LANSING - Four Michigan technology startups have each secured $425,000 in investment funding and are headed for a spring showdown in which one will win another $1 million — bringing the PitchMI champion's total investment to $1.425 million. But the competition represents something bigger for Michigan: an effort to solve one of the persistent problems
Michigan’s sports betting market offers a useful look at how regulation, software and digital infrastructure now work together. Online sports betting launched in the state in January 2021, so consumers can access regulated wagering through websites and mobile applications, while operators connect with licensed technology providers behind the scenes. If you open a sportsbook on
Cybersecurity professional Richard Stiennon from IT-Harvest discusses President Trump naming Jay Clayton as the Artificial Intelligence czar, and is appearance in a new documentary called "Midnight in the War Room."
Michigan workers are already feeling the AI jobs shift. About 10% of the state's workforce is employed in occupations considered highly exposed to artificial intelligence, even as employers sharply increase demand for AI skills—and in some occupations, workers who have those skills can command significantly higher pay. LANSING — Artificial intelligence threatens to transform some
PICKNEY, MI. - Michigan's battered cannabis market is creating opportunities for stronger operators to acquire distressed dispensaries, cultivation facilities, processing operations and cannabis real estate at prices that would have been difficult to imagine several years ago. Meanwhile, Ohio's rapidly developing adult-use market is creating a different challenge: operators need capital to acquire businesses, expand
A Russian-linked disinformation operation targeting the 2026 midterms has reached Michigan, with U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed among those targeted. Researchers say the campaign is using fabricated news reports, manipulated videos and fake journalist content to influence American voters. WASNINGTON DC - A Russian-linked disinformation operation using fabricated news reports, manipulated videos and coordinated social-media
The Trump administration has sought Michigan voter records, ordered new federal mail-ballot procedures and deployed Justice Department election monitors in Michigan. Courts have blocked some of those actions while leaving other established federal powers intact. With the Nov. 3 midterm election one month away, here's what the president and federal government legally can — and
Google and OpenAI's massive Michigan data centers could demand roughly 2.4 gigawatts of electricity—enough to power about 2.8 million average Michigan homes. As regulators try to protect DTE customers from footing the bill, Michigan is confronting a bigger question: Should hyperscale data centers be required to reduce their demands on the electric grid by generating
DETROIT — Ford CEO Jim Farley says artificial intelligence will change or eliminate some white-collar jobs. But for Michigan workers wondering what they should do about it, an equally important question is emerging: What skills will employers need from the people who remain — and where can workers learn them? The stakes for Michigan go
WASHINGTON — A sharp slowdown in U.S. hiring could be particularly troubling for Michigan, where unemployment already stands at 5.0 percent — well above the national rate — and the state lost 25,000 employed workers in August. The U.S. economy added just 29,000 jobs in September, while the national unemployment rate increased to 4.2 percent,
