ANN ARBOR - Hackers gained access to the personal information of up to 230,000 individuals through certain University of Michigan systems from Aug. 23 to Aug. 27, a UM spokesperson said Monday, the first the university has described the impact of the security breach. The unauthorized third party was able to access personal information about
Image by vishnu vijayan from Pixabay With connectivity dominating every area of our modern lives, firewalls stand as essential defense solutions, defending against cyber threats. They constitute a prime component of an effective cybersecurity strategy and are employed in numerous ways to fortify network security. To give them their due, let’s talk through a few prominent uses of
AUSTRALIA - Down Under, something electrifying is brewing, and no, it's not another Crocodile Dundee movie. Australian researchers are boasting of a major leap in the battery world, potentially changing the game for electric vehicles and smartphones alike. The name of the game changer? The lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery. Developed at Monash University in Melbourne, the
SOUTHFIELD - Autonomous vehicles hold the promise of safer, more sustainable, and more inclusive transportation. So it’s a natural that Robofest, the youth robotics competition created by Lawrence Technological University in 1999, would focus this year’s Game competition on vehicle autonomy. Joining Matt and Mike on MITech TV is Shannon Palonis, who manages Robofest, to
AUBURN HILLS - Stellantis is looking to grow its commercial vehicle business thanks to a new strategic offensive known as Pro One that includes four electrified pickups including one powered by hydrogen. The company noted they sell 1.6 million commercial vehicles annually and they’re important to the bottom line as they account for one-third of
MARSHALL - In February 2023, Ford announced an ambitious project: a $3.5 billion factory on a 950-acre site near Marshall to produce batteries for its expanding line of electric vehicles. Now, that project has been put on hold, threatening roughly 2,500 new jobs, during the United Auto Workers strike against Ford. Now, that project has
LANSING - Michigan lawmakers are advancing bipartisan legislation to crack down on AI-generated deepfakes in election materials in a state where voters could determine control of the White House and the U.S. House in 2024. The legislative package could add Michigan to the handful of states restricting the use of artificial intelligence in political campaigns
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca. - Google has shared an update about its AI-driven mission to reduce wait times, fuel use, and polluting emissions at intersections – and the early indications are that stops can be reduced by around 30 percent, with emissions dropping around 10 percent. Multiply that by all the city intersections in the world and
Recently, one pilot got a shock in the skies over the Pacific Ocean, with some calling it an entire fleet of UFOs. A pair of videos made the rounds referencing the incident and others like it, including one filmed by the pilot showing the uniformed lights in the sky flying in a strange order. https://youtu.be/UpWsMFqyxnA "That
MIAMI – ThriveDX, the global leader in cybersecurity training and awareness, announced a new partnership between its Kontra Application Security Training and JustCode, a state-of-the-art technology skills assessment platform, to launch the CodeDefender Challenge. This exercise is designed to allow businesses of all sizes and practitioners of all skill levels to assess their secure code
