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MITech TV: MCWT Update, Power Outage Investigation, SIM Swapping, LTU Headlines

ANN ARBOR - On MITech TV today at 2 pm, Kathleen Norton-Schock returns to update happenings with the Michigan Council of Women in Technology. Nick Dodge from the Michigan League of Conservation Voters will discuss his organization’s demand for an investigation into power outages by DTE and Consumer’s Energy. Dan Lohrmann provides background on his

By |2021-08-30T11:49:27-04:00August 30th, 2021|Podcasts|

SIM Swapping Is A Growing Cyber Threat — Here’s Help

LANSING - A CNBC story last week led with this headline: “Coinbase slammed for what users say is terrible customer service after hackers drain their accounts.” Here’s an excerpt: “For Tanja Vidovic, it was a moment of panic: She had received a series of alerts about someone changing access to her cryptocurrency account. And she realized,

By |2021-08-30T18:14:00-04:00August 30th, 2021|Cyber Defense, Featured, Guest Columns|

Coinbase Slammed For Terrible Customer Service After Hackers Drain Their Accounts

NEW YORK - For Tanja Vidovic, it was a moment of panic: She had received a series of alerts about someone changing access to her cryptocurrency account. And she realized, as she stared at her computer screen, that nearly all of her $168,000 in holdings was gone — vanished before her eyes. She was stunned.

By |2023-02-10T15:20:42-05:00August 28th, 2021|Cyber Defense|

TechTown Toast Of Town Goes Virtual For Second Year In A Row

DETROIT – TechTown will once again host its annual Toast of the Town virtually on Sept. 30, like it did a year ago due to the COVID-19 pandemic threatening to infect live events again. This year, Toast of the Town presented by Bank of America will broadcast live from two locations to showcase TechTown's impact

By |2021-08-28T18:23:17-04:00August 28th, 2021|Entrepreneurs|

Michigan Health Endowment Fund Names Neel Hajra CEO

BRIGHTON - The Michigan Health Endowment Fund named Neel Hajra its next chief executive officer. Hajra comes to the Health Fund after serving since 2015 as CEO of the Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation. “We are thrilled to have Neel Hajra join the Health Fund to help advance our mission to improve the health and

By |2021-08-28T17:57:46-04:00August 28th, 2021|Life Sciences, Life Sciences/Biotech|

Google, Amazon, Microsoft Unveil Massive Cybersecurity Initiatives After White House Meeting

WASHINGTON DC - The heads of Apple, Google, Amazon, Microsoft and IBM are among the business leaders that met with President Joe Biden at the White House on Wednesday to discuss how the government and private sector can work together to improve the nation's cybersecurity, according to a senior administration official. "Most of our critical

By |2021-08-28T17:28:10-04:00August 28th, 2021|Cyber Defense, Politics, Politics/Government|

LTU Engineering Professor Wins Early Career Award To Study Preventing Electrical Accidents

SOUTHFIELD—Ahmed Al-Bayati, assistant professor of civil and architectural engineering at Lawrence Technological University, has been named a winner of the Thomas Glavinich ELECTRI International 2021 Early Career Award. ELECTRI International was founded in 1989 as the nonprofit research arm of the National Electrical Contractors Association. It sponsors research that leads to a safer and more

By |2021-08-28T17:13:01-04:00August 28th, 2021|ESD|

BlueWillow Biologics Sees Positive Results From Phase 1 Trial Of Anthrax Vaccine

ANN ARBOR—BlueWillow Biologics Inc., a privately held clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing intranasal vaccines, announced positive interim results from the Phase 1 clinical trial of BW-1010, its next-generation intranasal anthrax vaccine candidate. BW-1010 combines BlueWillow’s patented technology, a novel oil-in-water emulsion platform that efficiently presents antigens to the immune system via the nasal mucosa, using recombinant protective

By |2021-08-28T17:03:22-04:00August 28th, 2021|Life Sciences, Life Sciences/Biotech|