in weed, you only live once!’
- NCSU, Texas researchers create new way to track malware
- Premirr Plastics aims to revolutionize the recycling industry
- Scientists suspected of foreign ties to China ousted from US cancer center
- Square 1 vet Mara Huntington reveals reasons for jumping ship to form new venture group
- Streaming wars: Netflix raising $2.2B in debt to fight off Disney, AT&T, others
- Uber seeks up to $9B in initial public offering
- Want to know value of treating employees like people, not cattle? Check out Raleigh’s Pendo
- What next for Deutsche Bank after failed merger talks? Investors wonder
SATURDAY April 27 Headlines:
- Apple recalls two types of plug adapters over safety concerns
- At $42 million, CEO of Charlotte’s LendingTree takes a huge cut in compensation
- Elon Musk strikes deal with SEC over his Tesla tweets
- Union: Amazon’s one-day delivery push could ‘put worker’s lives in jeopardy’