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Michigan Venture Capital Association Names 2022 Award Winners

BLOOMFIELD HILLS – Michigan Venture Capital Association announced awards recognizing the capital events that are fueling the growth of Michigan’s companies, the significant investment milestones enabling companies to grow and excel in Michigan, the companies that are producing groundbreaking solutions in their sectors, and the organizations working to engage with their communities and enrich their

By |2022-10-06T10:14:40-04:00October 4th, 2022|Entrepreneurs, Featured, News|

LTU, DOE Heartland Climate Tech Partnership Launches New Database For Entrepreneurs

CHICAGO--The Heartland Climate Tech Partnership announced that it has officially launched a new resource database for innovative climate tech and clean energy businesses across the Greater Midwest Region. The database provides entrepreneurs with the tools they need to identify relevant programming and educational resources, attend networking and educational events, and access critical design and prototyping

By |2022-10-04T12:02:48-04:00October 4th, 2022|Climate Change, ESD|

Survey: Ransomware Attacks Increasing: 20 Percent Of All Attacks In Last 12 Months

LONDON United Kingdom -  Nearly a quarter of businesses have suffered a ransomware attack, with a fifth occurring in the past 12 months, according to new report. The Hornetsecurity 2022 Ransomware Report, which surveyed over 2,000 IT leaders, revealed that 24% have been victims of a ransomware attack, with 20 percent of attacks happening in

By |2022-10-04T10:24:26-04:00October 4th, 2022|Cyber Defense|

Improve Team Communication With These Strategies

DETROIT - The smooth operation of a team requires excellent communication at every level. This includes interactions with those external to the core team but is principally relevant to your teammates and managers. When communication is hampered in any way, projects slow down and productivity hugely decreases. Whether you are an employer, a manager, a

By |2022-10-03T13:15:00-04:00October 3rd, 2022|Guest Columns|

ITC Energy Report: Cybersecurity Protecting The Electric Grid

ANN ARBOR - October is Cyber Security Awareness Month. Joining us last week for the ITC Energy Report was Matt Kurpinski, VP, Information Technology and Chief Information Officer for ITC. Matt discussed why Cyber Security is so important to ITC and what businesses can do to become more Cyber Smart. In this video interview, he

By |2022-10-03T11:35:08-04:00October 3rd, 2022|Cyber Defense, mitechtv|

Russia And China-Sponsored Hackers Threaten World With Cyberattack

DETROIT - State-sponsored cyberattacks are carried out to espionage secret government data, disrupt services or identify and exploit national infrastructure vulnerabilities. According to the data collected by the Atlas VPN team, Russia and China sponsored over 50 cyberattacks in 2022, with Ukraine being the most targeted country. The data is based on Council on Foreign

By |2022-10-03T11:37:41-04:00October 3rd, 2022|Cyber Defense, Featured|

Michigan Cyber Awareness Month Plus Preview Of Michigan Cyber Summit

ANN ARBOR - On MITech TV Oct. 3 at 2 pm, David Behen, former CIO for the state of Michigan, joins the show to talk about how former Gov. Snyder organized the first Michigan Cybersecurity Summit in 2011. He's followed by Jayson Cavendish, the current Deputy Michigan CSO, who will provide details on the 2022

By |2022-10-03T10:56:19-04:00October 2nd, 2022|Podcasts|

Numerous Organizations Hacked After Installing Weaponized Open Source Apps

NORTH KOREA - Hackers backed by the North Korean government are weaponizing well-known pieces of open source software in an ongoing campaign that has already succeeded in compromising "numerous" organizations in the media, defense and aerospace, and IT services industries, Microsoft said on Thursday. ZINC—Microsoft's name for a threat actor group also called Lazarus, which

By |2022-10-02T15:05:22-04:00October 2nd, 2022|Cyber Defense|

Scientists May Have Already Discovered A Miracle Fix For Climate Change

NEW YORK - With Climate Change, the science is clear. We know, with certainty, that we are hurtling toward multiple environmental and human catastrophes. We can no longer debate the science. Yet for some people, science-based arguments will never be enough. After all, the scientific theory of evolution has existed for more than 150 years,

By |2022-10-02T14:39:12-04:00October 2nd, 2022|Climate Change, Industry 4.0|

Humanity Could Be Wiped Out By Super-Predator AI Made By Alien Civilizations

LONDON, England - Human civilization could be wiped out by "super predator" extraterrestrial artificial intelligence, a world-leading UFO expert claims. Nick Pope, the former head of the UK Ministry of Defense’s “UFO desk,” told The U.S. Sun that we may one day encounter “immortal thinking machines” created by an advanced civilization from elsewhere in the universe. And he fears

By |2022-10-02T14:29:56-04:00October 2nd, 2022|Artificial Intelligence|