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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: Developer Kane Realty announced it’s building a $1 billion, 33-acre innovation district in Raleigh’s North Hills; NC TECH released its annual State of Technology Industry Report showing that tech job demand remains elevated despite the pandemic; Durham semiconductor firm Cree is changing its longtime name to Wolfspeed; Wake Tech Community College partnered with Amazon to offer a new robotics training program.
And, in national news: The headlines were flooded with news about the r/WallStreetBets subreddit, as GameStop shares soared in a grassroots-led rally against short sellers; a massive internet service outage hit the U.S. on Monday; $284 billion in loans is now available for small businesses through a new round of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funding; Apple, Microsoft, Facebook and other tech giants reporte
CHARLOTTE – Technology is becoming ever more important to North Carolina’s economy even though the full impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has yet to be factored in to traditional economic measurements.
So said Ted Abernathy, managing partner of Economic Leadership LLC, in presenting findings of 7th annual North Carolina State of Technology Industry Report at Wednesday’s Outlook for Tech Conference put on by the NC Technology Association.
“Technology is growing faster than the whole of the economy,” said Abernathy, noting that beyond the technology industry, more and more jobs are considered tech occupations, even outside of the technology industry.