WASHINGTON DC - Not every US election official is giving the Department of Homeland Security a vote of confidence for cybersecurity. The Senate intelligence committee hosted an open hearing on Wednesday to discuss cybersecurity for elections. DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and former secretary Jeh Johnson both testified. The committee asked the DHS to explain what
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Gary Peters and Debbie Stabenow today applauded the inclusion of $100 million in the proposed Fiscal Year 2018 spending bill for the safe research, development and demonstration of self-driving vehicle technologies, including dedicated funding for the Department of Transportation’s federally designated Automated Vehicle Proving Grounds. “Self-driving vehicles have the potential to
WASHINGTON DC - Michigan residents received more than 793 million robocalls in 2017, contends a new report from the National Consumer Law Center. According to the YouMail Robocall Index, which tracks the volume and extent of robocalls in the United States, more than 793,516,000 robocalls were made to Michigan area codes in 2017. The industry
ANN ARBOR - A seismic change is taking place with city planning as smart grids, autonomous vehicles and other innovative mobility services draw closer to becoming commonplace. The upcoming "Smart Cities: A Connected Way Forward" symposium will cover the latest developments that local governments should be following, and what adjustments should be made to infrastructure
ROYAL OAK - Oakland County has developed a directory for its Medical Main Street program that highlights the life science, biotechnology, pharmacology and health care industries in Southeast Michigan. Dom Holmes the new Medical Main Street Manager joins M2 TechCast to discuss how Oakland County is trying to grow the region’s life science hub. Joining
ROYAL OAK - Industrial IoT - Internet of Things - is using digital smart tools and technologies to transform the manufacturing process that some describe as Industry 4.0. Connected Tech careers, Smart Homes, Smart Buildings and Healthcare Connected Tech are two tracks at the IoT TechConnect Conference April 4 at the Troy Marriott. Linda Daichendt,
ROYAL OAK – A newly posted excerpt from the M2 TechCast podcast features Lawrence Technological University’s Catherine Phillips, reference librarian, speaking about an event from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, March 28 for a lecture and gallery talk on the work of legendary Detroit architect Albert Kahn. The segment also features Jeff Morrison, historian and
ROYAL OAK - Amy Swift, founder of Building Hugger, who started her career as an architect doing sustainable designs. She left the corporate world to found a company that specializes in historic window restoration...and there are lot of old buildings downtown that can use her skills. Amy is interviewed on M2 TechCast by Tember Shea,
TEMPE, AZ- Despite all the talk about bringing robo-taxis to A City of the Future Near You within the next few years, self-driving cars are still very much in development. We've only just begun seeing how true driverless cars operate in public spaces, and after Monday's fatal autonomous Uber accident in Tempe, Arizona, it could all come screaming
ARLINGTON, Va. - Citizens are willing to try new artificial intelligence tools for government services despite their concerns about government use of the technology, according to results of an Accenture multi-country survey. The survey of more than 1,000 citizens from the United States found that more than half (55 percent) of citizens said they are
