As Monday morning rolls in, we’re providing TechWire readers with a quick recap of the past week’s news headlines.
Notable news stories from last week included: Durham’s American Tobacco Campus is expanding to include a new 700,000-square-foot mixed-use project; President Donald Trump and Mike Pence visited the Triangle and met with local leaders in the race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine – Trump visited Morrisville’s Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies and Pence visited the NCBiotech Center to meet researchers working on vaccine clinical trials; the Mars 2020 Rover, which launched Thursday, includes eight components made in Durham. Also, a few NC companies landed new funding last week, including Winston Salem-based EncepHeal Therapeutics (National Institutes of Health grant) and Charlotte-based Catapult HQ ($1.7 million). Read more local startup news in last week’s Startup Rewind here.
And, in national news: CES 2021 has been switched to a virtual format; the CEOs of Apple, Google, Facebook and Amazon testified in an antitrust hearing before Congress; the U.S. GDP plunged by 32.9% last quarter; Big Tech giants reported mixed quarterly earnings.
Keeping with our Monday “TechWire Rewind” tradition, here’s a look back at 67 local, state and national headlines as reported by WRAL TechWire last week:
MONDAY | July 27 Headlines:
- Bandwidth launches ‘direct routing’ product for Microsoft Teams platform
- Fight the hackers: How startups, other firms should beef up security in ‘new normal’
- Guest opinion: Regulatory improvement for independent workers – a new vision
- Late-stage coronavirus vaccine clinical trial begins, to enroll 30,000 volunteers
- Looking for tech meetups? Here are 145 networking groups in Triangle to check out
- NC headliners: Previewing 52 upcoming events across NC in July & August
- On the horizon: Previewing 62 events & deadlines on tap for September
- RTP startup rolls out nutritional products aiming to boost immune health
- Startup Rewind: From fundings in NC to PPP loans, new initiatives & more
- Study: Believe or not, Triangle has third best commute in top 50 US metros
- Tech Today: FDA authorizes LabCorp COVID-19 sample pooling; Liquidia vs. United Therapeutics + TransEnterix, Aerie, vTv news
- TechWire rewind: 84 headlines to review, including NC tech jobs, Amazon jobs, startups raise cash + much more
- Triangle headliners: Previewing 70+ events + program deadlines through August
- Triangle Startup Guide grows with addition of more accelerators, COVID-19 resources
- Trump’s visit to Triangle reignites debate over H-1B visa suspension
- Wall Street’s momentous week: Amazon, Facebook, Google, Apple on tap to disclose earnings
TUESDAY | July 28 Headlines:
- Blind Triangle exec: Much work remains 30 years after enacting Americans with Disabilities Act
- Google is first tech giant to extend work-from-home into summer 2021
- In reversal, CES gadget show won’t be in-person after all
- LabCorp profit beats expectations despite dip in revenue
- Major expansion coming for Durham’s American Tobacco Campus
- Missed out on PPP loans? NC to roll out up to $250K grants to help companies, nonprofits
- Ontex Group downsizes investment in Rockingham manufacturing plant
- Trump applauds speed of coronavirus vaccine development in Morrisville visit
- Vice President Mike Pence expected to meet with leaders of Wake Research during visit to Triangle
- Which 5G network is best for you? Special report from Cnet takes in-depth look
- Will economy fall off the cliff without a big Congressional stimulus package?
- W-S startup lands federal grant to support development of medications for cocaine addiction
WEDNESDAY | July 29 Headlines:
- 9 Meters Biopharma, with HQ in Raleigh, lands patent for potential COVID-19 treatment
- Analysis: Why Facebook, Google, Amazon and others as platforms are good for business
- Charlotte’s Catapult HQ raises $1.7M to boost ‘request for proposal’ platform
- Deutsche Bank, which has slashed jobs in Cary, is ‘fully on track’ with cuts, CFO says
- Fed keeps interest rates near zero, saying the recovery will depend on the pandemic
- Flush with $8M, Durham’s Atsena acquires gene therapy for eye disease
- Four big tech CEOs face grilling in Congress about competition
- Holly Springs’ Avior Bio launches clinical trial of chronic itch therapy
- Inspired by Frontier RTP, Warren County launches own co-working space
- Led by tech, Wall Street climbs ahead of Fed announcement
- Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover launching Thursday includes 8 components made in Durham
- New Black-owned businesses emerging in NC despite COVID-19: Kenan-Flagler expert
- Pence praises speed, safety of coronavirus vaccine work
- Scared to talk about race, diversity, equity and inclusion? Here’s how to start
THURSDAY | July 30 Headlines:
- Amid the pandemic, Big Tech reports mixed earnings
- Data uncovers NC’s top 3 COVID fast foods. Can you guess the winner?
- Despite going virtual, Dig South’s Tech Summit delivers ‘high energy’
- Durham’s LoanWell nabs spot in Google’s first accelerator for black founders
- Durham’s Velocity Clinical lands 5 contracts for Phase 3 COVID-19 vaccine trials
- Greensboro’s Carolina Liquid Chemistries offers COVID-19 test kits
- IQVIA gives COVID-19 researchers free access to global data
- Lawmakers batter Big Tech CEOs, but don’t land many blows
- LexisNexis accepting applicants for fifth cohort of Legal Tech Accelerator
- Record economic plunge, bleak jobs numbers reveal virus toll
- RTP-based G1 Therapeutics licenses potential cancer drug to Massachusetts firm
- Two years running, SAS named to Fast Company’s ‘Best Workplace for Innovators’ list
- WhiteHatAI, Cary startup targeting medical fraud, acquired by Sharecare
FRIDAY | July 31 Headlines:
- Amazon closer to launching satellites, upping internet reach
- Australia wants to force Facebook and Google to pay media companies for news
- Cure for baldness? NC State researchers identify microRNA that shows promise for hair regrowth
- Durham-based Altis Biosystems sells unique human cell platform for more accurate drug-testing
- Durham, Raleigh among top 20 cities for fastest unemployment recovery in U.S.
- How one company is using machine learning to remove bias from the hiring process
- Mike Walden: 2030 already? The future is on us sooner than we thought
- Misconceptions remain 30 years after landmark bill passed to protect the disabled: LCI employee
- NC ranks No. 4 in biotech strength, No. 5 in business climate: Report
- New Fireside Chat series to launch featuring unlikely Duke-UNC founder team
- Raleigh startup K4Connect inks another partnership with local firm to expand platform
- US sinks another $2.1 billion into a potential vaccine
