ANN ARBOR - Gauging the health of Michigan’s economy was difficult even before the federal government shutdown interfered with key data releases. The two key measures of employment, from the payroll and household surveys, have generally trended in opposite directions this year. Preliminary data suggests a large downward revision is in store for Michigan’s payroll
ANN ARBOR - The University of Michigan’s Annual Economic Outlook Conference predicts the jagged pattern of quarterly growth rates results in calendar year 2026 growth averaging 2.4 percent and just 2 percent growth in 2027. The report also said annualized pace of real GDP growth in 2025Q3 to come in around 3.1 percent thanks to robust
When it comes to choosing the right van for your business, the decision often comes down to two icons. They are the Ford Transit 150 and the Chevy Express 2500. Both have decades of history behind them and a reputation for getting tough jobs done with minimal fuss. Whether you’re managing a growing family business
MITechTV Dec 1 -Patrick Lane from Ignite IT (formerly Benzinga) talks about how the leadership team from Benzinga has morphed into a cannabis financial program producer. Richard Stiennon from IT-Harvest continues his series about his cybersecurity dashboard and how companies worldwide can benefit from its use. Kathleen Norton-Schock updates Michigan Council of Women In Technology. Connect
ANN ARBOR - Big Tech has come to town. Billion-dollar companies are in a race to build “hyperscale” data centers to fuel their push to power artificial intelligence and cloud computing technologies. The rural residents that would live next to these projects are marshalling future resistance to them. Southeast Michigan communities and their elected officials
NOVI – ITC Michigan announced a donation of $290,000 across seven Michigan food banks, as part of its Greater Giving program. ITC Michigan, which builds, operates and maintains the high-voltage electric transmission system across most of the Lower Peninsula, will donate to the following seven Michigan food banks to help area residents in need: Gleaners
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca. - Google’s Gemini 3 was released last week to widespread fanfare. The company called the model a “new era of intelligence,” integrating it into Google Search on day one for the first time. It’s blown past OpenAI and other competitors’ products on a range of benchmarks and is topping the charts on LMArena,
DONGGUAN, China - A factory next to a weed-ridden lot in China's industrial south has become a global choke point for automotive chips, upending a sector that just a few years ago swore it wouldn't be caught again by supply-chain disruptions. Automakers vowed to strengthen supply lines after COVID-19 snarled semiconductor output in 2020 and
CENTRAL ASIA - Archaeologists have revealed that a lost city sits below the surface of Lake Issyk Kul in Kyrgyzstan in central Asia. They saw brick walls, broken buildings, wooden beams, and even a medieval cemetery resting just a few meters underwater. The Atlantis-like discovery brings a similar kind of wonder. As researchers studied the
SOUTHFIELD —As technology reshapes every industry, Lawrence Technological University and MedCerts, a Stride Inc. company and national provider of online healthcare and IT career training, are joining forces to close the skills gap in two of the fastest-growing fields, said Mary Schutten, Dean of LTU’s College of Health Sciences. She joins MITechTV to provide details.
