MI Tech TV
Applications Open For Next Start Up Incubator At WCC
ANN ARBOR - Entrepreneurs are invited to apply for the 2024-2025 Start-Up Incubator program offered through The Entrepreneurship Center at Washtenaw Community College. The next cohort begins in October. The deadline to apply is September
AI and SEO: Shaping the Future of Content Optimization with Melih Oztalay
MITech TV with Melih Oztalay: How Artificial Intelligence is Revolutionizing Search Engine Optimization for Businesses (AI and SEO) In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in search engine optimization (SEO)
Registration Is Open For A2Tech360 In Ann Arbor
ANN ARBOR - Ann Arbor SPARK’s a2Tech360 is a week of events celebrating Ann Arbor’s spirit of innovation through experiences, conversations, and connections that strengthen and expand the region’s vibrant technology ecosystem. The events are
Breaking News
Michigan Economy Shows Signs of Stabilizing, but Iran War and Oil Prices Could Test Recovery Slug
New Grand Valley State University survey shows improving manufacturing activity in West Michigan as economists
Michigan Cannabis Sales Drop as 24% Tax Hits Industry
LANSING -Michigan cannabis sales are falling sharply as a new 24% tax begins to impact
AI Data Centers Could Drive Up Michigan Electricity Bills as Power Demand Surges
ANN ARBOR - Michigan is emerging as a potential hub for the next wave of
Scientists Warn Carbon Emissions Now Double Earth’s Safe Limit — What It Means for Michigan Industry
DETROIT - A new scientific analysis warns that humanity’s carbon emissions have already pushed far
Ohio AG Sues Major Cannabis Operators, Alleging Price-Fixing — What It Signals For Michigan’s Market
COLUMBUS, OH — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has filed an antitrust lawsuit against nine
Gordie Howe Bridge Dispute Raises Stakes for Michigan Trade, Manufacturing
Commercial trucks queue on the Ambassador Bridge connecting Detroit and Windsor. The Detroit-Windsor corridor carries
Michigan Economy Sluggish to Start 2026, With Regional Differences Emerging
GRAND RAPIDS - Michigan’s economy entered 2026 much like it exited 2025: cautious, uneven and
Michigan Workers In These 7 Roles Could See The Biggest Pay And Demand Growth in 2026
LANSING — As Michigan’s economy enters 2026, employers in key sectors are increasing wages and
New Engines Coming Powered By Carbon-Neutral Fuels That America Doesn’t Use
NEW YORK - Toyota, Mazda, and Subaru are will collaborating to develop new types of
Michigan Opens $125M Grant Program For Schools To Purchase Clean School Buses
LANSING - The Michigan Department of Education in collaboration with the Michigan Department of Environment,
Trillions Of Dollars Of Clean Golden Energy Found In United States
NEW YORK - Scientists in United States have found that there exist very huge resources
Ford And GM Outline Dueling Hybrid Vehicle Strategies
DETROIT - Ford Motor Co. and General Motors' chiefs on Thursday offered clashing perspectives on
Ohio Republican Lawmakers Seek To Change Voter-Approved Pot Laws
COLUMBUS - Ohio Republican politicians are offering new proposals to change Ohio’s recreational marijuana law
Ohio House Rejects DeWine’s Plan To Double Cannabis Tax, Senate Still Plans To Consider
COLUMBUS - The Ohio House rejected Gov. Mike DeWine’s plan to double marijuana sales taxes in its
Ohio House Committee Makes Changes To Cannabis Laws On Tax Revenue, Licensing And Equity Provisions
COLUMBUS - An Ohio House committee on Wednesday took up a bill that would make
Michigan Supreme Court: Pot Smell Cannot Justify Police Search Of Vehicle
LANSING - The Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that the smell of marijuana alone is
Featured News
Michigan Middle School Students To Learn STEM Skills From NASA
LANSING – The Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential announced that Michigan has been selected as one of 10
Interstellar Object Photos Show Massive Cylindrical Glowing Object Approaching Earth
LONDON - New extraordinary images of the interstellar object flying through our solar system have been released, sparking fresh theories about
House-Sized Asteroid Rocketing Towards Earth Today Pass Closer Than Moon
WASHINGTON DC - A house-sized asteroid is rocketing towards us at 36,126 miles an hour. Scientists have given it the catchy
Michigan
Scientists Create Tech That Could Save Fruit Crops From Frosts
NEW YORK - Scientists with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Research Service have pinpointed a
Cadillac Eldorado Convertible Digitally Lowers Its Fabric Roof
DETROIT - The US luxury automaker just hit another homerun – the 2025 Cadillac Escalade
