The US Department of Energy has just announced that scientists have for the first time produced a successful nuclear fusion reaction resulting in a net energy gain. This reaction was previously possible for uncontrolled hydrogen bombs, but this is the first time experiments have been able to control the reaction and contain the energy produced, which…
Chicago is still growing as an emerging tech hub. Meet P33, an organization that is supporting entrepreneurs that are historically underrepresented. P33 is a non-profit focused on driving inclusive, global tech and innovation leadership in Chicago. Its initiative, TechRise by P33, is a pitch competition that supports underrepresented tech founders from Chicago and strives for racial, gender,…
Join the annual Tech Homecoming hiring event at Cahoots in Ann Arbor November 23rd 4-7 pm hosted by Ann Arbor SPARK to find your next tech job. This event attracts tech startups and established software companies looking to hire talent. You must register ahead of the event, and you can provide a LinkedIn profile and…
We are happy to announce Cronicle’s second hire for our content marketing division, where we write blogs and educational content for tech startups and tech-leveraged companies. Meet Tim Busbey, our new VP of Content for Robotics, Business, and Advanced Manufacturing. Tim brings with him a diverse background as a business writer and is an all…
Successful Michigan-based custom software makers Atomic Object have just announced the opening of a fourth office in Raleigh-Durham, 20 years after being founded in Grand Rapids and Ann Arbor. “The Grand Rapids-founded software design and development consultancy has grown into the Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Chicago, Illinois, markets over the past 21 years,” the founders…
A newer pitch competition is trying to help Michigan’s economy and environment at the same time. The Michigan Department of the Environment, Great Lakes and Energy has awarded $2 million in EGLE grants to companies in clean tech, energy, and recycling for their innovative pitches on how to help the environment and companies in the…
It’s that time again: Ann Arbor’s premier tech event a2tech360 is now a week of tech-related events for all audiences from professionals to the general public. This year, a2tech360 takes place from October 7-14 and features art, music, hands-on activities, and networking specific to women, life sciences, and more. We couldn’t possibly cover all these…
Cronicle has quickly expanded from a Midwest tech blog project based out of Ann Arbor-Detroit covering the emergence of Midwest cities as tech hubs to a content marketing agency for tech startups that are quickly growing in AI, software, cybersecurity, and other tech-related industries that have a growing footprint in the Midwest and across the…
Stability AI recently announced the public launch of their Stability Diffusion AI image generator based on text-to-image generation that can run on consumer GPUs to generate custom art within seconds. The internet kind of freaked out. Top of people’s minds: should it be legal to generate art that is derivative of copyrighted art, and will…
News out of the University of Michigan today says that a new durable antimicrobial coating used on hard surfaces can kill the bacteria that causes COVID-19 in minutes. This coating could be used for other bacteria and viruses as well: A team of University of Michigan engineers and immunologists have developed the material, which proved…
