FERNDALE - Chastity Pratt Dawsey from Bridge Magazine appeared Feb. 15 on M2 TechCast (co-hosted by MITechNews.Com Mike Brennan and LTU's Matt Roush) to discuss a story about the Flint water crisis that appeared in Bridge on Feb. 16. The story is about the people of Flint and their mistrust for their government. The mistrust has grown
FERNDALE - The Flint Water Crisis as reported by the state’s top investigative news website, Bridge magazine. Reporter Chastity Pratt Dawsey talks about her story that contends how no one in Flint trusts government at any level. In the second half of the show, Betsy Creedon, Wayne State University TechTown’s Director of Entrepreneurial Services, talks
FERNDALE - We’ve got a really interesting show coming up Monday Feb. 22 on M2 TechCast. It features our monthly cybersecurity news with Richard Stiennon and Dan Lohrmann, Enrico Schaefer’s Drone Law update, and a news announcement about Lawrence Tech’s Summer Science Camps for high school kids. From 3 to 3:30 pm - Richard and
WASHINGTON DC - The US developed an elaborate plan for massive cyberattacks on Iran's critical infrastructure during the early days of the Obama administration, according to a documentary that premiered this week. Code-named "Nitro Zeus," the plan aimed to disable Iran's electrical grid, air defenses and communications services, according to details of the film revealed
ANN ARBOR - The Watson Health business unit of IBM announced this week plans to acquire Truven Health Analytics, a provider of healthcare data analysis. The purchase price would be $2.6 billion. There was no immediate word on the future of Truven’s Ann Arbor headquarters staff. Truven will bring more than 8,500 clients, including U.S.
DETROIT - Google Inc. is in the market for new high-tech space in the suburbs. Sources say the Internet giant has been scouting for locations of at least 30,000 square feet for R&D space related to autonomous vehicles, Crain’s Detroit News reported Friday. The locations that have been considered so far include Southfield, Troy and
CUPERTINO, Ca. - Apple CEO Tim Cook denounced a federal judge's order to crack open an iPhone used by a terrorist, calling the situation "chilling" and saying it would deal a major setback to online privacy for all. To hack the phone, CNET.Com reported, the FBI wants Apple to build a new version of its
NOVI - Technology consulting company Red Level has attained Gold Cloud Productivity, Gold Hosting, Gold Midmarket Solution Provider, and Gold Small and Midmarket Cloud Solutions competencies and Silver Datacenter, Silver Messaging, and Silver Devices and Deployment competencies, from Microsoft. To earn a Microsoft competency, partners must successfully complete exams (resulting in Microsoft Certified Professionals) to
SOUTHFIELD - The scientific world was rocked last week by news that researchers had, for the first time, detected gravitational waves — ripples in the very fabric of spacetime itself. Albert Einstein predicted these waves almost exactly 100 years ago — that they would be caused by the collisions of massive objects in space. In
AUBURN HILLS - As part of Oakland University's Lean Diversification Program and endorsed by the Michigan Lean Consortium, the Macomb-OU INCubator is offering two Green Belt Certificate Programs for business managers looking to develop excellence, nurture innovation, efficiently allocate resources, and eliminate waste. Participants in the Green Belt Certificate program will gain the ability to
