mikebrennan

About Mike Brennan

Founder of Michigan News Network, and serves as CEO, as well as Editor & Publisher of MITECHNEWS.COM. Brennan has worked since 1980 as a technology writer at newspapers in New York, NY, San Jose, CA., Seattle, WA., Memphis, TN., Detroit, MI., and London, England. He co-founded and served as managing editor of Pacific Rim News Service (SEATTLE), which developed a network of more than 100 freelance journalists in 17 Asia-Pacific countries.

U.S. Satellites Are Being Attacked Every Day According To Space Force General

WASHINGTON DC - US Space Force's General David Thompson, the service's second in command, said last week that Russia and China are launching "reversible attacks," such as electronic warfare jamming, temporarily blinding optics with lasers, and cyber attacks, on U.S. satellites "every single day." He also disclosed that a small Russian satellite used to conduct an

By |2021-12-05T16:54:26-05:00December 5th, 2021|Cyber Defense|

FlexJobs Names 50 Virtual Companies Thriving on Remote Work

BOULDER, Co. – A recent FlexJobs survey revealed that 58 percent of respondents prefer a fully remote job post-pandemic. However, 42 percent also report that their employers will require them to return to the office full-time, and 27 percent will be expected to return to a hybrid model. To highlight the many different companies that

By |2021-12-05T14:35:16-05:00December 5th, 2021|Entrepreneurs, Featured|

Is the Office Dying? Of Those Who Quit During the Pandemic, One In Four Did For Flexibility To Work From Anywhere

New York - As many companies wonder why their workplaces remain ghost towns, a new survey reveals that COVID concerns are not what’s discouraging staff from coming into the office. In fact, they are working from home because of the greater work-life balance it purportedly offers. Indeed, workers place such a premium on this balance,

By |2021-12-05T14:35:46-05:00December 5th, 2021|Entrepreneurs, Featured|

Intense Storms From Global Warming – A Mission To Study Them

DETROIT - As global warming has progressed, you might have noticed more weird weather, including more intense storms. It appears certain now that climate change does affect localized tropical storms and thunderstorms. Scientists want to know exactly how that’s happening. And they want to know how these storms in turn affect their climate models. So, in November 2021, NASA announced it had selected a new

By |2021-12-02T12:24:07-05:00December 2nd, 2021|Climate Change, Featured, Science|

Latest Cybersecurity Threats Disclosed By Stiennon and Lohrmann

ANN ARBOR - Cybersecurity professionals Richard Stiennon, founder of IT-Harvest, and Dan Lohrmann, VP at Presidio.Com, update the latest cyber threats and address how to fill the 600,000 cybersecurity job openings nationwide. Also covered was identifying a 28-year-old Russian hacker responsible for millions of dollars in ransomware attacks, zero trust defensive strategies, and insurers running

By |2021-12-01T18:29:12-05:00December 1st, 2021|Cyber Defense, mitechtv|

Omicron COVID Mutation Headed To USA – How Will It Impact the Nation’s Health?

ANN ARBOR - Epidemiologist Fred Brown returns to MITech TV to analyze the new COVID Variant that is sweeping South Africa. It's been dubbed Omicron. Brown says he suspects it already has arrived in the USA. What impact it will have on the country's COVID health crisis won't be know for a couple more weeks.

By |2021-11-30T09:43:35-05:00November 29th, 2021|Coronavirus, Featured, mitechtv, Science|

LTU Students To Display Solutions To Society’s Biggest Challenges In Dec. 9 Research Event

SOUTHFIELD—More than 100 students at Lawrence Technological University will show off their work to help solve some of the most vexing problems of the 21st century in a federal “Grand Challenges of Engineering” presentation program Thursday, Dec. 9. The student presentations will be on display at LTU’s Taubman Engineering, Architecture, and Life Sciences Complex from

By |2021-11-29T11:43:18-05:00November 29th, 2021|ESD|

Wind Power Risks Becoming Too Cheap, Warns Turbine Maker

COPENHAGEN - The head of Siemens Gamesa warned that a decade-long race to bring down the cost of generating wind power could not continue, as it would reduce the financial muscle of turbine producers to continue investing in new technologies. A boom in investments in green energy to address climate change has helped bring down

By |2021-11-29T11:38:11-05:00November 29th, 2021|Clean Update, Featured|

Epidemiologist Fred Brown: If You Can’t Get Vaccinated By Thanksgiving, Wear A Mask Indoors

ANN ARBOR - Thanksgiving and year-end holidays are upon us. Whether you have had a Moderna, Pfizer or JnJ vaccine to date, please get a full three course dose before you go visiting or you are not properly protected. If you can not get to full protection by Thanksgiving, then wear a mask and visit

By |2021-11-21T13:56:43-05:00November 21st, 2021|Coronavirus, Science|