mikebrennan

About Mike Brennan

Founder of Michigan News Network, and serves as CEO, as well as Editor & Publisher of MITECHNEWS.COM. Brennan has worked since 1980 as a technology writer at newspapers in New York, NY, San Jose, CA., Seattle, WA., Memphis, TN., Detroit, MI., and London, England. He co-founded and served as managing editor of Pacific Rim News Service (SEATTLE), which developed a network of more than 100 freelance journalists in 17 Asia-Pacific countries.

Ransomware’s Dangerous New Trick Is Double-Encrypting Your Data

SAN FRANCISCO - Ransomware groups have always taken a more-is-more approach. If a victim pays a ransom and then goes back to business as usual—hit them again. Or don't just encrypt a target's systems; steal their data first, so you can threaten to leak it if they don't pay up. The latest escalation? Ransomware hackers who encrypt a victim's

By |2021-05-23T18:33:10-04:00May 23rd, 2021|Cyber Defense|

Master’s Of Artificial Intelligence Degree Offered By LTU

ANN ARBOR - Lawrence Technological University Provost Tarek Sobh joins Mike Brennan and Matt Roush on MITech TV to provide details on Lawrence Tech’s new Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence degree. The new program will be a joint effort between of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) in LTU’s College of Engineering

By |2021-05-21T14:49:43-04:00May 21st, 2021|ESD, mitechtv|

Michigan Business Leaders Bullish On State Economy, Planning Return To In-Person Work

DETROIT- Michigan’s business leaders see robust growth ahead in the state’s economy during the next six to 12 months and plan a return to in-person office work in the 3rd and 4th quarters of this year, according to a quarterly economic survey completed by Business Leaders for Michigan. Approximately 92 percent of survey respondents say

By |2021-05-18T19:51:31-04:00May 18th, 2021|Featured, News|

LTU’s Artificial Intelligence Degree, Should You Wear A Face Mask To Battle COVID?

ANN ARBOR – On MiTech TV May 17, LTU Provost Tarek Sobh joins Mike Brennan and Matt Roush on MITech TV to provide details on Lawrence Tech’s new Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence degree. Epidemiologist Fred Brown weighs into the controversy about when someone should wear a face mask to protect them and others

By |2021-05-18T16:19:33-04:00May 18th, 2021|Podcasts|

Why Michigan’s Next 13-Seat Map Won’t Look Anything Like The Last One

LANSING - Back in the 1910s and 1920s, Michigan was sitting where it's going after the next election. It had 13 congressional seats. From 1914 to 1930, the map looked the same. Detroit essentially had its own district, Oakland anchored its own district, stretching into Genesee and Ingham counties. Macomb anchored its own district with

Why IT Is Important For You To Get A COVID Vaccination

ANN ARBOR - Epidemiologist Fred Brown returns to MITech TV to talk about why it is so important to get vaccinated for COVID-19. He also provides details on treatments available should you get the COVID virus. Trained as a medicinal biochemist, Brown has been on the discovery, development and/or launch teams of 27 major pharmaceutical,

By |2021-05-15T16:28:59-04:00May 15th, 2021|Coronavirus, mitechtv, Science|

C3 Industries Expanding Grow, Doubling Provisioning Centers

ANN ARBOR - C3 Industries is a vertically integrated cannabis company based in Ann Arbor. Its CEO is Ankur Rungta. In this video interview, Ankur updates progress made in not only expanding the company's provisioning centers, soon five and eventually 11, plus expanding its 40,000 square foot grow facility in Webberville by another 90,000 square

By |2021-05-15T16:26:03-04:00May 15th, 2021|Marijuana Business, mitechtv, News|

Intensify Digital Speeds Social Media Deployment

ANN ARBOR - Intensify Digital CEO Joe Tori updated his new platform that lets companies deploy Social Media campaigns. The startup is offering a 30-day trial of its application so your company can kick the tires and light the fires. Digital communication channels are rapidly changing. Web services and social platforms have become the front

By |2021-05-15T14:48:47-04:00May 15th, 2021|mitechtv, Social Media|

Low-Income Households In Michigan Eligible For Emergency Broadband Benefit Program 

LANSING - Michiganders who meet income eligibility requirements or have been financially impacted by COVID-19 will be able to receive financial help to pay for home broadband connections and internet-enabled devices as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rolls out the Emergency Broadband Benefit program recently approved by Congress. Federal lawmakers appropriated $3.2 billion to help low-income households pay

By |2021-05-15T07:55:21-04:00May 15th, 2021|IoT, Politics, Politics/Government|

MCWT Names Melanie Kalmar its ‘Woman Of The Year In Technology’

SOUTHFIELD—The Michigan Council of Women in Technology Foundation named Melanie Kalmar its “Woman of the Year in Technology.” Kalmar is corporate vice president, chief information officer (CIO) and chief digital officer at Dow Inc., the Midland-based chemical industry giant. The fifth MCWT award recognizes women in Michigan leading or driving change for other women in

By |2021-05-14T18:52:30-04:00May 14th, 2021|Entrepreneurs, Featured|