ANN ARBOR - Rick Thompson, executive director of Michigan NORML, provides the latest cannabis headlines, including Kalamazoo Valley Community College to offer cannabis training programs; the Pot for Plasma drive that offers free pre-rolls for blood donations; how big will cannabis reform be nationally in 2022; and excavations in China shows the Tang Dynasty rulers
DETROIT - In a time where millions of people around the world are working from their homes, companies need to ensure their remote workers have a reliable means of communication with colleagues and clients. When a company has a workforce distributed throughout the world, they often find themselves in a circumstance where one or two
ANN ARBOR - The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed the pace of business and companies with superior technology capabilities are winning the race, says Executive Search Partners' Gary Erickson. Now companies are looking for CIOs (Chief Information Officers) with business improvement track records, and not just technological expertise, he says. If you are looking for
ANN ARBOR - Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed a new battery technology that could create electric vehicle batteries with five times the capacity of the industry-standard lithium ion batteries used today. A network of aramid nanofibers, recycled from Kevlar, can enable lithium-sulfur batteries to overcome their Achilles heel of cycle life—the number
DETROIT - High-level tech roles typically bring with them fantastic salaries and benefits plus a real sense of prestige. But more often than not, what they also attract is serious long-term stress; a factor which, according to statistics reported by Forbes, now impacts up to 77% of tech leaders since the advent of COVID-19. Being
ZEELAND—ODL Inc., the Zeeland-based doorglass manufacturer, announced the acquisition of Verre Select, a specialty glass company in Quebec, Canada, merging two of North America’s leading doorglass suppliers. “Today is a very exciting day for the Verre Select team, as we have taken the bold step to protect our future growth by partnering with ODL, the
ANN ARBOR – The Russians are coming! Well expect Russian-backed black hats to continue their attacks on the Ukraine, and possibly turn their focus on America once the invasion begins, warns cybersecurity experts including Richard Stiennon of IT-Harvest in Birmingham. Richard will be featured Jan. 17 on MITech TV starting at 2 pm. Also on
TROY - The global ethical food market is expected to grow to $728 billion by 2025. One company, TrustBix, is using blockchain technology to monitor and encourage food to be sustainably produced. There are two platforms used, BIX, which is the blockchain, and ViewTrak, which is the software. The company has been in business since
STAMFORD, Conn.,— Worldwide PC shipments totaled 88.4 million units in the fourth quarter of 2021, a 5% decrease from the fourth quarter of 2020, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc. This is the first year-over-year decline following six consecutive quarters of growth. For the year, PC shipments reached 339.8 million units in 2021, a
DETROIT - Let’s be real, it can be a nice little ritual to wind down after a long day with a glass of something. But contrary to popular societal beliefs, that something doesn’t actually have to be alcohol! Hemp-infused mocktails can give you similar wind-down benefits to alcohol, without any of the side effects. Like
