As Monday morning rolls in, we’re providing TechWire readers with a quick recap of the past week’s news hits.
Hot stories for January 21-25 included an analyst’s look at IBM quarterly earnings, layoffs at several media outlets and a spotlight on gigabit projects happening across North Carolina.
Other notable news: GlaxoSmithKline chairman resigns, iContact has a new owner and a smaller workforce, coverage of the World Economic Forum, crypto and blockchain initiatives at the Kenan Institute for Private Enterprise, and more.
Here’s a look back at 66 local, state and national headlines as reported by WRAL TechWire last week.
MONDAY Jan. 21 Headlines:
- 128 meetups for the Triangle’s startup & tech communities
- Asheville’s Climate City Expo features hackathon, startup pitches & talk with Bill Nye
- Bringing medieval literature into the digital age
- EU’s antitrust cop lays groundwork for more tech scrutiny
- GlaxoSmithKline’s shakeup after chairman Sir Philip Hampton resigns
- MAKO Medical Lab’s meteoric rise
- NC headliners: Brian Hamilton Talk, Venture Asheville Demo Day, Finsiders CLT Awards & more
- Novan threatened with delisting as its stock price continues to decline
- On the horizon: 90+ events on tap for February
- Report: Facebook’s privacy lapses may result in record fine
- TechWire week in review: Red Hat-IBM merger update, NC comments on Apple project, FoodLogiQ’s new CEO
- The top 26 billionaires own $1.4 trillion — as much as 3.8 billion other people
- Triangle headliners: Big Top Startup Crawl, NCBIO Life Science Forum, IEC workshops & more
- US says Congo’s 20 days without internet ’20 days too many’
- World economy forecast to slow in 2019 amid trade tensions
TUESDAY Jan. 22 Headlines:
- AT&T promotes veteran exec to president of NC operations
- Chinese authorities say world’s first gene-edited babies were illegal
- Delta adds new nonstop flights from RDU to New Orleans and Pittsburgh
- French watchdog slaps Google with $57M fine under new EU law
- Government shutdown is not stopping the IPO market
- K4Connect, Charlotte firm team on smart tech for senior living communities in SC, Nevada
- Kenan Institute symposium spotlights blockchain, crypto landscape
- Mike Walden: How can we address our transportation issues?
- RTP-based biosciences firm collects $547K of $1.6M round
- Tethis works to revolutionize the personal hygiene market
- This brain training app may help you stay focused, says new study
- Vivek Wadhwa: The next space race won’t have just one winner
- ‘What scares me the most’: Business leaders in Davos are worried about central banks
WEDNESDAY Jan. 23 Headlines:
- 73% of investors are worried about a recession
- At Davos, battle lines are drawn over trade and cooperation
- Cannabis company says CBS won’t air its Super Bowl ad
- Charlotte-based EastCoast Entertainment acquires The Comedy Zone Worldwide
- Epic Games acquires 3Lateral, a developer of realistic ‘digital humans’
- Feds accuse Oracle of underpaying women, minorities by $400M
- GSK completes acquisition of oncology firm TESARO in $5.1B deal
- Hulu ups price for live-TV service, cuts basic package price
- Inside IBM earnings: Global Business, Technology Services help Big Blue beat Street
- Inside IBM earnings: Tepid growth reflects persistent turmoil in Watson Health organization
- North Carolina, nation’s first gigabit state? That’s the goal, say state officials
- Photo Shoot: RIoT’s sneak peek at what’s in store for gigabit cities
- Veteran Peak 10 exec joins Charlotte IT firm Versiant as CEO
THURSDAY Jan. 24 Headlines:
- Asheville podcast production company nabs equity
- China blocks Microsoft’s Bing search engine
- City of Raleigh awards $25,000 Impact Partner Grants to 5 groups
- IBM, PNC Bank, health giants team up for blockchain healthcare network
- Is it time for journalists to sign off Twitter? Debating pros, cons
- Layoffs hit HuffPost as several media outlets make cuts in staffs
- Layoffs hit media groups at Verizon, BuzzFeed
- Local artisans and artists show what it means to be an ‘artpreneur’
- NCSU’s Centennial Campus, HQ Raleigh expand collaboration partnership
- Q&A: Will Aycock, GM of Wilson’s Greenlight network, talks broadband, future
- Research: Smart TV buyers want voice control, have privacy concerns
- These are the first massive black holes from the early universe (+ video)
FRIDAY Jan. 25 Headlines:
- Apple cuts 200 workers from autonomous vehicle project
- Circassia, with US HQ in Morrisville, to acquire rights to newborn respiratory device
- Davidson-based online student exam firm chalks up equity
- Email marketing firm iContact is sold, to remain in Morrisville; jobs are cut
- Ex-NFL player Tiki Barber’s investment firm focuses on pot
- Former Carolina Panther purchases Charlotte media platform
- Morrisville heart health company Myocardial Solutions ups funding to $6.8M
- Raleigh-based shopping cart startup GoWheels raises $265K
- Robots and your job: You may need to upskill, reskill or ‘change jobs fast,’ report says
- Study: Limited number of characters spreading fake info on Twitter
- Superbugs ‘as big a global threat as climate change and warfare’
- The Future of fintech? Blockchain, crypto currencies and more
- UNC-Chapel Hill researchers file patent for Zika virus vaccine
