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.

Looking For A Chief Information Officer Job?

ANN ARBOR - Executive Search Partners specializes in Information Technology searches in the United States and Canada. Managing Partner Gary Erickson said his firm is recognized as one of the best Executive Recruiting Companies in North America. Erickson said while ESP focuses on recruiting Chief Information Officers and Chief Information Security Officers, ESP also recruits

By |2025-01-28T15:29:02-05:00January 28th, 2025|Cyber Defense, mitechtv|

Automation Alley Offers 5 Integr8 Industry 4.0 Panels, 2 Mixers In 2025

TROY - Automation Alley announced its 2025 Integr8 Series, featuring five carefully curated roundtables focusing on the most critical challenges and opportunities in Industry 4.0. Automation Alley CEO Tom Kelly joins MITech TV to provide the back story. Kelly said the series of discussions will bring together global leaders, innovators, and visionaries from manufacturing, technology,

By |2025-01-27T17:07:26-05:00January 27th, 2025|ESD, Industry 4.0, mitechtv|

ChargePoint Hardening EV Charger Cables To Deter Cable Cutters

ChargePoint has had enough of vandalizing thieves who saw through EV charger cables to steal valuable copper — so now it’s making new “cut-resistant” cables and adding alarm systems in an attempt to mitigate the damage. ChargePoint’s VP of product management Steve Farrell tells The Verge the cable uses a patent-pending technology that includes strategically placed steel

By |2025-01-27T13:30:43-05:00January 27th, 2025|Clean Update|

Toyota Cuts Price Of Hydrogen Car In California To $17,000

LOS ANGELES – In a surprising move, Toyota Cuts the Price Of its Hydrogen Car In California to $17,000. Interestingly, if you live in Southern California, you can buy one particular new Toyota for about the cost of the cheapest subcompact car, with $15,000 of free fuel. 1. Hydrogen Car Toyota Mirai Current Price After

By |2025-05-08T21:27:25-04:00January 26th, 2025|ESD|

MPSC Approves $217 Million Electricity Rate Hike For DTE Energy

LANSING - The Michigan Public Service Commission approved a $217.4 million electricity rate hike for DTE Energy on Thursday. The approval comes more than a year after MPSC granted DTE a $368 million increase in December 2023. With the rate hike, DTE customers using 500 kWh can expect to see a $4.61, or 4.65%, increase,

By |2025-01-26T17:13:27-05:00January 26th, 2025|Featured, News, Politics, Politics/Government|

GhostGPT Cybercrime AI Now Targeted by FBI Warnings

NEW YORK – The growing security threat posed by artificial intelligence is no longer surprising. Whether it’s targeting billions of Gmail users, bank accounts, or individuals via sophisticated smartphone scams, the danger is real, so much so that the FBI has issued formal warnings. Now, however, one AI-powered chatbot appears to be explicitly designed for

By |2025-05-08T22:56:40-04:00January 26th, 2025|Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Defense, Featured, Social Media|

Scientists Want To Beam Spacecraft To Different Star Systems

TORONTO - Researchers have proposed a new propulsion method that could make covering the vast distances required for interstellar missions feasible within a human lifetime. The fundamental challenge in reaching a different star system lies in figuring out how to generate and transfer enough energy to a spacecraft both efficiently and affordably. The physical limitations of modern

By |2025-01-26T14:34:53-05:00January 26th, 2025|Science|

Purple Engine Coaching Offer 5-Week Course To Ace Your Job Interview

SOUTHFIELD - Michelle Gilbert, a long-time Michigan public relations pro, left her full-time job last year to begin a solo practice aimed at teaching people how to work well in today's business world. She joins Matt Roush and Mike Brennan on MITech TV to provide details on a 5-week online course she's offering on how

By |2025-01-21T16:31:33-05:00January 21st, 2025|mitechtv, New Products|

Yellow Flag Partners With LTU To Feature High School Sports

SOUTHFIELD - Yellow Flag Productions started 25 years ago providing coverage of high school sports. Now the independent production company is working closely with Lawrence Technological University to let high school athletes know LTU is offering scholarships for the various sports fielded by the Southfield-based private technology school. Joining Matt Roush and Mike Brennan on

By |2025-01-21T07:14:58-05:00January 20th, 2025|ESD, mitechtv|

Energy Secretary Granholm Sends Billions Of Dollars In Energy Loans To Michigan

WASHINGTON DC - The Department of Energy, in one of its final actions under President Joe Biden, earmarked billions of dollars in green energy loans to utility companies based in Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm's home state of Michigan—defying the agency's inspector general, who called on the Biden administration to suspend the loan program amid conflict-of-interest

By |2025-01-20T15:12:16-05:00January 20th, 2025|Featured, News|