How fast has Nvidia reached a $5 trillion valuation? These are all stories I’ve written in the past 2.5 years:

JD Vance officiated at his wedding. Now, Kyle Walsh is the director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences after atypical selection process: https://t.co/DyuAXps1zv

Duke University professor, JD Vance friend named director of NIH’s RTP office. Staff and former directors say Kyle Walsh's appointment as NIEHS director bypassed standard nationwide search process.(Via @skyoutbriout) https://t.co/qTKp3IIhfW #ncpol

"Asked about the motivation for these donations, Danny Storie told The News & Observer that that would be a question for his attorneys and hung up. Griffin did not respond to questions from The N&O about the campaign contributions." From @skyoutbriout https://t.co/Jr4m99BYa3

And Part 3: Campaign finance records reflect the money both illegal and legitimate gaming operators have poured into NC campaigns in recent election cycles. Wake and Durham DAs also share why each believes these local business remain despite the law: https://t.co/WNe66FHppD

Cities and sheriffs in other parts of North Carolina conduct raids. So why not in the Triangle? “If it’s the law, then apply the law,” one former gaming operator told me. https://t.co/5anIo4eh4e

I visited a dozen area electronic gaming businesses, lost and won some money, and found their continued, unregulated existence is due less to any legal loopholes and more to authorities in Raleigh, Durham and Cary choosing not to close them. https://t.co/VtdpbZvPQy

Under federal law, employers must give workers 60 days' warning before certain mass layoffs. But as contractors, Amazon delivery drivers can fall into a loophole where they get much less warning — including no warning at all. https://t.co/6gVGElpVFH

Saw my first severed leg and learned how a Triangle transplant maker custom 3D prints ankles, knees, hips and shoulders: https://t.co/GXF0tG65MI

Say goodbye to Wolfspeed, and say hello to Wolfspeed. Shares of the North Carolina semiconductor supplier appeared to balloon 1,700% earlier this week, but the reason explains the new state of this newly non-bankrupt company. https://t.co/iJI0DhdVz4

Is the future of military drones being designed next to a Burt’s Bees factory in Morrisville? https://t.co/9RuYhTLXGj

*Correction, that should be the largest jobs headline of 2024

The remedies opinion in the U.S. v. Google Search antitrust case is out. No breakup (no divestment of Chrome) and only some relatively weak behavioral remedies make this close to the best-case outcome for Google given that the company was found guilty.

Breaking: Natron Energy will cease operations Wednesday. The sodium-ion battery manufacturer last year committed to build a $1.4 billion, 1,000-worker factory in Eastern North Carolina. The state’s largest jobs headline of 2025 is now out of business. https://t.co/TdTvN7HPAQ

The weekly Open Source newsletter from @skyoutbriout is always an entertaining read. Particularly this week as he reports from Waffle House ahead of National Waffle Day. (And I learned NC is behind only Georgia and Florida in the number of Waffle Houses.)

Fun story from @skyoutbriout on Cooper, Stein and the disappearing necktie. I wonder how quickly ties would disappear from the #ncga if leadership relaxes the dress code for sessions https://t.co/hk0QUPx5iV #ncpol

All of Duke Health's federal funding could be cut in Trump administration dispute over alleged race-based policies. The latest from @skyoutbriout.

The company behind NC’s biggest jobs news of 2024 is in financial trouble. Sodium-ion battery startup Natron Energy is low on cash and struggling to get investors (as many battery startups currently are). What it means for its $1.4 billion project? https://t.co/AROBwoT82f

Breaking: Lenovo confirms it is laying off 3% of its US workforce. The world's largest PC maker has dual headquarters in China and NC. “Like all businesses, we regularly review our cost structure to align with external market dynamics." https://t.co/umhjgNEybC

In 1999, the young chipmaker Nvidia had two offices: its HQ in California and a smaller building in Durham, NC. This week, the company became the first to hit a $4 trillion valuation. https://t.co/UzVnaBIky8