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.

Michigan Launches Statewide Challenges To Accelerate Advanced Air Mobility Integration Across Government Agencies

LANSING  – The Michigan Office of Future Mobility and Electrification (OFME) announced the launch of its Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Statewide Mobility Challenges, supported by partners NextEnergy and Newlab Detroit. The series of proposal requests from state government agencies are aimed at advancing the integration of drones to solve real-world problems. The challenges are designed

By |2025-09-30T12:56:19-04:00September 30th, 2025|Mobility|

US Doesn’t Have Enough Skilled Workers To Build AI Data Centers And Factories

DEARBORN - With AI predicted to balloon to a $4.8 trillion market by 2033, Farley warned the U.S. has overlooked the labor needed to build and sustain data centers and manufacturing facilities. While President Donald Trump imposed sweeping tariffs to revive factory jobs, there continues to be recruitment and retention problems in U.S. manufacturing. “I think the

By |2025-09-30T12:49:07-04:00September 30th, 2025|Industry 4.0|

Davenport University And Amway Sign Partnership To Spur Talent Development

GRAND RAPIDS – Leaders from Davenport University and Amway formalized their commitment to higher education and talent development with a signing ceremony held at the Amway headquarters in Ada, located a few miles east of the city of Grand Rapids. The agreement, signed September 29, provides scholarship opportunities for employees of Amway and their family

By |2025-09-29T15:24:52-04:00September 29th, 2025|ESD|

Small Business Confidence Stays High, But Rising Costs Challenge Growth

Washington, D.C. — Small business confidence continued to climb in the third quarter, according to the latest MetLife & U.S. Chamber of Commerce Q2 2025 Small Business Index. The Q3 2025 Index score of 72.0, up from 65.2 last quarter, was driven by improved views of both the national and local economies. While optimism is on

By |2025-09-28T16:16:20-04:00September 28th, 2025|Business, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneur Corner|

Report: Ohio Hospital Finds Increase In Children Accidentally Eating Cannabis

AKRON ‒ An Akron Children's Hospital doctor says pediatricians should discuss marijuana safety with kids and families during wellness checkups just like they talk about the importance of brushing their teeth and getting enough sleep. Dr. Eric Ligotski is part of a team of doctors who studied the increase in the number of children ingesting

By |2025-09-25T09:38:26-04:00September 25th, 2025|Life Sciences, Life Sciences/Biotech|

Auto Update: Ransomware Attacks, EV Tax Credit Sunset, Chinese EVs In US

ANN ARBOR - In this month's auto update with auto journalist Paul Eisenstein from Headlight.News, he discusses three topics: Russian ransomware attacks on auto OEMs, including Jaguar which brought its assembly lines to a halt costing the company $70 million each week. The sunsetting of the $7500 EV tax credit on Oct. 1, and how

By |2025-09-23T14:27:18-04:00September 23rd, 2025|mitechtv|

A2Tech360 Shines A Light On Tech In Ann Arbor And Ypsilanti

ANN ARBOR - Ann Arbor SPARK, the smart zone in Ann Arbor, is hosting from Sept. 24 to Oct. 3 its annual A2Tech360 program that features a series of seminars, sessions, lectures and tours of many tech-friendly establishments in both Ann Arbor and Ypslianti. Bill Mayer, a senior vice president at SPARK, joins Matt Roush

By |2025-09-22T15:31:20-04:00September 22nd, 2025|Featured, mitechtv|

Hackers Hit Stellantis, IT-Harvest Cybersecurity Dashboard, A2 360 Preview

Paul Eisenstein from Headlight.News discusses hackers attacking Stellantis, the end of the EV tax credit and when will the Chinese EV makers build in the US. Richard Stiennon from IT-Harvest announces his new dashboard that breaks down 4,500 cybersecurity companies and their 11,000 products. Bill Meyer, a VP at Ann Arbor Spark, previews A2 360

By |2025-09-22T13:17:32-04:00September 22nd, 2025|Podcasts|

Inside IT-Harvest: A Faster Path to Cybersecurity Vendor Research

Cybersecurity vendor research has become one of the most crowded, fast-moving challenges in technology today. Thousands of vendors compete for attention, launching new products, pivoting business models, and merging to stay alive. For CISOs, investors, and corporate development teams, simply keeping track of who’s who has become overwhelming. Every week brings new funding rounds, shifting

By |2025-09-23T18:18:20-04:00September 19th, 2025|Cyber Defense, Featured, New Products, New Products / Contracts|

Ohio Cannabis Sales Surpass $3 Billion So Far In 2025

COLUMBUS - Ohio medical and adult-use marijuana sales have officially surpassed $3 billion, new data from the state Department of Commerce shows. In an update published on Tuesday, DOC’s Division of Cannabis Control reported $3,036,756,851 in cannabis purchases as of September 13. That total includes $2.2 billion in medical sales since 2019 and $802 million in

By |2025-09-19T13:46:49-04:00September 19th, 2025|Marijuana Business, News|