RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – Get the pulse of technology in the Triangle with the best in local technology, venture, biotech, and life science news on Wednesday as curated by @WRALTechWire.

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Davis Barrow, a 12-year-old from Raleigh who is trying to build a better smartwatch, got some major support this week from Lenovo – a $5,000 check. The news saw a nice uptick of Twitter activity supporting the young man and the company. In other social media trends, the prolific rain across the Triangle created some buzz and creative postings worth noting today as well as comments on columnist Vivek Wadhwa’s commentary on the glaring gender dilemma Silicon Valley venture capitalists are hiding from.

Let’s see what else the Triangle tech community was talking about today…