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After a rocky launch, Michigan now ranks 20th among states in vaccine distribution. But frustration remains because some counties appear to do better than others and demand far outpaces supply.

Scientists and engineers research energy and security issues, so they are well aware that Internet of Things (IoT) combined with technologies such as 5G telecommunications and artificial intelligence (AI) are ushering in an era of fine-grained insight and control over infrastructure from smart microwaves to the entire electric power grid. On the flip sidethe growing number of connected devices increases the attack surface from a cybersecurity perspective. The innocuous microwave on a shelf in ...

Seattle startup CEO coins ‘authentech’ to capture an emerging community-focused business model January 26, 2021 at 9:52 am Underwritten by This special series focuses on important community issues, innovative solutions to societal challenges, and people and non-profit groups making an impact through technology. OwnTrails co-founders Kt McBratney (left) and Rebekah Bastian. Bastian has proposed a new term for capturing an emerging tech business model called “authentech.” (OwnTrails Photo...

Following numerous reschedulings due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Detroit auto show planned for this September has been canceled, organizers said Monday. The show will be replaced this year by an enthusiast-focused event at a racetrack in Pontiac. Organizers anticipate having vehicle…

by  Alan Stamm (Graphic: Michigan Department of Health and Human Services) Over 140,200 Michiganians now have the first of two Covid shots. About 8,000 live or work in long-term care facilities, the latest state data shows Tuesday afternoon. The number of people with pandemic protection from Pfizer or Moderna is 11,855 higher than a day earlier. Mayor Mike Duggan was vaccinated Dec. 22 by the Detroit Health Department. (Photo: City of Detroit) But Michigan hosp...

Published: Dec 24, 2020 at 09:06 AM Anthony Holzman-Escareno Copied! As a young quarterback growing up in Hawaii, Tua Tagovailoa fittingly had a poster of the states only Heisman Trophy winner -- and the highest-drafted player born on the islands -- in his bedroom. On Saturday, the player on the wall will be standing on the opposite sideline, in the flesh, as Marcus Mariota and the Raiders host Tagovailoas Dolphins on NFL Network in a game with signif...

John Barham Ragland “Jack” Thomas, M.D. died on Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020, in Roanoke, Va., of Alzheimer’s disease. Jack was born to Bonner Gibbs Thomas and Emily Grant Thomas in Erwin on Nov. 13, 1951, their third and last child. He graduated from the University of North Carolina with a major in Mathematics Phi Beta Kappa and graduated from medical school at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine (WFU), receiving the Vidinghoff Award in Family Medicine. He stayed at WFU for...

Man arrested in attack JONESBORO – A man faces decades in prison after he was arrested on charges of attacking a woman and fleeing from police. The victim, 53, told police Friday that Robert Mapson, 50, of Jonesboro, visited her home in the 1200 block of North Patrick Street, records show. When the woman kicked him out of the house, which he’s criminally banned from, he forced himself back in and beat her. The woman was treated at St. Bernards Medical Center for a “large knot fo...

Roach: Shot in the dark Wow. Almost didn’t get this column written because I was sick this past month. December 18, 2020 11:00 AM John Roach Updated: I mean seriously sick. I feared for my mortal life. First there was vomiting and fever. Then bumps started showing up on my skin. They turned to blisters that left scars all over my body. Turns out I had something called smallpox. I lived, which makes me lucky because the mortality rate for smallpox is like 30%. Someone...

Today’s critical infrastructure systems from farm fields planted with digital sensors that track soil moisture and nutrient levels to electric power grids equipped to instantly respond to digital signals about shifts in supply and demand are increasingly vulnerable to attacks that could cripple civil society, according to cybersecurity experts. Today, there are nearly 2 million U.S. job openings in the field of cybersecurity, studies indicate. Today’s critical infrastructure systems from f...