LANSING - A six-bill bipartisan package that includes treating vaping like a tobacco product and taxing it at 24% was introduced this week in the Michigan Senate. The flagship bill is SB 781, sponsored by Senate Minority Leader Jim Ananich (D-Flint), that would place vaping products under Michigan's "Tobacco Products, Tax Act." This approach is
LANSING - Michigan is already a top ten state when it comes to "corporate facility expansion activity," according to Ron Starner, executive vice president of Site Selection magazine. Michigan ranked ninth in 2018, and it will be in the top ten again for 2019, he's just not sure where because numbers are still being compiled.
DETROIT - Now in its fourth year, AutoMobili-D Powered by PlanetM serves as the global stage for startups to showcase innovations and new technology, while networking with those who are moving mobility forward. PlanetM is offering numerous opportunities to get involved at this year’s show, including: Startup Exhibit Space – Highlight your latest technology innovations in
LANSING - According to Anderson Economic Group’s monthly AndCan®Index, demand for legal cannabis products in the United States continued to climb in November 2019. AEG’s experts produce this monthly measurement by closely following 50 state trends for both the recreational and medicinal marijuana markets. Monthly calculations are based on benchmarks developed when AEG first began assessing
GRAND RAPIDS - Security and compliance, backup and disaster recovery and network availability are the top factors for the majority of U.S.-based IT decision-makers when choosing a third-party data center provider, a new survey from US Signal reported. 2020 State of Data Center Offerings’ survey - data derived from 110 U.S.-based IT decision-makers - found
SAN FRANCISCO - Samsung's newest foldable is real. The company on Tuesday officially unveiled its Galaxy Z Flip smartphone after months of leaks, hints and even a teaser commercial played during the Oscars. The device, Samsung's second foldable after its Galaxy Fold, features a clamshell design similar to Motorola's new Razr. The Z Flip, like the Razr, is essentially a high-tech flip phone, with an interior, 6.7-inch
SOUTHFIELD - The Michigan Council of Women in Technology Foundation has increased the number of all-girl teams it is sponsoring in Robofest, a competition for student-programmed autonomous robots invented by Lawrence Technological University computer science professor C.J. Chung. The MCWTF will now sponsor 10 Robofest teams with $500 grants that the teams can use toward
LONDON, England - Data could be transmitted through lasers a thousand times faster than current internet cables after a major breakthrough, scientists have said. The new research uses terahertz quantum cascade lasers that could send data around the world at speeds unimaginable using current technology. The lasers could be used to vastly speed up data communications, according to the
SOUTHFIELD - Lawrence Technological University announced that it has earned the 2020-21 Military Friendly School designation from Viqtory, focused on linking the military and employers that want to hire them, and publisher of several military-focused magazines and websites. Institutions earning the Military Friendly School designation were evaluated using both public data sources and responses from
On a recent trip to Detroit, we spent a few minutes with Tim Grewe, GM’s director of battery cell engineering and electrification strategy. The company has a robust and expanding battery-cell R&D program and testing facility. At the same time, GM announced a new joint venture with LG Chem to build an Ohio-based battery gigafactory with
