SAN FRANCISCO - When the coronavirus pandemic forced California schools to close in March, the West Contra Costa Unified School District knew it had a problem. Most of its 29,000 students had school-provided Google Chromebooks, but an estimated quarter of them didn't have access to reliable internet connectivity at home -- something that was vital for attending classes
WASHINGTON DC - The Department of Energy's five quantum computing centers, housed at US national laboratories, are funded by a five year, $625 million project bolstered by $340 million worth of help from companies including IBM, Microsoft, Intel, Applied Materials and Lockheed Martin. The funds came from the $1.2 billion allocated by the National Quantum Initiative Act, which
TROY - The Automation Alley Fund is trying to raise $75,000 to deliver much-needed laptops to unemployed and underemployed individuals who need them for virtual training. As a reflection of the urgent need, the donation goal of $75,000 for Laptops for Learning will be matched by a $75,000 contribution from Michigan Works! “With so many
DETROIT - OK, let’s put aside the stresses of working from home and supervising our kids for a minute and think about what the future workforce looks like. One of the things this pandemic has taught me is that change is inevitable. So, adaptability and agility are keys to success. Now let's take a look
ANN ARBOR - ROFX advertises itself as a revolutionary forex trading platform that is guaranteed to make a lot of money for its users. It’s based on a neural network that allows users with little to no trading experience to be successful. ROFX was started in 2009 by a team of highly skilled forex traders
ANN ARBOR - On MITech TV Aug. 24 at 2 pm, Lisa Kujawa Associate Provost for Enrollment Management and Outreach at LTU, explains how the tech college is reopening virtually. Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder will talk about how tech entrepreneurs can be successful during the Pandemic. Kathleen Norton-Schock is joined by Brian Wassom from
LANSING - The Michigan Public Service Commission today approved a $110 million rate increase for DTE Gas Co., the result of a settlement agreement that reduced by more than 46 percent the increase on the utility’s 1.2 million residential and commercial customers. DTE Gas in November 2019 sought a $203.8 million rate increase, a request the company later reduced
LANSING - Connected Nation, through its state program Connected Nation Michigan, is hosting a series of free webinars focused on telehealth usage and advances for patients and doctors, and how the technology is impacting the health care industry as a whole. Since the coronavirus outbreak, the need for telehealth and telemedicine has grown tremendously. Patients
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles city attorney on Wednesday announced a settlement with the Weather Channel over a lawsuit claiming the company's app gathered millions of people's location data without properly disclosing that the sensitive information was shared with advertisers. The office considered the settlement a major privacy win, as it will now require The Weather Channel
OAK PARK—Bollinger Motors has announced a move of its headquarters to a larger building in Oak Park to accommodate the rapid company-wide personnel expansion as it ramps up toward production. “It couldn’t have come at a better time,” said founder and CEO Robert Bollinger. “We were bursting at the seams with new engineers, putting desks