ITC Holdings Gets New President, Michigan President Whitelocke Promoted To Senior VP
NOVI–ITC Holdings Corp., the electric grid operator, announced the promotion of Krista Tanner to president
PC Market Grew for Three Consecutive Quarters Based on Year-On-Year Growth
STAMFORD, Conn. — Worldwide PC shipments totaled 60.6 million units in the second quarter of
Scientists Create Tech That Could Save Fruit Crops From Frosts
NEW YORK - Scientists with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Research Service have pinpointed a
Cadillac Eldorado Convertible Digitally Lowers Its Fabric Roof
DETROIT - The US luxury automaker just hit another homerun – the 2025 Cadillac Escalade
ITC Holdings Gets New President, Michigan President Whitelocke Promoted To Senior VP
NOVI–ITC Holdings Corp., the electric grid operator, announced the promotion of Krista Tanner to president
PC Market Grew for Three Consecutive Quarters Based on Year-On-Year Growth
STAMFORD, Conn. — Worldwide PC shipments totaled 60.6 million units in the second quarter of
Ohio Republican Lawmakers Seek To Change Voter-Approved Pot Laws
COLUMBUS - Ohio Republican politicians are offering new proposals to change Ohio’s recreational marijuana law
Ohio House Rejects DeWine’s Plan To Double Cannabis Tax, Senate Still Plans To Consider
COLUMBUS - The Ohio House rejected Gov. Mike DeWine’s plan to double marijuana sales taxes in its
Ohio House Committee Makes Changes To Cannabis Laws On Tax Revenue, Licensing And Equity Provisions
COLUMBUS - An Ohio House committee on Wednesday took up a bill that would make
Michigan Supreme Court: Pot Smell Cannot Justify Police Search Of Vehicle
LANSING - The Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that the smell of marijuana alone is
Ohio’s Marijuana Crackdown Could Send Even More Cannabis Buyers Into Michigan
COLUMBUS - A growing political battle in Ohio over marijuana legalization could end up benefiting
Rising Gas Prices Could Reshape Michigan’s Midterm Elections As Iran Oil Crisis Deepens
Part 2 of a series on how huge increases in gas prices are impacting Michigan's
AI Layoffs May Not Be Delivering The Payoff CEOs Expected, Gartner Study Finds
ANN ARBOR - A new Gartner study is raising serious questions about one of corporate
Michigan Economy Showing New Signs Of Strain As Gas Prices And Global Uncertainty Rise
GRAND RAPIDS - West Michigan’s economy continued to expand in April, but rising oil prices,
Advanced Technologies
Michigan Manufacturing Employing More Than 600,000 Workers Across the State
LANSING — Michigan is home to over 600,000 manufacturing workers employed by more than 12,000 companies, offering high-paying, successful career opportunities.
Generative AI: From Boosting Productivity To Bulletproof Security
SOUTHFIELD - Are you using Gen AI at your business? Do you have policies and practices in place to mitigate the
AI Impact And Statistics 2024: How Many Jobs Will be Displaced by 2030?
AI Impact And Statistics 2024: How Many Jobs Will be Displaced by 2030? The rapid adoption and implementation of artificial intelligence
Saab Gets Michigan Strategic Funds To Help Build $75 Million Munitions Plant In Grayling
GRAYLING - Saab, the Swedish defense and security company, is moving forward with plans to build a $75 million munitions plant
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Michigan Virtual Releases New School AI Guide
LANSING—As school districts across Michigan examine artificial intelligence and its implications in the classroom, Michigan Virtual, a pioneer in digital learning
Scientists Devised Way To Tell If ChatGPT Becomes Aware Of Itself
NEW YORK - Our lives were already infused with artificial intelligence (AI) when ChatGPT reverberated around the online world late last year. Since then, the generative
Google DeepMind Co-Founder Predicts Everybody Will Have AI-Powered ‘Chief of Staff’ Soon
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA - Mustafa Suleyman, the co-founder of DeepMind, Google's AI division, told CNBC during an interview that everybody is going to have
WaitTime, TD SYNNEX Join Forces For AI Crowd Management
DETROIT - WaitTime announced a strategic partnership with TD SYNNEX, a leading global distributor and solutions aggregator for the IT ecosystem,
Science Tech
Feds Issue Warning Earth To Be Pounded By Powerful Solar Storm That Could Wipe Out Internet
WASHINGTON DC - A rare warning has been issued over a solar storm that could affect Earth’s power supplies and knock out the internet. A severe geomagnetic storm watch was put out by the US’s
Congressman Seeks To Declassify UFO Docs: ‘If You Got Nothing To Hide, Release The Files’
