ANN ARBOR - For the second time in as many weeks, an environmental remediation professional is warning that people living near Ann Arbor's West Park could be exposed to the toxic chemical dioxane. Dan Bicknell, president of Global Environment Alliance LLC, recently investigated the potential for basements in the West Park area to flood with
WASHINGTON DC - Five years of Department of Homeland Security audits have revealed, to the surprise of few and the dismay of all, that the TSA is as great at cybersecurity as it is at customer service. The final report from the DHS Office of Inspector General details serious persistent problems with TSA staff's handling
ROYAL OAK - On Monday May 23, from the new PodcastDetroit Studios in Royal Oak, M2 (Squared) TechCast will be taking a look at MetroWireless and its high-speed portable wireless internet products, at all the new digital products from Comcast Business, at what’s up with Motor City Connect, and at an Ann Arbor bootcamp that
DETROIT - It used to be that when people talked about drones, they were discussing the male genders of various species such as bees or ants. Today, the definition of drone has come to mean an unmanned aerial vehicle. We know these drones are used for military operations, surveillance, photography and even as toys. They
LANSING - Superintendent of Public Instruction Brian Whiston is pushing a plan to make Michigan a top 10 state for education in the next 10 years, but a report released Thursday by the Education Trust Midwest shows it could fall to the bottom 10 on its current trajectory. The report, Michigan's Talent Crisis, predicted the
LANSING - U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell and U.S. Rep. Candice Miller joined in a statement Thursday urging Governor Rick Snyder to vote against a plan to allow Waukesha, Wisconsin, to draw water from Lake Michigan. A regional advisory body had given its nod to the plan this week with some substantial changes to the city's
LANSING - Michigan Energy supplies should be both plentiful and in some cases cheaper this upcoming summer, an analysis released Thursday by the Michigan Agency for Energy said. Some of the forecast is weather dependent. If the summer proves extremely hot, that could boost the use of electricity. Otherwise, the assessment anticipates overall electricity sales
NEW YORK - Bought a drone, and want to fly it legally, but have no idea where to do that? A new map created by drone hobbyists and enthusiasts aims to be an atlas, laying out the legal landscape for piloting unmanned vehicles. Called simply AirMap, the project is a collaboration between Ben Marcus, who
NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland - Anti-drone technology has been high on the shopping list of public safety and military organizations at least since a drunken federal employee crashed a drone onto the White House lawn. Two companies on hand at the Navy League Sea Air Space Exposition this week had two slightly different approaches to the problem. One
CUPERTINO - A new iPhone diagnostic app - aimed to reveal if your device had been infected by malware - has been given the cold shoulder by Apple. Released little more than a week ago, an app dubbed System and Security Info aimed to deliver core details about your iPhone, including your CPU, memory and
