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.

Ford Transit 150 vs Chevy Express 2500: Which Is Better for Your Business?

When it comes to choosing the right van for your business, the decision often comes down to two icons. They are the Ford Transit 150 and the Chevy Express 2500. Both have decades of history behind them and a reputation for getting tough jobs done with minimal fuss. Whether you’re managing a growing family business

By |2025-11-26T07:08:53-05:00November 26th, 2025|Guest Columns|

Ignite IT, Cybersecurity Dashboard, Michigan Council of Women In Technology

MITechTV Dec 1 -Patrick Lane from Ignite IT (formerly Benzinga) talks about how the leadership team from Benzinga has morphed into a cannabis financial program producer. Richard Stiennon from IT-Harvest continues his series about his cybersecurity dashboard and how companies worldwide can benefit from its use. Kathleen Norton-Schock updates Michigan Council of Women In Technology. Connect

By |2025-11-25T10:36:20-05:00November 25th, 2025|Podcasts|

Rural Michigan Pushes Back On Data Centers In Their Backyards

ANN ARBOR - Big Tech has come to town. Billion-dollar companies are in a race to build “hyperscale” data centers to fuel their push to power artificial intelligence and cloud computing technologies. The rural residents that would live next to these projects are marshalling future resistance to them. Southeast Michigan communities and their elected officials

By |2025-11-25T10:10:32-05:00November 25th, 2025|Artificial Intelligence|

ITC Michigan Provides $290,000 To Support Area Food Banks During The Holiday Season

NOVI – ITC Michigan announced a donation of $290,000 across seven Michigan food banks, as part of its Greater Giving program. ITC Michigan, which builds, operates and maintains the high-voltage electric transmission system across most of the Lower Peninsula, will donate to the following seven Michigan food banks to help area residents in need: Gleaners

By |2025-11-24T12:07:03-05:00November 24th, 2025|Featured, New Products, New Products / Contracts|

Gemini 3 Now Winning Artificial Intelligence Race

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca. -  Google’s Gemini 3 was released last week to widespread fanfare. The company called the model a “new era of intelligence,” integrating it into Google Search on day one for the first time. It’s blown past OpenAI and other competitors’ products on a range of benchmarks and is topping the charts on LMArena,

By |2025-11-24T10:50:17-05:00November 24th, 2025|Artificial Intelligence|

Nexperia Chip Crisis Upends World Auto Supply Chains Again

DONGGUAN, China - A factory next to a weed-ridden lot in China's industrial south has become a global choke point for automotive chips, upending a sector that just a few years ago swore it wouldn't be caught again by supply-chain disruptions. Automakers vowed to strengthen supply lines after COVID-19 snarled semiconductor output in 2020 and

By |2025-11-24T09:36:19-05:00November 24th, 2025|Auto Tech|

Lost “Atlantis-Like” City Discovered In Lake In Central Asia

CENTRAL ASIA - Archaeologists have revealed that a lost city sits below the surface of Lake Issyk Kul in Kyrgyzstan in central Asia. They saw brick walls, broken buildings, wooden beams, and even a medieval cemetery resting just a few meters underwater. The Atlantis-like discovery brings a similar kind of wonder. As researchers studied the

By |2025-11-24T08:51:19-05:00November 24th, 2025|Science|

LTU Partners With Medcerts To Provide Tech Medical Certificates

SOUTHFIELD —As technology reshapes every industry, Lawrence Technological University and MedCerts, a Stride Inc. company and national provider of online healthcare and IT career training, are joining forces to close the skills gap in two of the fastest-growing fields, said Mary Schutten, Dean of LTU’s College of Health Sciences. She joins MITechTV to provide details.

By |2025-11-23T10:48:59-05:00November 23rd, 2025|Life Sciences, Life Sciences/Biotech, mitechtv|

DOE Study: Crops Planted Near Solar Panels Thrive

DETROIT - Researchers studying whether food crops and a solar array could share the same land were shocked to discover a mutually beneficial relationship between the plants and panels, The experiment took place in Houston, Alaska, about one hour outside Anchorage. Houston is home to Alaska's largest solar array. Using funding from the Department of

By |2025-11-23T09:46:54-05:00November 23rd, 2025|Clean Update, Clean, green, hybrid, Clean, Green, wireless|

NASA Confirms Ancient Life Forms Found On Mars

WASHINGTON DC - NASA has announced the discovery of potential signs of ancient life on Mars. The revelation was made during a press conference about the comet 3I/ATLAS, which had been widely speculated to be an "alien spaceship". Amit Kshatriya, NASA's Associate Administrator, informed thousands of space enthusiasts that signals indicative of ancient life forms have been

By |2025-11-22T12:25:11-05:00November 22nd, 2025|Science|