WASHINGTON DC - Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., who has been a leading voice for UFO transparency, will introduce a new bill Thursday that would require President Biden to direct the heads of each federal department
Las Vegas UFO Reverse Engineering Technology Program Discovered
LAS VEGAS — Information has recently surfaced shedding light on an ambitious program that would have researched UFO technology in southern Nevada, aiming to exploit the tech, interview witnesses to extraterrestrial activities, and study the
Not Just RFK Jr. Infected With Deadly Worm, More Than 1.5B People Are Too
NEW YORK - It was revealed this week that independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was once told by doctors that his severe memory loss and mental fog was caused by "a worm that
Michigan Schools Scramble To Plan For Potential Coronavirus Outbreak
ANN ARBOR - Michigan schools are scrambling to build plans for what to do if a student or community member is diagnosed with the potentially deadly new coronavirus. School districts around the state are meeting
Another Step Toward European OK For Esperion Cholesterol Drugs
ANN ARBOR—Esperion Therapeutics Inc. has announced that the European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has issued a “positive opinion” for both its bempedoic acid and its benpedoic acid-ezetimibe tablets to treat
XLerateHealth Partners With U-M to Bring Biomedical Commercialization Program to Flint
FLINT - XLerateHealth, a Louisville, KY-based healthcare startup accelerator, has partnered with the University of Michigan to bring its Fast Forward Medical Innovation’s fastPACE biomedical entrepreneur program to XLH Flint. FFMI fastPACE is a four-week
Millendo Therapeutics Names Hoover Chief Commercial Officer
ANN ARBOR—Endocrine drug developer Millendo Therapeutics Inc. has promoted Thomas Hoover to the newly created position of chief commercial officer. Hoover joined Millendo in 2016 and has served as the company’s senior vice president of
Michigan Schools Scramble To Plan For Potential Coronavirus Outbreak
ANN ARBOR - Michigan schools are scrambling to build plans for what to do if a student or community member is diagnosed with the potentially deadly new coronavirus. School districts around the state are meeting
Another Step Toward European OK For Esperion Cholesterol Drugs
ANN ARBOR—Esperion Therapeutics Inc. has announced that the European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has issued a “positive opinion” for both its bempedoic acid and its benpedoic acid-ezetimibe tablets to treat
XLerateHealth Partners With U-M to Bring Biomedical Commercialization Program to Flint
FLINT - XLerateHealth, a Louisville, KY-based healthcare startup accelerator, has partnered with the University of Michigan to bring its Fast Forward Medical Innovation’s fastPACE biomedical entrepreneur program to XLH Flint. FFMI fastPACE is a four-week
Millendo Therapeutics Names Hoover Chief Commercial Officer
ANN ARBOR—Endocrine drug developer Millendo Therapeutics Inc. has promoted Thomas Hoover to the newly created position of chief commercial officer. Hoover joined Millendo in 2016 and has served as the company’s senior vice president of
Industry 4.0 Featured News
Mobility
General Motors Patent Reveals How The Automaker Could Make Future EVs Better
DETROIT - The future of electric vehicle technology may be just around the corner — and it's
Elon Musk Admits He Was Wrong About Fully Autonomous Driving
TEXAS - Tesla owners who expected to enjoy fully autonomous driving in their vehicles might
180-Mile EVs Are ‘The Future’ Says Lucid CEO
NEWARK, Calif. - If you want an electric vehicle with the longest range possible, you
Electric Powered Drivable Flying Car Makes Maiden Voyage
SAN MATEO, Calif. - The development team has introduced the Alef Model A, the dubbed
Vehicle-To-Vehicle Communications Tech Gets Thumbs Up From UMTRI, Mobility Center
ANN ARBOR - Leaders of the University of Michigan's Transportation Research Institute and Mobility Transformation
Autonomous Shuttle Introduced At U-M’s Mcity Driverless Vehicle Research Center
ANN ARBOR - A fully autonomous, 15-passenger electric shuttle manufactured by French company called NAVYA
Digital and Mobile
Harman, American Center For Mobility In New Partnership
NOVI–Harman, the automotive electronics subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., has announced a new collaboration
Smart Mobility Today: Power, Emissions, Moon Dust, Drones, Melting Robots
DETROIT - Previously on Smart Mobility Today, we focused on power, emissions, cooling the Earth
ChatGPT – Good And Bad, Cybersecurity Pro Richard Stiennon Explains
BIRMINGHAM - ChatGPT introduced in November 2022 now has more than 100 million users worldwide.
