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 Eclipses $10 Billion In Adult-Use Cannabis Sales Since Went Legal In 2019

LANSING - Michigan licensed retailers sold $264.7 million in adult-legal cannabis in December pushing Michigan past the $3 billion annual sales mark for 2024, to $3.27 billion, the Cannabis Regulatory Agency reported. That represents a 9.9% increase from the $2.98 billion in adult-use sales reported in 2023. In addition, the $264.7 million in adult-use sales

By |2025-01-15T15:15:23-05:00January 15th, 2025|Featured, Marijuana Business, Microsoft, News, Reviews|

DEA Fails To Release Annual Report Highlighting Marijuana Seizures, Arrest Totals

WASHINGTON DC - The Drug Enforcement Administration failed to publicly provide reporting data in 2024 regarding the total number of marijuana seizures and arrests made by federal agents and others participating in the Domestic Cannabis Eradication/Suppression Program.   The DCE/SP began funding cannabis eradication programs in Hawaii and California in 1979. Annual reports summarizing the programs

By |2025-01-16T10:50:23-05:00January 15th, 2025|Marijuana Business, News|

DSM Energy Solutions Offers Mobile Off-Grid EV Charging Stations

BRIGHTON - One of the big problems Electric Vehicle users face outside the home is finding a charging station that works. DSM Energy Solutions has found a solution - a mobile charging station powered by propane, solar or natural gas - that goes to where the EVs are outside restaurants and malls, at ports, and

By |2025-01-16T09:55:11-05:00January 13th, 2025|ESD, mitechtv, Mobile MI, Mobility|

India Creating Cars Of The Future

India Creating Cars Of The Future is no longer just a vision—it's quickly becoming a reality. As the world steadily shifts toward a green economy, India is joining global leaders like China, Germany, and the United States in advancing next-generation automotive technology. Specifically, the nation is embracing hydrogen-powered vehicles as a promising step toward sustainable

By |2025-05-08T19:44:13-04:00January 12th, 2025|Auto Tech, Featured|

Legislature Approves $60 Million Michigan Innovation Fund to Support Tech Entrepreneurs

ANN ARBOR – Michigan’s entrepreneurial ecosystem scored a big win on December 20 when the Michigan Senate approved the $60 million Michigan Innovation Fund and the House passed the final bills in the R&D tax credit package. Joining MITech TV is Mike Flanagan, Vice President of Capital Programs at Ann Arbor SPARK and Managing Member

By |2025-05-08T19:56:07-04:00January 7th, 2025|Entrepreneurs, ESD, mitechtv|

Nostradamus Predicts War, Plague In UK, And Possibly Contact With Aliens In 2025

DETROIT - Michel de Nostredame, AKA Nostradamus, is well known for the hundreds of predictions he made in the 16th century. In fact, he wrote over 900 of them in his 1555 collection of poems and quatrains titled Les Propheties. Whether any of them have actually come true depend on how one interprets them. They

By |2025-01-07T15:26:50-05:00January 7th, 2025|Featured, Guest Columns, Social Media|

Generative AI Market Set to Skyrocket 10x, Reaching $356 Billion by 2030

DETROIT - Two years ago, OpenAI launched ChatGPT, bringing generative AI into the global spotlight. Since then, hundreds of millions of tech-savvy users embraced generative AI as their everyday tool, turning it into the fastest-growing segment of the AI industry. While the growth over the past two years has been remarkable, that’s nothing compared to

By |2025-01-07T15:22:37-05:00January 7th, 2025|Artificial Intelligence, Featured|

Pink Hydrogen Program Ushers In New Era For Nuclear Energy Sources

NORWAY - Nel, the global leader in hydrogen technology, has tied up with the world’s engineering and construction company, Samsung C&T Corporation, to aid in celebrating the bringing together of both entities for the country’s first nuclear hydrogen program. This acidic nuclear-hydrogen program for more than $5 million will be comprised of 10MW of alkaline

By |2025-01-07T15:34:44-05:00January 7th, 2025|Science|

The Future Of Renewable Vehicle Fuel Is Nitrogen

DETROIT — The future of renewable vehicle fuel is nitrogen, 700 times more powerful than Hydrogen. As the world becomes increasingly united in its focus on finding alternatives to traditional fossil fuels, innovation continues to accelerate. As a result, we can expect more fresh options to crop up in the foreseeable future. 1. Hydrogen's Current

By |2025-05-08T18:43:12-04:00January 7th, 2025|Clean Update, Clean, green, hybrid, Clean, Green, wireless|

Detroit Auto Show Preview With Glenn Stevens From MICHAuto

DETROIT - The Detroit Auto Show, for the first time in 5 years, has returned to January and will open to the public on Jan. 11 at Huntington Place. Providing highlights of the show is Glenn Stevens, executive director of MICHAuto, joins Matt and Mike on MITech TV to talk about what visitors will be

By |2025-01-06T16:43:37-05:00January 6th, 2025|mitechtv, News|