HOUGHTON - Carbon dioxide emissions from dry and oxygen-rich environments will likely strengthen the climate forcing impact of thawing permafrost on top of methane release from oxygen-poor wetlands in the Arctic, according to a study in Nature Climate Change. The study was led by Northern Arizona University assistant research professor, Christina Schädel. One of
SAN FRANCISCO - A combination of quantum computing and Artificial Intelligence could yield a conscious intelligence that could underpin every piece of technology, including future smart phones, predicts the co-founder of Android. Andy Rubin, speaking at Bloomberg’s Tech Conference, imagines a future where artificial intelligence is so powerful that it powers every connected device. "If
DETROIT - Techstars Mobility has announced their next class of tech startups aiming to disrupt the transportation space. Last year’s class included companies like SPLT who have expanded regionally and nationally, bringing ride sharing to corporations through their technology platform. The twelve startups in this year’s class will work intensively over the three-month program at Ford
ANN ARBOR - Michigan's biosciences industry saw significant gains according to a new report with some 44,277 jobs, a gain of almost 2,400 since the last findings in 2014. The report, TEConomy/BIO The Value of Bioscience Innovation in Growing Jobs and Improving Quality of Life 2016 Report was released Tuesday during the annual BIO International
DETROIT - A new cutting-edge technology event with cybersecurity solutions for connected and autonomous cars is being organized by Billington CyberSecurity. The cyber summit will include CEOs in the auto industry as well as top government and technology leaders from around the world. Something new is coming to Detroit, but it is based on something
ROYAL OAK - When you drive up, it’s a nondescript building off of 11 Mile Road in Royal Oak. The signs aren’t installed yet. The awning hasn’t been changed in color from red to either the black or green of the network colors. But inside, it’s already a hive of activity. A number of show hosts
LANSING - First, there was phishing … then came spear phishing … and now there is whaling — and other new sophisticated social engineering techniques. The bad guys are modifying their deceptive practices. Here’s what you need to know. Just when you thought you had seen it all regarding online phishing scams, along comes a
ROCHESTER HILLS - CloudTech1 University is an educational organization whose purpose is to bring together all stakeholders who may benefit from the cloud, or as-a-service technological model, and offer to them the content necessary to make informed decisions about its architecture, implementation, features, business uses and benefits. Businesses, individuals, and industry advocates meet together, at
DETROIT - Nearly 1,000 technology professionals from Michigan met May 12 at Cobo Center in Detroit to hear GM Chairman and CEO Mary Barra and other business leaders discuss how to thrive on disruptive technology. The Michigan Council of Women in Technology Foundation’s Executive Connection Summit, sponsored by General Motors, Ford Motor Co., and FCA US LLC, featured female
EAST LANSING - Supported Intelligence LLC offered the SmartBracket web app for the first time this past March for the NCAA College Basketball championship. SmartBracket’s national bracket scored in the Ninety-fifith percentile in both ESPN and Yahoo’s bracket contests – ahead of 12 million brackets on ESPN and 516,000 brackets on Yahoo. The app was
