As Monday morning rolls in, we’re providing TechWire readers with a quick recap of the past week’s news headlines.
Hot stories last week included: Lenovo confirmed layoffs of 500 workers, some hitting the Triangle; Raleigh-based Prometheus Group achieved unicorn status, reaching a $1 billion valuation after a recent majority stake sale to Genstar Capital; in spite of the lost bid for Apple and Amazon expansions, Wake County still added 14,000 jobs and brought in 50 new companies.
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Here’s a look back at 64 local, state and national headlines as reported by WRAL TechWire last week:
MONDAY May 27 Headlines:
- 100+ local meetups in AI, data, open-source & other areas of tech
- Headliners, part I: 18 tech & startup events in the Triangle this week
- Headliners, part II: Roundup of upcoming events across North Carolina
- Mortgage, real estate insurer left nearly 900M customer files vulnerable
- New gene therapy drug comes with a $2.1M treatment price tag
- On the horizon: 114 events for your June calendar
- TechWire week in review: PrecisionHawk & FAA, AgTech innovation, Airbnb crackdown, more
- Trade wars: US faces much different challenge in China than Japan
TUESDAY May 28 Headlines:
- Boosted by new funding, SpaceX aims to offer global internet access through StarLink
- By hiring esports Overwatch League exec, Epic Games moves to expand its empire
- Ex-wife of Jeff Bezos pledges half of $34B fortune to charity
- Fintech wars: Georgia-based Global Payments to acquire rival for $21.5B
- GM, Bechtel to build network of electric vehicle charging stations
- How can you, your company drive social impact? Five steps to making a difference
- How can you, your company increase upward mobility? Mentoring makes a difference
- Internet giant Alibaba eyes $20B offering in Hong Kong
- Lenovo to launch ‘world’s first’ 5G capable laptop with Qualcomm chip
- Raleigh’s RedHill Biopharma taps former Furiex exec as next CSO
- Startup Summit event aims to spark partnerships between startups, corporations
- Study: E-cig flavors pose health threat to cardiovascular system
- Triangle’s TransEnterix receives OK for robotic surgical system in Japan; shares surge
- Velocity Clinical expands its footprint yet again with 4th acquisition this year
WEDNESDAY May 29 Headlines:
- Author, Raleigh Chamber women’s event keynote: To close gender gap, men have to change
- Lenovo lays off 500 workers, including jobs in RTP, Morrisville
- Nanotech firm Protochips in Morrisville looks to raise $1M
- NCSU study: Message that addiction is a disease makes substance users less likely to seek help
- New study challenges value of municipal fiber networks – but with caveats
- Raleigh startup Feedtrail, which is backed by Cofounders Capital, raises $1M
- Sources: Lenovo laying off 20% of server group employees in RTP
- Study: Those energy drinks may be harmful to your health
- Summer plans? Check out NC IDEA’s facilitator training program, summer series
- Uber warning: Misbehave and you will get the boot!
- Veteran-owned small businesses join forces, seek investment crowdfunding
- Walmart turns to former Amazon, Google, Microsoft exec to lead tech efforts
THURSDAY May 30 Headlines:
- Amazon says it will build fulfillment center in Kernersville
- China’s latest trade war threat: ‘Rare earths’ used in phones, electric vehicles
- Disney’s Galaxy’s Edge: ‘Entering the reality of Star Wars’ + video: Smuggler’s Run ride
- From ‘one-man consulting shop’ to ‘unicorn’: Prometheus Group CEO explains how
- Here’s what you need to know about China’s rare earth minerals threat
- Lenovo’s layoffs reopen old IBM ‘resource action’ wounds
- Life science firm Parexel picks Durham for expansion, 264 jobs
- Raleigh’s Prometheus Group hits ‘unicorn’ status in deal with Genstar Capital
- No Apple, no Amazon, but Wake County still generated 14,000 new jobs since the search for HQ2 began
- North Carolina to have strong presence at BIO International Convention
- Pendo to lease 5 floors for HQ in new Hillsborough Street tower
- PPD’s Evidera to acquire life science technology firm
- Waymo to launch autonomous trucks in Phoenix
- Wireless Research Center’s CEO attempts to demystify 5G
- With telehealth going mainstream, TeleHealth Services gets new GM
FRIDAY May 31 Headlines:
- Are cannabis products safe? Effective? FDA to find out
- China planning to blacklist foreign firms as trade battle intensifies
- E-cigarette firm Juul may open its own vaping retail stores
- FCC report: Digital divide is narrowing ‘substantially;’ critics disagree
- Fierce competitors Verizon, AT&T team up to build 5G infrastructure
- Here’s why Pendo picked 301 Hillsborough for HQ – What a view and more
- NCSU researchers develop computer models that could help combat disease in cattle
- Raleigh’s Republic Wireless lays off around 20 percent of its workforce
- Seven NC students win awards at 2019 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
- Unicorns’ IPO woes haven’t erased Wall Street’s desire for all startups going public
- Want to change wireless provider but keep old phone? Spectrum Mobile offers a way
