Meta coming to Durham: Real estate prices could double again in 5-10 years

The Triangle’s real estate market could get even more expensive after Monday’s announcement that Facebook’s parent company Meta is planning to open an office in Durham. Durham-based realtor Matt Lunceford Blivin of Nest Realty said he expects Meta’s impact on homebuying to be lik … | Continue reading


@wraltechwire.com | 1 year ago

Startup focusing on employee retention lands $1.9M from Valley, Triangle backers

Peoplelogic, a startup focused on the growing challenge of employee retention in the midst of the ongoing "Great Resignation," has landed financial backing from several high-profile Triangle investors as well as a Silicon Valley startup fund. | Continue reading


@wraltechwire.com | 2 years ago

Researchers unravel mystery behind ailing pond pine "ghost forests"

"To give an idea of how fast the change is, if you go down there now – we collected our data in 2014 and 2015 – and you look at what we considered a 'healthy' forest then, it has almost completely transitioned to ghost forest now," says an NCSU researcher. | Continue reading


@wraltechwire.com | 2 years ago

Duke Computer Scientist Cynthia Rudin Wins $1MM AAAI Squirrel AI Award

After 15 years of advocating for and developing "interpretable" machine learning algorithms that allow humans to see inside AI, Cynthia Rudin's contributions to the field have earned he | Continue reading


@wraltechwire.com | 2 years ago

NC’s Entrepreneurial Firms

Entrepreneurial companies across North Carolina raised a record $3.4 billion in venture capital funding last year despit the pandemic, setting a record for the state's startup economy. So says th | Continue reading


@wraltechwire.com | 2 years ago

How to pay your employees fairly

Edior's note: This is post one of three for a "Hiring Series," part of the "Teaching Startup" series from serial entrepreneur Joe Procopio. Posts appear on Tuesdays. RESEARCH | Continue reading


@wraltechwire.com | 3 years ago

How new ventures create their own markets

One of the biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make is trying to be a competitor in an existing market instead of creating their own market. In this post, I'll give you some case studies and strategie | Continue reading


@wraltechwire.com | 3 years ago

How Startups Negotiate with Giants and Win

In business, your leverage in negotiations is directly proportional to your size. When you're a startup, you're freaking tiny. So how do you get a big deal done without giving away the compa | Continue reading


@wraltechwire.com | 3 years ago

Feds: IBM did discriminate against older workers in making layoffs

Tech giant IBM discriminated against older workers when making thousands of layoffs between 2013 and 2018, according to a letter sent to IBM by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. | Continue reading


@wraltechwire.com | 3 years ago

Red Hat CEO to Take over Role of President at IBM

Whitehurst will assume the position on Feb. 6, NASDAQ reported. He will take over for Virginia Rometty, who became chairman, president and CEO of IBM in 2012. | Continue reading


@wraltechwire.com | 4 years ago

Toddlers using ‘screens’ more than 1 hour a day are hurting their brains

A new study scanned the brains of children 3 to 5 years old and found those who used screens more than the recommended one hour a day without parental involvement had lower levels of development in the brain's white matter -- an area key to the development of language, literacy a … | Continue reading


@wraltechwire.com | 4 years ago

RedHat Dismisses CFO

Red Hat's chief financial officer Eric Shander was dismissed without pay in connection with Red Hat's workplace standards, a Red Hat spokesperson Stephanie Wonderlick confirmed today. | Continue reading


@wraltechwire.com | 4 years ago

Insiders are selling stock like it's 2007

The leaders of Corporate America are cashing in their chips as doubts grow about the sustainability of the longest bull market in American history. | Continue reading


@wraltechwire.com | 4 years ago

Red Hat's signature fedora logo to disappear from HQ tower May 1 (2019)

In a true sign of the changing times, Red Hat is not only on its way to merging with IBM but, more apparent and more immediate, is also on the verge of removing its red fedora logo with the 19-story downtown headquarters in Raleigh soon to no longer flash the tilted hat that has … | Continue reading


@wraltechwire.com | 5 years ago

As Musk prepares autonomous vehicle push, a Tesla appears to explode in China

A short video of surveillance footage posted on Chinese social media site Weibo showed white smoke emerging from what looks like a white Tesla car parked at a lot in Shanghai. After a few seconds, the electric vehicle bursts into flames and the clip ends soon afterward. | Continue reading


@wraltechwire.com | 5 years ago

Land sale stokes speculation that Apple still considering RTP campus

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK -- The foundation that oversees much of RTP confirmed Friday that it has sold a large parcel of land, which had been considered a key cornerstone of property that Apple would occupy if the high-tech giant decided to expand its presence in the Triangle. Scot … | Continue reading


@wraltechwire.com | 5 years ago

From Homeless to VC: Arlan Hamilton Shares Her Journey at Black Wall Street

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@wraltechwire.com | 5 years ago

IBM laying off 50-70% of Watson Health

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