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Court Rules First Amendment Rights Extend To Augmented Reality Video Games

MILWAUKEE - In a decision that provides First Amendment protection for Augmented Reality games, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin ruled Thursday that Milwaukee County's efforts to force game maker Candy Lab AR to buy permits for its customers to use public parks to play Texas Rope 'Em violates the free

By |2023-05-03T18:53:49-04:00July 21st, 2017|Featured, STEM|

Feds Shut Down Two Of The Dark Webs’ Biggest Purveyors Of Illegal Goods

WASHINGTON DC - The Department of Justice and Europol announced Thursday that they have shut down AlphaBay and Hansa, two massive marketplaces on the dark web that served hundreds of thousands of customers trying to get their hands on illegal goods online. While you or I can easily buy groceries, electronics and clothes online, when it comes

By |2017-07-20T15:52:48-04:00July 20th, 2017|Cyber Defense, Featured|

MISci Center STEM Playground, Auto Tech Update, Women In Tech, Hybrid Cloud

ROYAL OAK – On M2 TechCast July 17, Dr. Tonya Matthews CEO of the Michigan Science Center will talk about the new exhibit, STEM Playground and informal science learning. David Cole will update the auto tech scene. Kathleen Norton Schock will provide all the latest happenings for women in technology. And Nick Lumsden will announce

By |2017-07-14T11:34:55-04:00July 14th, 2017|Featured, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

Free Admission To IoT Tech Connect At Troy Marriott Ends July 31 – Sign Up Now

TROY - If you’d like to attend the IoT Tech Connect event free of charge, you need to sign up at the website by Aug. 1. After that date admission will be $19.95 to attend the event, Oct. 11-12 at the Troy Marriott. IoT Tech Connect is co-produced by CloudTech1.Com and MITechNews.Com. The show is

By |2017-07-14T11:12:29-04:00July 14th, 2017|Featured, STEM|

Snafu Leaves 14 Million Verizon Subscribers Personal Information Unprotected

SAN FRANCISCO - More than 14 million records of Verizon subscribers who called the phone giant's customer services in the past six months were found on an unprotected Amazon storage server controlled by an employee of Nice Systems, a Ra'anana, Israel-based tech company. Verizon has a base of 113.9 million total customers. The data was

By |2017-07-13T16:53:32-04:00July 13th, 2017|Cyber Defense, Featured|

Report: Detroit’s Tech Startups Increase By 50 Percent During Last Three Years

ANN ARBOR - If you need further proof that Detroit has become a technology hub, you only need to read the latest report from the Michigan Venture Capital Association. It says over the past three years the number of startups has exploded by 50 percent. The only thing holding back even more robust growth is a

By |2017-07-11T19:18:49-04:00July 10th, 2017|Entrepreneur, Featured|

Israel’s OurCrowd Uses Hybrid Crowdfunding Model For Private-Equity Investing

JERUSALEM, Israel - What’s the best way to describe Israeli private-equity finance company, OurCrowd? How about online dating for accredited investors. Well, that’s how Josh Wolff, OurCrowd Senior Vice President, Global Operations, described it to 20 journalists who were in Israel in June for Cyber Week, an Israeli tech fest at Tel Aviv University that

By |2017-07-10T10:13:03-04:00July 10th, 2017|Entrepreneur, Featured|

M2 TechCast July 10: MSU Conquer Accelerator Program, Set Sail For Autism, Inforum’s InGAGE, Brennan’s Stories From Israel Cyber Week

ROYAL OAK - On M2 TechCast July 10, Tom Stewart, MSU Conquer Accelerator Program Manager, will talk about the four companies picked for the summer accelerator program. Michael Sanchirico, with Set Sail for Autism, and Nick Papadas with the Judson Center, will talk about how people with Autism Spectrum Disorder will participate in the Bell’s

By |2017-07-07T13:28:48-04:00July 7th, 2017|Featured, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

Israel’s CyberGym – Real World, Real Time Cyber Defense Training

HADERA, Israel - A collection of small stone houses that once sheltered seasonal orange pickers now serves as a real-world training ground for cyber defenders to learn what it takes to keep a growing army of hackers out of networks operated by multinational corporations, government and security organizations worldwide. CyberGym, created in 2013, is not

By |2017-07-06T11:37:45-04:00July 6th, 2017|Cyber Defense, Featured|

M2 TechCast Co-Host Brennan Reports From Cyber Week In Israel

ROYAL OAK - M2 TechCast co-host Mike Brennan calls in from Israel where he was on a press tour covering Cyber Week 2017 at Tel Aviv University. Most of the emphasis at the conference and during the press briefings that followed was on cybersecurity. While experts differ on how many Israeli cybersecurity companies are based

By |2017-07-05T12:24:20-04:00July 5th, 2017|Cyber Defense, Featured|