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All Things Open goes all AI

1 month ago | wraltechwire.com | Jen Riehle McFarland

DURHAM — The All Things Open conference has become a mainstay for the Raleigh area, drawing an international crowd each fall to discuss open source technologies and implementation. Next week, this event officially expands into the world of artificial intelligence with a new two-day, AI-dedicated event taking place at the Carolina Theater in Durham.
Tom Snyder highlights data, uncertainty in 2025’s State of the Region

2 months ago | wraltechwire.com | Jen Riehle McFarland

RALEIGH — Raleigh Founded‘s North Street location was filled for last night’s State of the Region address. Entrepreneurs, start-up founders and those that support them were all in attendance for the 8th annual event, featuring remarks by Tom Snyder, executive director of RIoT. “I think it’s a great opportunity for everyone to touch base and take stock,” Snyder said.
Mike Walden: NC economic growth, albeit slow, mirrors what’s happening nationwide

2 months ago | wraltechwire.com | Jodi Leese Glusco

The NCSU INDEX OF NORTH CAROLINA LEADING ECONOMIC INDICATORS (the “Index”), an indicator of the direction of the North Carolina economy in the upcoming months, decreased by 0.2% in December, the latest month with available data. For the entire year of 2024, measured from December 2023 to December 2024, the Index dropped 4.8%. It is important to emphasize a reduction in the Index does not necessarily predict a recession. Indeed, the national leading index has also been trending lower.
How DeepSeek’s new AI model is shaking up the status quo

2 months ago | wraltechwire.com | Jen Riehle McFarland

RALEIGH — When DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence company, released their new R1 model on January 20, it took some time for the rest of the industry to mark its impact. While many tech giants were proudly sharing their multi-billion dollar investments in AI model development and infrastructure, China had quietly built a new reasoning model rivaling OpenAI’s offering for a measly $5.567 million.
BMI OrganBank awarded $3.5 Million NIH grant

Jan 23, 2025 | wraltechwire.com | Jodi Leese Glusco

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Mike Walden: For third month, NC leading indicators are lower

Nov 1, 2024 | wraltechwire.com | Jodi Leese Glusco

The NCSU INDEX OF NORTH CAROLINA LEADING ECONOMIC INDICATORS (the “Index”), an indicator of the direction of the State economy in the upcoming months, contracted by 0.6% in September, the latest month with available data. This is the third consecutive month the Index has retreated. Leading the pullback were drops in building permits, manufacturing hours, and manufacturing earnings. The US leading index also fell.
RIoT Demo Night draws strong crowd to browse IoT innovations

Oct 29, 2024 | wraltechwire.com | Jen Riehle McFarland

RALEIGH — The All Things Open conference stayed busy well into the evening as more than 500 conference attendees and locals headed to the Raleigh Convention Center for this year’s RIoT Demo Night. Now a fixture of the conference, Demo Night features exhibitions by dozens of local startups, businesses, government organizations, and partners in the innovation and IoT (Internet of Things) ecosystem.
All Things Open returns to Raleigh with news and events

Oct 28, 2024 | wraltechwire.com | Jen Riehle McFarland

RALEIGH — A line ran out of the Raleigh Convention Center Monday morning, continuing around the corner and down the street. There were no complaints as the line moved along quickly, and the beautiful October morning gave folks an opportunity to meet their colleagues as they headed into the 12th annual All Things Open conference. A Raleigh mainstay since it’s beginnings in 2012, All Things Open has grown into a major event for the open source community.
Mike Walden: NCSU Index shows no signs of imminent recession

Oct 4, 2024 | wraltechwire.com | Jodi Leese Glusco

The NCSU INDEX OF NORTH CAROLINA LEADING ECONOMIC INDICATORS (the “Index”), an indicator of the direction of the State economy in the upcoming months, dropped a modest 0.1% in August, the latest month with available data. However, this was half of the 0.2% reduction in the comparable national leading index.
Mike Walden: How much control does the president have over US economy?

Sep 3, 2024 | wraltechwire.com | Mike Walden

With the presidential campaigns now in full force, one question people are asking is if a president can control the economy. In fact, I’ve had this question put to me by both the media and attendees at meetings. In the type of economy we have – a market economy – a high majority of day-to-day economic decisions are made by business people in companies and by individuals in households. This is by design.