As Monday morning rolls in, we’re providing TechWire readers with a quick recap of the past week’s news headlines.
Hot stories for September 2-7 included: Two outside firms moved into downtown Raleigh this week: Silicon Valley cybersecurity startup Agari and Washington DC marketing firm Go Fish Digital; North Carolina is joining the federal antitrust investigation into Facebook; WRAL sent 40+ reporters and photographers and its Storm Tracker to cover Dorian from the ground.
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And in national news: The wave of lung disease cases that could be connected to vaping continues; Uber and Lyft hit all-time lows on Wall Street; federal regulators fined YouTube $170 million to settle its case involving children’s personal data.
Keeping with our Monday tradition, here’s a look back at 69 local, state and national headlines as reported by WRAL TechWire last week:
MONDAY September 2 Headlines:
- Amazon now owns a piece of Yankees’ YES Network – here’s why
- Asheville’s startup community bands together for week-long celebration of entrepreneurship
- Building a company? TechWire’s growing Triangle Startup Guide adds more resources
- Former Lenovo executive Mary Ma dies at age 66
- Headliners, part I: September calendar features 81 events across Triangle
- Headliners, part II: 67 workshops, conferences & events across NC in Sept.
- Lenovo’s CEO, board pay tribute to former executive Mary Ma
- Number of lung disease cases that could be caused by vaping continues to grow across more states
- October events across NC: BCVP Venture Outlook, All Things Open, Startup Summit + more
- TechWire rewind: AT&T strike; Policygenius & Carvana expand; RDU $500M project & 84 other headlines
- Tesla’s Elon Musk: ‘I really think China is the future’
TUESDAY September 3 Headlines:
- 10 finalists to make pitches for cash, support services at Big Launch Challenge in RTP
- 1,200 Airbnb hosts in NC, southeast offering free housing to first responders, evacuees
- AT&T gives head of WarnerMedia more responsibility; is he next CEO?
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- Facebook reportedly may soon start hiding likes in News Feed posts
- Fast Frozen Express adding 96 jobs, service center in Rocky Mount
- Raleigh-based wireless services, retailer Victra looking to fill more than 400 jobs
- Report: Code suggests Apple is testing an Augmented Reality headset
- Silicon Valley cybersecurity firm picks Raleigh for 2nd HQ; new jobs average $130,000 a year
- Study: No single ‘gay gene’ can predict sexual orientation
- Tariffs mean ‘even more pain’ for US consumers, companies, says Consumer Tech Association
- Winston-Salem startup OrbitalRx adds another $747,230 to its coffers
WEDNESDAY September 4 Headlines:
- Durham startup Velocity Clinical adds new exec, forecasts doubling in size by year-end
- Facebook, Instagram unveil new feature to combat anti-vaccine misinformation
- Facebook replaces face recognition ‘tag suggestions’ feature
- Fast-growing D.C. digital firm relocates HQ to Raleigh, plans to increase hiring
- FDA revises warning about use of alcohol with ‘female Viagra’ drug, loosens prescription requirements
- Feds: Design flaw in Tesla Autopilot, driver inattention caused Calif. crash
- Feds fine YouTube $170M for collecting kids’ data without parents’ consent
- Oregon officials report another death possibly linked to vaping
- Raleigh’s PRA Health Sciences buys out its biggest investor in $300M deal
- Raleigh Radiology raises $891,937 in equity from 2 investors
- Registration open for WRAL TechWire Live: Fueling Your Startup event on Oct. 2
- Report: Amazon’s fast delivery push creates ‘chaos, exploitation, and danger’
- Startup K4Connect, specializing in ‘smart home’ living for seniors, raises more cash
- ‘Unicorns without wings’: Uber and Lyft hit all-time record lows
- Watch out for cybercrime, social media scams during hurricane, NC warns
- Wireless Research Center supports Wake Forest startup programs in honor of its late general manager
THURSDAY September 5 Headlines:
- B2B agency Centerline Digital lands veteran exec as new VP
- Data security push: Red Hat, IBM, Microsoft join ‘confidential computing’ effort
- Durham-based Aerie Pharmaceuticals looks to raise $275M
- Feds request supply chain info from pharma-related firms in hurricane’s reach
- Inside a hurricane: WRAL crew chasing Dorian in ‘Storm Tracker’ is back on road Friday
- Looking for love? Check out Facebook’s new dating service
- Mankind vs. Big Tech: Giants are today’s Godzillas and we are the people trapped in burning Tokyo
- NC warns: Download ‘Smart Donor Checklist’ to avoid charity scams, be wary of email solicitations
- Pendo to host 3rd annual conference focusing on user experience & product design
- RTP biotech goes on hiring spree, offers more ‘inducement grants’ to attract talent
- Samsung folding smartphone set to go on sale after months of delays (+ video)
- Subsidiary of Wilmington-based PPD acquires global site business from Bioclinica
- Trade war progress: China, US to reopen negotiations in DC
- UNC researcher worries Dorian is ‘something new’ as another hurricane floods NC coast
- Vitamin E chemical becoming key focus in search for cause of vaping-linked illnesses
- Wake Forest-based Maverick Solutions raises $1.75M
- YouTube is changing what it shows kids. Here’s how
FRIDAY September 6 Headlines:
- Bee Downtown completing a ‘highway of honeybees’ across Triangle – longest such corridor in US
- Black unemployment rate hits all-time low of 5.5%
- Boon, creators of ‘gig work’ app for healthcare workers, raises $245,000 in equity
- Cannabis firm CEO goes on damage control tour
- Co-working space Loading Dock opens third office in Raleigh’s ‘underserved’ east side
- North Carolina joins antitrust probe of Facebook; state AGs team up for investigations
- Novan lands $25M in new investment, expands management team
- NPR picks new CEO: John Lansing to take over in October
- Report: WeWork to scale back IPO or may raise more capital
- WRAL deploys cutting-edge tech + 40 reporters, photographers in the Dorian danger zone