Detroit Arsenal Awards $24 Million To Develop New Military Vehicle Technology
DETROIT ARSENAL— The National Advanced Mobility Consortium asked their membership of defense contractors to provide
Report: Use of Malware, Botnets and Exploits Expands In First Quarter 2022
COMMERCE – Nuspire’s latest Threat Report revealed a significant number of new vulnerabilities leading to
Ann Arbor-Based Censys Expands To Europe
ANN ARBOR – Cybersecurity startup Censys announced it has expanded into Europe this after a
More Than 30 Million New Malware Samples Found In 2022 As Cyber Threats Evolve
DETROIT - A new year brings new cyber threats. According to the Atlas VPN team's
Shields Up Homeland Security Program Aimed At Thwarting Cyber Attacks
ANN ARBOR - Every organization—large and small—must be prepared to respond to disruptive cyber incidents,
WMU To Offer Online IT Security Certification Program
KALAMAZOO —Western Michigan University plans to launch an online program designed to improve the ability of
Blockchain Promises To Remove Patient Data Silos
ANN ARBOR - Healthcare specialists increasingly view blockchain technology as a way to streamline the
BullsEye New CEO Tisko Focuses On Upgrading Workforce Tech Talents, Custom Tech Support
SOUTHFIELD – On January 1, long-time BullsEye Telecom chief operating officer Tom Tisko assumed his
InnoSTARS Competition Looking For China-Ready Michigan IoT Companies
ROYAL OAK - Chicago Venture Capitalist John Robinson talks about China's InnoSTARS competition that is
Business and Finance
Amidst Crypto Market Volatility: Sunny Mining Helps BTC, ETH, And LTC Holders Earn $3,700 Per Day
The recent price fluctuations of major cryptocurrencies like BTC, ETH, and LTC have heightened investor
Strategic Partnership Formed To Accelerate Critical Technology Innovation
GRAND RAPIDS – A strategic partnership has been formed to catalyze innovation, investment, and commercialization
XRP Breaks Through Strongly, Siton Mining Attracts Global Investors To Join The Trend
HOUSTON, Texas - The U.S. House of Representatives passed Trump's GENIUS Act, signaling a quiet
5 Key Compliance Risks Every Organization Should Monitor
Compliance is no longer just a legal requirement for a business, but a competitive necessity.
Core Steps You Can Take To Improve Your Company’s Security Mandate
As a modern business owner, you need to come up with some of the best
Let Tech Do the Heavy Lifting and Streamline Your Business Without Breaking a Sweat
In the age of tech, running a business does not have to mean tons of
9 Effective Stress Relief Tips for Business Owners
Image credit A 2022 survey revealed that nearly half of American business owners experienced stress
Maximizing Your Return On Investment with Key Aspects that Determine Sales and Marketing Success
Return on Investment (ROI) is an important indicator for measuring sales and marketing success, providing
Black Startup Founders Raised Record $1.8 Billion In First Half Of 2021
LOUISVILLE —According to Crunchbase, black startup founders raised a record $1.8 billion in January through
$100,000 Comerica Hatch Detroit Contest Update
ANN ARBOR - The Comerica Hatch Detroit contest is back after a three year hiatus
Context, Not Content, Says Terry Bean, Digital Marketing Expert
ANN ARBOR - Long-time digital marketing guru Terry Bean has fine tuned his business to
Comerica Hatch Detroit Returns With $100,000 Grand Prize
DETROIT - Comerica Bank and Hatch Detroit kicked off the Comerica Hatch Detroit Contest and
Life With A Foldable Phone Is A Game-Changer With One Terrible Downside
SAN FRANCISCO - If you’ve been reading Gizmodo for awhile, you’ve probably realized that I’m
DTE Energy Foundation Gives $80,000 To Eight Charities, Including Three For Veterans
DETROIT – The DTE Energy Foundation has awarded eight Michigan-based nonprofits each a $10,000 grant
Pontiac High School Awarded Workforce Grant to Enhance Its Welding Education Program
MIAMI – Pontiac High School has received $15,000 a grant from the AWS Foundation to
Report: Half Of SAP Customers Said Remote Work Largest Driver Of Employee Experience Strategy
LIVONIA – Workforce Software released a report that looked at human experiences with SAP customers
Business News
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- Bill Ackman Warns US Exposure To Hormuz Strait Is As Strategic A Risk For America As Reliance On Taiwan Chips: 'Not Conducive' To Long-Term Peace
- Bernie Sanders Unveils Bill Targeting AI Billions, Plans To Create $7 Trillion Sovereign Wealth Fund That Sends Americans $1,000 Checks Each Year
