The Localyte app launched during the pandemic. By mid-November, about 3,000 people had downloaded the app, and 400 businesses had signed up.
Tad Dickens
Tad Dickens is technology reporter for Cardinal News. He previously worked for the Bristol Herald Courier and The Roanoke Times and likes to bang on his drums when he can. Reach at tad@cardinalnews.org or 540 293-6018.
Posted inEducation
‘An antidote to so much of what ails culture’: A Virginia Tech fellowship aims to bring humanities to tech leadership
Some tech leaders are acknowledging the “techtopia” we dreamed of in the 2000s hasn’t come to fruition. The humanities are a “path to a healthier civic life,” a Virginia Tech professor believes.
Posted inEconomy
Pulaski County’s green era: a vertical farm, solar panels and green manufacturing
Pulaski has added a methane conversion plant and a focus on green manufacturing in an effort to market itself as a green, ‘solar friendly’ locality.
Posted inEconomy
Salem company helps delivery giants keep their drivers standing tall
Industrial Biodynamics counts Amazon, Google, FedEx among its safety training clients.
Posted inCulture
FloydFest adds Joe Russo, Victor Wooten to ’24 lineup
The festival is set for July 24-28 in Check.
Posted inEconomy
Cancer-fighting companies win chance to innovate in Southwest Virginia
The three companies were part of a Johnson & Johnson Innovation contest.
Posted inCulture
FloydFest announces Sierra Ferrell as first headliner for 2024
The festival will debut in late July at its new location in Check, after a year’s delay.
Posted inEconomy
AI’s book-learning doesn’t sit well with authors
Works from multiple authors, including some based in Southwest Virginia, have been fed into artificial intelligence systems without permission. A group of writers has sued OpenAI in federal court, seeking damages of up to $150,000 per infringed work.
Posted inPolitics
Warner urges action against Meta and Google over videos showing murder of Roanoke journalists
One victim’s father has worked for years to have the videos from 2015 taken down.
Posted inEconomy
Two out-of-town businesses are part of the Roanoke-based regional accelerator’s fall 2023 class
A new cohort of technology companies has been named, with an emphasis on the life sciences sector.
