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Google opens its doors to Durham middle school students
Posted by WRAL News | Mar 18, 2024
A global company is opening its doors to public school students in Durham to provide young minds with an inside look at the world of technology.
Read MoreApple fined nearly $2 billion by the European Union over music streaming competition
Posted by WRAL News | Mar 4, 2024
North Carolina residents need more degrees, certificates to meet job demand, new report says. But it’s getting better
Posted by WRAL News | Feb 15, 2024
North Carolina education and business leaders say the state needs more funding, along with policy changes, to help lower-income residents earn credentials toward jobs.
Read MoreBetter than an annual flu shot? Duke researchers developing longer-lasting flu vaccine
Posted by WRAL News | Jan 11, 2024
What if you could get one shot every few years that targeted all of the flu strains at once? That’s the goal of Duke University scientists who are working on a universal flu vaccine.
Read MoreFrom dorm to dominance: Growing pains as Facebook turns 15
Posted by WRAL News | Feb 4, 2019
By BARBARA ORTUTAY, AP Technology Writer Facebook, trudging through its awkward teenage years, is turning 15 on Monday. Launched in 2004 as “TheFacebook,” the service was originally intended only for Harvard students. It’s now a massive global business that connects some 2.3 billion users. It was born in an era of desktop computers, years before the iPhone, and ran no ads. At the time it was impossible to imagine that someday countries like Russia and Iran would try to use it for sophisticated information operations in order to influence elections around the world. In 2004, CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s biggest...
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