As Monday morning rolls in, we’re providing TechWire readers with a quick recap of the past week’s news headlines.
Hot stories for August 5-10 included: Duke Energy is making several management changes; another high-rise building is headed for downtown Raleigh; AT&T is continuing union contract negotiations across the southeast; if the U.S. faces a recession, the impact would hit North Carolina hard; entrepreneur Brian Hamilton is helping people with felonies start a business.
Several local tech and life science firms reported financial results last week. We’ve compiled lists here and here.
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And in national news: Media giants Gannett and GateHouse announced their merger; the US-China trade dispute moves toward currency war, making a recession more likely; malware attacks surged 200% in the past six months — here’s how to protect your business.
Keeping with our Monday tradition, here’s a look back at 81 local, state and national headlines as reported by WRAL TechWire last week:
MONDAY August 5 Headlines:
- Facebook faces major identity crisis after $5B fine, new privacy procedures
- Lenovo, Intel to collaborate on driving artificial intelligence to improve supercomputers
- Lenovo shares escape worst effects of Hong Kong market scare
- Malware attacks surge 200% – here’s how your company can bolster defenses
- NC headliners: Charlotte SoGal Pitch, Network for Entrepreneurs in Wilmington, PitchBreakfast + more August events
- On the horizon: 55 NC events for your September calendar
- Purdue Pharma remains mum about possible layoffs in Durham
- Serial entrepreneur Matt Williamson joins Michigan firm, leaving Windsor Circle & its owner
- Tech stocks tumble as US-China trade dispute moves toward currency war
- TechWire rewind: Purdue Pharma downsizing; Triangle No. 1 in NIH funding; IBM jobs shift + 60 more headlines
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- Triangle Aug. event headliners: RTP180, Project Shift & Momentum demos + more
- Triangle entrepreneurs’ economic optimism dips to lowest level in nearly 3 years
- Union extends contract talks with AT&T in attempt to avoid strike
- Upcoming summit to showcase a growing drone market in NC
TUESDAY August 6 Headlines:
- Agriculture research organization moving HQ to North Carolina
- AMD’s top exec: ‘Zero truth’ to rumor she could join IBM, ultimately replace CEO Rometty
- Analysis: Hackers are key to Chinese strategy to dominate Internet of Things, other tech
- Apple’s credit card arrives – Here’s how it works, key features
- Cree lands $85M deal for Wolfspeed chips
- Currency war: China blinks first, US stock futures rise
- Do video games cause violent behavior? No, research shows
- GSK stops Ebola vaccine development, turns projects over to institute
- Look for bitcoin value to jump to $15,000 after China devalues currency, analyst says
- NC IDEA plans statewide entrepreneurial ecosystem summit
- Mega media merger: Gannett, owner of USA Today, joins with GateHouse
- Mission to Mars poses multiple radiation risks to astronauts: Study
- RIoT picks eight Internet of Things startups from across US for accelerator program
- Sustainable Fleet Technology Conference set for Durham Aug. 7-8
- Warning: Trade war with China could drag on through 2020 presidential campaign
WEDNESDAY August 7 Headlines:
- Are e-scooters polluters? More green than cars, but not other options, NCSU study finds
- AskBio forms gene therapy alliance with Selecta Biosciences
- Chapel Hill startup Terra Dotta moves into new HQ
- Charlotte AI analytics startup Stratifyd raises $10M in new capital
- Delivery war: FedEx won’t provide ground shipping service for Amazon
- Frontier Communications stock plunges 21% to under $1
- Here’s how your company can be inclusive of Muslims
- How Old Tuffy became a beer
- Islam & innovation: How Islam fits into innovation ecosystem of the Triangle
- New Disney streaming service bundles Disney+, ESPN+, Hulu for $13
- Nonprofit creates community for women in tech
- Plan to allow municipal broadband systems in rural NC clears first hurdle
- Stocks slump then rally as investors turn to gold due to trade war, recession fears
- Study: Firms embrace Artificial Intelligence but only 25% have enterprise-wide strategy
- Subway joins meatless rage with Beyond Meat plant-based protein sub
- Tesla won’t back off safest car claim about Model 3 despite fed’s order
- What crash? Stocks could surge 20%, bullish analyst says
THURSDAY August 8 Headlines:
- Apple’s new iPhone videos aim to leave you ‘tingling’ – watch them all
- Barry Dillar’s conglomerate may spin off Match, Angie’s List
- Duke creates Office of Research, names AI expert to lead it
- Entrepreneurship offers second chance after felony sentence
- FDA: Novartis subsidiary knew about manipulated data before $2M gene therapy OK’d
- Headlines: ‘Warshipping’ warning; AT&T ‘unlock’ probe; Lenovo servers; Cisco deal; is search biased?
- HQ Raleigh postpones event at new Gateway Plaza site
- Lyft’s revenue surges; outlook improving despite big losses
- Meatless revolution spreads to Burger King, now home of the ‘Impossible Whopper’
- NC Biotech Center awards $2M in grants, loans across state’s life science ecosystem
- Positive side to economic turmoil? Lower interest rates
- Recession more likely if trade, currency wars continue, warns NCSU economist
- SEBIO forum set for Nov.; deadline for startups to apply is Aug. 15.
- Triangle-based nonprofit aims to help region regulate growth, development
- Watch out, NC, if a recession hits: Impact would be hard, says NCSU’s Mike Walden
- Worried about manipulation by Artificial Intelligence? You should be, author warns
FRIDAY August 9 Headlines:
- Broadcom to buy Symantec’s enterprise security businesses for $10.7B
- ChannelAdvisor recreates COO post, promotes exec to that role
- China tech giant Huawei unveils rival for Android, Windows operating systems
- Commerce exec: NC would be ‘excellent choice’ for auto industry – Here’s what Mahindra could be offered
- Developers plan 30-story office tower on Fayetteville Street in Raleigh
- Duke Energy’s president for Carolinas to retire; CEO Good makes host of management changes
- Earnings reports: CommScope, BDSI, Liquidia, TransEnterix, Innovate Bio, Aerie, Chimerix, Fennec
- Facebook offering ‘millions of dollars’ for rights to news, WSJ says
- Indian vehicle manufacturer puts NC on shortlist for new $1B plant, 2,000 jobs
- More earnings: BioCryst, Syneos, Dova, G1, ChannelAdvisor, United Therapeutics
- Tobacco plant buffet: Sticky surface traps insects and another feasts, study says
- Uber reports biggest loss to date – $5.2B; stock drops
- With a boost from analyst, Lenovo stock climbs, countering China tech stock trend
Weekend Reading:
- AT&T workers across southeast still threaten strike as talk extension expires
- ESPN, ABC delay broadcasts of esports ‘shooter’ tournament after mass shootings
- Gannett-New Media newspaper merger may be in trouble
- Putting humanity first in tech – that’s goal of former Google executive
- Workplace diversity becoming more important, Raleigh business leaders say
