DETROIT – LIFT, the Detroit-based Department of Defense national advanced materials manufacturing innovation institute, today announced it has launched a project to explore the potential for a new Hypersonic and Extreme Environment Test (HEET) facility at or near Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Michigan. Supported by members of the Michigan Congressional Delegation, and led
TRAVERSE CITY - The Center for Automotive Research announced that Mark Reuss, President of General Motors, will be a keynote speaker at its upcoming 2024 Management Briefing Seminars. The conference will beheld August 5-8, 2024, at the Grand Traverse Resort and Spa in Traverse City. Reuss joins an already impressive lineup of speakers for the
WASHINGTON DC - Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., has introduced legislation that would force the president to direct federal agencies to make all documents on unidentified anomalous phenomena, aka UAPs or UFOs, available to the public within 279 days and mandate the president provide a quarterly report on declassification of UAP records to the House. Burchett, the unofficial chair
ANN ARBOR - Law enforcement in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia today jointly named Russian national Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev as the alleged operator of the LockBitSupp handle and the organizational mastermind behind the notorious LockBit ransomware group, which has been on a multiyear hacking rampage exporting an estimated $500 million from its victims.
GRAND RAPIDS – Aquinas joined more than 2.7 million college students and staff across the country in a National Wildlife Federation competition to reduce the campus waste footprint through minimization efforts. The participating colleges donated, composted and recycled more than 30.7 million pounds of waste. As a result, they have collectively kept more than 105
LONDON - Geoffrey Hinton, one of the "godfathers" of AI, is adamant that AI will surpass human intelligence — and worries that we aren't being safe enough about its development. This isn't just his opinion, though it certainly carries weight on its own. In an interview with the BBC's Newsnight program, Hinton claimed that the idea of AI
NOVI – ITC will be conducting aerial patrols of the high-voltage transmission structures and lines in Michigan from approximately May 28-June 26, weather permitting. The helicopter patrols are conducted to provide an overall status of the overhead transmission system that is operated by ITC’s Michigan operating entities, ITCTransmission and Michigan Electric Transmission Company, LLC (METC).
WASHINGTON DC - The US Air Force’s secretive stealth nuclear bomber is flying through testing, literally, with new images showing the aircraft in flight. The B-21 Raider was unveiled in December 2022, but the government has so far been discreet about showing off the cutting-edge aircraft. In pictures released on Wednesday, the sleek aircraft is shown flying for the
WASHINGTON DC - The Drug Enforcement Administration’s proposed rule to move cannabis to Schedule III hit the federal register today, starting the 62-day public comment period ending in July. Read the details below. Action Notice of proposed rulemaking. Summary The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) proposes to transfer marijuana from schedule I of the Controlled Substances
YPSILANTI - Tamara Shoemaker, VP, CyberPatriot, Co-Founder Midwest CISSE Chapter, won the Michigan Council of Women in Technology Education Award on May 14 at the Woman of the Year in Technology ceremony at Suburban Showplace. The award said: Shoemaker inspires participation and develops the capabilities of countless young women in cybersecurity as the Michigan director
