Another round of layoffs hit IBM, including Triangle
IBMers are lighting up a Facebook page with reports across the country about a new round of layoffs. IBM's campus in RTP is taking a hit. It's the third cut in jobs so far this year. To add insult to billfold pain, the IBMers have been told their last day at work will be in November, which means they miss out on IBM's 401K contribution this year.
Action! IBM's Watson produces first AI movie trailer (+ video)
IBM's artificial intelligence powerhouse Watson is getting credit for helping produce the first Hollywood movie trailer relying on AI. It's for the sci-fi thriller "Morgan," and Entertainment Weekly offers the trailer a rave review.
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Lenovo unveils tablet with handwriting input, flat 'halo' keyboard
Lenovo promised to unveil "incremental" to "incredible" new products at a huge European trade show on Wednesday - and a headliner is the new Yoga Book. The tablet is light, enables note taking and drawing, and features what Lenovo calls a "halo" keyboard - flat, no keys.
Taking notes on new Lenovo Yoga tablet
Vivek Wadhwa: I already live in the future - and so should you
Guest opinion: The distant future is no longer distant, writes former Triangle tech entrepreneur turned academic and author Vivek Wadhwa. The pace of technological change is rapidly accelerating, and those changes are coming to you very soon, whether you like it or not.
Ex-NCSU football players seeking $200,000 for startup Gryppers (+ video)
Two former North Carolina State University football players filed to raise $200,000 in equity for their sports product company Gryppers Inc., according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
Robotic farms? Ag robots, drones forecast as $10B buisness
"I, Robot" is coming to farming - very quickly, skies to furrows and, yes, manure clean up. Farms are no strangers to technology, from the latest tractors to cow milking and harvesting. Now come the drones as Raleigh-based PrecisionHawk helps farmers with precise geomapping capabilities. And a new report from a U.K. research firm shows just how robotic farms are about to become.
The rise of robot farms
Carlyle Group sells $333 million in CommScope shares
Triangle tech calendar: Hopscotch Design Festival kicks off busy fall event menu
The Hopscotch Design Festival coupled with the Hopscotch Music Festival kick off a busy fall for the Triangle's technology community.
CED Tech Venture profile: RaveTree, boosting agile project management
Project management can be like assembling a puzzle without any edge pieces to help get you started. Raleigh startup RaveTree promises better project management with its Agile Work Management platform. Read about the company in this Q&A profile, the latest in a series about CED Tech Venture presenters.
Project management via RaveTree
CED Tech Venture profile: Ecodyst, targeting manufacturing with 'disruptive' self-cooling technology
One of the "coolest" companies presenting at CED Tech Venture is a Cary startup with patented self-cooling technology that it says is "disruptive." Here's a profile of Ecodyst.
NC IDEA taking over operations of SoarTriangle
SoarTriangle, an organization backed by Red Hat and SAS to mentor female-led startups, is becoming part of NC IDEA's community and economic development efforts.
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CED Tech Venture profile: Improved Patient Outcomes, aiming for better health through behavioral science and technology
Using technology in combination with behavioral science licensed from Duke University, Raleigh startup Improved Patient Outcomes says it has developed solutions to combat non-adherence to medication by patients. Take your meds, improve your health - that's part of the message the startup will present at the CED Tech Venture conference.
CED Tech venture profile: Adamas, producing nanodiamonds
Raleigh-based Adamas Nano focuses on nanodiamond development and production. The company will state its case to investors at the CED Tech Venture conference.
$22.5M for Monsanto whistleblower; Google vs. Uber (+ video); Novartis biosilimar OK'd; FBI encryption conversation
Cisco buying startup Container X in latest software move (+ video)
Just two weeks after disclosing plans to cut 5,500 workers as part of a pivot away from its traditional hardware focus, Cisco on Tuesday said it plans to buy two-year-old cloud-focused startup Container X.
Durham hologram startup adds sign language capability
Prsonas, a Durham startup developing hologram technology and fresh from winning a project with the U.S. Army, on Tuesday is adding sign language capabilities to its virtual assistants. In the future, the company aims to make signing interactive.
PrecisionHawk lands key permit as FAA unveils drone rules
There will be 600,000 commercial drone aircraft operating in the U.S. within the year as the result of new safety rules that opened the skies to them on Monday, according to a Federal Aviation Administration estimate. And a Raleigh firm, PrecisionHawk, is among the early recipients of good news under FAA guidance, having received the first permit for out-of-line-of-sight pilot control.
PrecisionHawk graphic on line of sight, drones
Forecast: Computer sales to keep dropping in '16, '17
Worldwide desktop and notebook computer sales to continue dropping but could rebound in 2018, according to a new forecast.
CED Tech Venture profile: 510nano could light up solar industry
RTP-based startup 510nano says its patent-pending photovoltaic technology could give a new burst of energy to solar power by increasing solar efficiency. The company is among the presenters at the upcoming CED Tech Venture conference.
An example of 510nano solar technology
Sports tech startup BioMetrix looks to raise $1.5M
Founded by Duke athletes, BioMetrix is developing wearable sensors that "report your risk indicators, track your improvement, and train you away from bad habits."
A Biometrix wearable sensor
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