LANSING - The Public Service Commission on Thursday approved a settlement agreement granting American Transmission Company and ATC Management Inc. a certificate to construct a 138 kilovolt overhead transmission line from Holmes Township in Menominee County to the Old Mead Substation in Delta County. "The new transmission line is intended to improve electric reliability significantly
DETROIT - Governor Rick Snyder is seeking federal approval of 50,000 employment-based visas over a five year period in hopes of bringing immigrants to live and work in Detroit. If approved by the federal government, and Snyder was headed to Washington after Thursday's announcement to lobby for the approval, immigrants receiving an EB-2 visa under
LANSING - One day after Governor Rick Snyder unveiled his proposal for the state to commit $350 million over the next 20 years toward the pensions of retired Detroit city government employees to mitigate reductions to those pensions due to the city's bankruptcy, several suburban Detroit legislators are asking for more specifics before committing to
TROY ? Join the U.S.-Mexico Chamber of Commerce on Feb. 6 for a discussion on the changing dynamics of doing business in Mexico, including manufacturing trends and fiscal and legal reforms. Open to the public and supported by Automation Alley, Global Development Partners, Inc. (GDP) and Clayton & McKervey, P.C., this is a must-attend event
NEW YORK - Prosecutors have charged 13 defendants with using card skimmers installed at gas stations to steal more than $2 million from customers throughout the southern United States. The ring allegedly used card readers installed inside gas pumps to record payment card data and PINs from customers, CNET News.Com reported. The skimmers were installed
CUPERTINO, Ca. ? Apple has filed a patent application that would try to gauge some of your physical and behavioral facets to serve up ads that may appeal to you. "Inferring user mood based on user and group characteristic data," an Apple patent application published Thursday by the US Patent and Trademark Office, CNET News.Com
SAN FRANCISCO - One security researcher has proven how Snapchat's new verification system can be hacked, just days after its Captcha-style image verification debuted. Steve Hickson used his knowledge of how computers recognize images and template matching to show how a computer could fool the new security tool, CNET News.Com reported. "I spent around 30
EAST LANSING - A $400,000 National Science Foundation CAREER Award granted to Peter Lillehoj, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Michigan State University, may soon make it possible for your undershirt or socks warn you about an oncoming infection. Lillehoj will spend the next five years advancing research on innovative wearable biosensors that can be
ANN ARBOR ? The Autonomous Vehicle will be the topic Feb. 12 when the Michigan Israel Business Bridge host a discussion on Michigan and Israel Partnering on Technology. Speakers include Udi Naamani CEO, Fusepoint Solutions(Ann Arbor/Israel), Past Director of the Connected Vehicle Proving Center at the University of Michigan ? Dearborn; Luke Bonner, Vice President
ANN ARBOR - The William Davidson Foundation has awarded $4.35 million in grants to the University of Michigan to fast-forward medical innovations and to commercialize technology developed by students and professors.