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Donald Thompson: Asking questions, actively listening are essential leadership skills

Effective leadership is not just about giving orders or making statements. Instead, leaders can refocus efforts by asking the right questions and actively listening to the team.

Grace Ueng: Internal + external self-awareness = rare

Triangle consultant and coach Grace Ueng, shares how due to our innate fear + negativity bias, feedback is hard to give + get, so true self awareness = rare. What steps can we take to solve?

VinFast announces new dealership in Greensboro months after Cary dealership opens

New Amazon facility brings more than 1,000 jobs to Johnston County

Startup Survival Guide: Embracing discomfort, building relationships and the power of failure

It’s been nearly two years since I walked away from the only professional job that I have ever known to start my own business.

Tesla cuts the price of its "Full Self Driving" system by a third to $8,000

Tesla knocked roughly a third off the price of its “Full Self Driving” system — which can’t drive itself and so drivers must remain alert and be ready to intervene — to $8,000 from $12,000, according to the company website.

Report urges fixes to online child exploitation CyberTipline before AI makes it worse

A tipline set up 26 years ago to combat online child exploitation has not lived up to its potential and needs technological and other improvements to help law enforcement go after abusers and rescue victims, a new report from the Stanford Internet Observatory has found.

Tom Snyder: Tiny tech promises more accessible, individualized health care

Real-time, wearable monitoring technologies are poised to up-end the current model of health care away from the home. How quickly will the industry and individuals adapt?

‘I would cry’: Content creators worry TikTok ban will limit financial growth as bill head to Senate

The House passed legislation Saturday that would ban TikTok in the United States if the popular social media platform’s China-based owner doesn’t sell its stake within a year, but don’t expect the app to go away anytime soon.

Is online shopping bad for the planet?

The convenience of online shopping is hard to beat. But it uses a lot of energy and resources and can lead to more waste.

Guest column: A daughter’s AI exploration and the device that could restore language for those with dementia

Imagine being imprisoned within your own thoughts, unable to express your basic needs and desires to those around you. For […]

NC company helps bring CRISPR to high schools

High school students across the country can now easily and affordably perform cutting-edge gene editing thanks to the new CRISPR in a Box educational kit.

Should Apple kill Siri and start over?

Few features have promised to revolutionize the way we interact with our Apple devices as much as Siri, the company’s ubiquitous virtual assistant. L

Guest column: 5 tips on innovating for value in 2024

Here are top priorities technology leaders should consider this year to drive true value through innovation.

First major attempts to regulate AI face headwinds from all sides

Organizations including labor unions and consumer advocacy groups are pulling for more transparency from companies and greater legal recourse for citizens to sue over AI discrimination. The industry is offering tentative support but digging in its heels over those accountability measures.

Grifols celebrates 50 years in Johnston County as area continues to embrace biotech

Aphora Health raises $2.1 million in seed round

Aphora Health, a global healthcare services company, headquartered in Cary, North Carolina, has raised $2.1 million in its seed funding round.

Tech literacy required: Improvements in health care require new skills for doctors, patients

Our aging population, those most affected by chronic disease, find themselves on the periphery of the digital health revolution, unable to access the very tools designed to help them.

Grace Ueng: How will you measure your life?

Triangle consultant and coach Grace Ueng, shares how the founders of her west coast client have a favorite book in common and how the late HBS Professor Clay Christensen has shaped their mission.

VinFast downsizes planned EV factory in Chatham County as construction hits a snag

Vietnamese electric vehicle maker VinFast has scaled down the size of its manufacturing plant in Moncure by 20%.

Study: 80% of leaders concerned about data privacy and security

“Organizations are realizing that large language models alone don’t solve business challenges,” said Marinela Profi, Strategic AI Advisor at SAS.

Business boom: Record numbers of people are starting up new small businesses

Record numbers of people are starting new businesses, and more and more of them are women and minorities, according to a new study.

Report: Climate change will make you poorer

Record-breaking heat waves, severe floods and acute wildfires, exacerbated by climate change, carry a colossal price tag: an approximately 19% reduction in global income over just the next 26 years, a new study published Wednesday found.

Biden to call for tripling tariffs on Chinese steel products

President Joe Biden on Wednesday will call on his trade representative to more than triple some tariffs on steel and aluminum products from China, as part of a series of moves meant to help cushion American manufacturers from a surge of low-cost imports.

Charlotte’s Snap One being sold for $1.4 billion

Resideo Technologies says it will pay $10.75 a share for Snap One, which is 32% higher than Snap One’s closing price on Friday of $8.13 a share.