1+ hour, 33+ min ago  (273+ words) Leading technology company NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) and fiber optic company Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) announced plans today to build three manufacturing plants in North Carolina and Texas, creating more than 3, 000 jobs. The latest announcement in the expansion of artificial intelligence…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (258+ words) Lucid Bots, which raised $20 million in March to help develop drones and robots, is backing a new partnership to provide Davidson College graduates with opportunities to work in robotics and artificial intelligence. The Davidson Innovation Fellows program will enable as…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (245+ words) Business North Carolina Hitachi Energy investing $10 million, creating 150 jobs in Cary Hitachi Energy announced today it's spending $10 million on a facility in Cary to provide engineering, testing and other services to meet surging U. S. electricity due partly to the expansion of…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (749+ words) Just weeks ago, I-Sah Hsieh reconnected with a friend he'd not seen in years, mentioning his work as deputy secretary for AI & Policy for the N. C. Department of Information Technology. "Oh," the friend texted. "I guess we have to be mortal…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (359+ words) North Carolina homeowners saw their insurance premiums rise by an average 44% between 2020-25 as storms pummeled the state with increased frequency and severity, a Lending Tree study shows. Now, an insurer for homeowners in 18 N. C. coastal counties is trying to solve an…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (274+ words) Corning will supply Meta with its newest innovations in optical fiber, cable, and connectivity solutions. Meta will serve as the anchor customer for the Hickory expansion, which will produce optical cable critical to AI infrastructure. Corning currently employs more than…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (335+ words) Elon University and Queens University expect to operate as distinct institutions for about two years in the first step of a two-part merger process, Queens Acting President Jesse Cureton told students in an email today. In September, Elon, with 7, 300 students…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (270+ words) UNC Health named Ernie Bovio as regional president of its Southeast Coastal market, effective in late April. It's a return trip to UNC for Bovio, who has been president of Novant Health's Coastal region in southeast North Carolina for the…...