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Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison are taking part in a new collaboration built on open-science principles that will use machine learning to advance our knowledge of promising sources of magnetic fusion energy. The U.S. Department of Energy has...

A decline in Wisconsin’s median wage last year effectively “erased” three years of wage growth, according to a report from a UW-Madison think tank. The State of Working Wisconsin 2023 report, created by the COWS High Road Strategy Center, explores the latest data on...

The Water Council (TWC) has opened its fall Tech Challenge with topics chosen by industry leaders to help solve challenges in the water sector. This session includes three topics – two dealing with PFAS and one dealing with pressurized pipes – along with a request for...

This week’s episode of “WisBusiness: the Podcast” is with Nadine Allen, chief quality officer for the Wisconsin Hospital Association. Allen discusses the latest hospital quality ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the federal agency’s...

The Milwaukee Chapter of Blacks in Technology (BIT) has a new president. Blacks In Technology is a national “tech focused community and media organization that is dedicated to increasing the representation and participation of Black people in the technology industry.”...

A consortium of 15 state colleges, nonprofits and health companies are working together to vie for millions of dollars in federal money and a designation of Wisconsin as a regional tech hub. If the federal Economic Development Administration selects Wisconsin for the...

Microsoft Corp. has started moving dirt for its $1 billion data center development in Mount Pleasant, and has locked in the lead contractor for the work. Chicago-based megabuilder Walsh Construction recently signed on as the top contractor, and is starting the process...

State Rep. Steve Doyle, D-Onalaska, has been appointed vice chairman of the recently announced Speaker’s Task Force on Artificial Intelligence. The task force was created to study the transformative potential of artificial intelligence while ensuring its responsible...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has called for Illinois and Chicago to become "the Silicon Valley of quantum development," and while there has been strong activity in the space in recent years, the key will be to keep the momentum going, local experts say. Chicago is home...

Video game publisher Midwest Games, created by a Wisconsin native and University of Wisconsin-Green Bay alumni Ben Kvalo, has officially launched in Green Bay with the release of its first game. Midwest Games is a TitletownTech portfolio company with its headquarters...

The health care system finds itself adrift at sea, Epic Systems founder and CEO Judy Faulkner said Tuesday at the company’s annual Users Group Meeting. The 80-year-old billionaire founder — dressed as a washed-up island explorer in torn clothes, beads and a feathered...

Advancements in electric vehicle battery packs, lithium extraction methods and cancer treatment are among the projects funded through the UWM Research Foundation’s Catalyst Grant program this year. The program, supported by the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation and...

A few months ago, Federal Communications Commission Commissioner Brendan Carr made a bet with U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher that the representative wasn’t brave enough to climb a cell tower. The federal lawmaker proved the commissioner wrong during a stop in his district...

Leah Roe was on maternity leave when she was called into work and told that her job as a vice president at a local startup was being eliminated. Her husband had recently left his job to start his own business, so as she drove back from the office, the former...

Green Bay-based video game publisher Midwest Games officially launched this week with the support of lead investor TitletownTech, an innovation fund formed in 2019 out of a partnership between the Green Bay Packers and Microsoft. Midwest Games operates out of the...