ANN ARBOR—Officials at Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Inc. announced the company had received an additional $1.5 million in capital from YAII PN Ltd., a fund managed by Yorkville Advisors Global LP, a private equity firm in Mountainside, N.J. The $1.5 million received this week is the second half of a $3 million fund agreement signed with
ANN ARBOR - Every organization—large and small—must be prepared to respond to disruptive cyber incidents, particularly in the wake of Russian's invasion of Ukraine. Dan Lohrmann, a cybersecurity experts from Presidio, provides details on the nation’s cyber defense agency, CISA that stands ready to help organizations prepare for, respond to, and mitigate the impact of
JERSEY CITY, NJ. - In 2021, in every part of the world, cyber security threats increased, challenges grew, and in the face of uncertainty, organisations did their best to mitigate against attacks that were new and destructive. Throughout the last year SecurityHQ saw an increase in prevalent Threat Actros and Initial Access Brokers, a spike
SACRAMENTO, Ca. - California wants electric vehicle sales to triple in the next four years to 35 percent of all new car purchases, an aggressive target set as part of the goal to phase out the sale of gas-powered cars by the middle of next decade. State officials released a new roadmap to make it
LANSING - Representatives Abraham Aiyash (D-Hamtramck) and Yousef Rabhi (D-Ann Arbor) announced legislation that would provide relief to customers who lose power during outages and increase accountability over utility companies’ poor performance. Supporters from the League of Conservation Voters and We the People Action Fund spoke at the event in favor of the legislation. The
LANSING - Ninety small businesses in Michigan have been selected from a pool of over 550 nominations as award recipients at the 18th annual Michigan Celebrates Small Business Gala. This year’s honorees span 14 different business sectors and hail from every corner of the state. From a hunting gear manufacturer in the Upper Peninsula to
LANSING - Michigan Energy Innovation Business Council and Advanced Energy Economy applauded Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s release of the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy’s MI Healthy Climate Plan. The administration established a goal of economy-wide carbon neutrality by 2050 when Gov, Whitmer signed Executive Directive 2020-10. The MI Healthy Climate Plan focuses on an
LANSING – With Tax Day just behind us, a new national report details how wealthy corporations are shirking their responsibility to support Michigan communities. The report recently released by the Economic Policy Institute and the SEIU shows that 63 percent of all Michigan corporations pay zero in corporate income taxes. The report, titled Reclaiming
ANN ARBOR - COVID-19 reshuffled future mobility priorities for everyone, from automakers to government/transportation policy makers. The world's major cities have set out to leverage new technologies to realize their vision of a more sustainable future. If you take a closer look at today’s debate on future mobility concepts, it’s cities for humans first, and
LUDINGTON— Sprawled like a gigantic swimming pool atop a bluff overlooking Lake Michigan is an asphalt-and-clay pond holding enough water to produce electricity for 1.6 million households. It's part of the Ludington Pumped Storage Plant, which uses simple technology: Water is piped from a lower reservoir — the lake, in this case — to an upper
