# TechWire rewind: African American tech leaders speak out; GRAIL’s Durham expansion; 8 startups raise cash + 70 other headlines

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/techwire-rewind-african-american-tech-leaders-speak-out-grails-durham-expansion-8-startups-raise-cash-70-other-headlines-2/
- Published: 2020-06-09T09:00:13-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Image source: Pixabay. Article by Shannon Cuthrell.  As Monday morning rolls in, we’re providing TechWire readers with a quick recap of the past week’s news headlines. Last week, we continued our ‘new normal’ series about how local communities are adapting to COVID-19: Read about suburban Wake County and RTP. We also launched a new series of stories on how local African American tech leaders are demanding change in the wake of George Floyd’s death: The series interviews Donald Thompson, William Spruill, Margaret Brunson, Angela Connor and Tim Humphrey. In other news: California biotech firm GRAIL will invest $103 million to build a lab in Durham, adding 400 jobs; nearly 1 million people have applied for unemployment benefits in NC; Amazon is bringing a retail store to Crabtree Valley Mall in Raleigh; two Triangle startups, CourtRoom5 and MuukLabs, landed coveted spots in the Techstars Kansas City Accelerator. […] Click here to view original web page at www.wraltechwire.com Curated by Theresa Wysocki Director of Art & Design See Full Bio