TechWire stalwart, longtime Triangle tech reporter Rick Smith announces retirement
WRAL Digital Business and Technology Manager Rick Smith, one of the creators of the TechWire brand, is retiring.
Dec 29, 2023
WRAL Digital Business and Technology Manager Rick Smith, one of the creators of the TechWire brand, is retiring.
Dec 29, 2023
Editor’s note: Scores of family and friends gathered on March 9, 2020, to honor the life of...
Apr 24, 2023
Note: The Skinny blog is written by Rick Smith, editor and co-founder of WRAL TechWire, which...
Apr 6, 2023
Scot Wingo and Robbie Allen, veteran Triangle entrepreneurs who have certainly seen the best – and worst – of times continues to make deals and bring in more partners at the Triangle Tweener Fund which has rapidly become a national pacesetter in startup deals. But why now with so much glum economic news, let alone fallout from the failure of tech titan Silicon Valley Bank?
Feb 14, 2023
Big changes are coming to one of the most popular – and enduring – features ever launched in the 21-year history of WRAL TechWire: Our exclusive Jobs Report.
Feb 13, 2023
Yes, IBM (and let’s not leave out Red Hat, IBM’s core cloud player) has found another way to tout its cloud computing business by creating what it calls an artificial intelligence-focused supercomputer that exists in the cloud. So this begs the question: Skynet in the cloud someday?
Dec 5, 2022
This may be the best signoff phrase ever for job seekers: “Yes, I am that girl who sent my resume on a cake to Nike.” Meet the cake mailer: Karly Pavlinac Blackburn.
Aug 10, 2022
Get Spiffy apparently is en route to full customer service of vehicles from the bumper to drive train, engine to cleanup, and somedays bumpers. That’s the breathtaking scope of CEO Scot Wingo’s vision with news today that the Triangle company is offering another new line of services.
Aug 9, 2022
An industry insider shares his thoughts about whether North Carolina is in the race to land a new semiconductor factory in an exclusive interview with WRAL TechWire.
Jun 7, 2022
It’s hard to believe that just four years ago the Triangle went from a huge player for big tech projects from Amazon, Apple and the Army to an also-ran. Nice headlines to promote the “halo effect” of being a finalists for Amazon’s HQ2, Apple’s new campus and an Army headquarters, but … Now, the Triangle is wearing the halo – or crown. What has happened? Let’s take a look back, today and forward.