ANN ARBOR - Despite nearly sunless conditions in the final two days, the University of Michigan Solar Car team has successfully defended its decade-long reigning championship, winning the 2016 American Solar Challenge for the sixth consecutive time. The team crossed the finish line at 5:30 p.m. ET Saturday in Wind Cave National Park in North
WASHINGTON DC - National attention is focused on Russian eavesdroppers’ possible targeting of U.S. presidential candidates and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Yet, leaked top-secret National Security Agency documents show that the Obama administration has long been involved in major bugging operations against the election campaigns - and the presidents - of even its closest
LAS VEGAS - A presenter at Black Hat 2016 last week showed how consumer drones could do more than just conduct aerial spying they also can carry a transmitter to hack into a wireless keyboard or interfere with industrial controls. It’s not enough to place a fence around a building to keep intruders out, according
LAS VEGAS - One day, your thermostat will get hacked by some cybercriminal hundreds of miles away who will lock it with malware and demand a ransom to get it back to normal, leaving you literally in the cold until you pay up a few hundred dollars. This has been a scenario that security experts
GRAND RAPIDS - Cindy Schneider credits her Lottos Lunch Wagon as her first step to launching the venerable San Chez restaurant downtown, so she has a soft spot in her heart for any entrepreneur who uses a food truck as a way to build a business in Grand Rapids. By the same token, Cindy says,
HOUGHTON - It's a fish! It's a bird! No…it's a robot. Inspired by nature, mechanical engineer Nina Mahmoudian is getting underwater robots to move together. Not only could they travel more easily, but battery charging could be more efficient, too. Charging a robot is the biggest obstacle to underwater missions. That's why Mahmoudian, an assistant
ANN ARBOR - Consumers were a bit less optimistic in July than one month or one year ago, although consumer confidence remains at a reasonably high level, according to the University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers. The recent decline was due to rising concerns about prospects for the economy that were mainly expressed by upper
ANN ARBOR - The number of Americans who believe there is no evidence of global warming hit its lowest level in eight years, yet more Republicans are unsure that there is evidence of climate change even as 2016 is shaping up as the warmest year on record. A new report from the National Surveys on
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WASHINGTON DC - Reports surfaced over the weekend that points squarely at a Russian intelligence group that was the source of the most recent Wikileaks email dump - this one aimed at influencing the U.S. election. Cybersecurity experts confirmed - based on digital forensic evidence - that a hacking group backed by Russian President Vladimir
