Many families in Quebec have a daily life that is partly online. Moms and dads check their children's school portals, use their mobile phones to settle invoices and manage bank accounts, while the kids access digital platforms for schoolwork and stay in touch with relatives. A family album is shared right away with extended family living in the West Island or other areas, and vital papers are increasingly in digital format rather than paper. The comfort of this method is plain to see, but it also means that family members now have more sensitive personal data to protect than ever before.

The University of Michigan has selected a 144-acre site in Ypsilanti Township for the development of a research computing center in partnership with Los Alamos National Laboratory. Representing Kathryn Haushalter of Saline Township, attorney Ellis Boal sent a letter to the Michigan State Tax Commission asking them to deny a tax abatement for the 250 […]

While the city of Corunna has yet to receive any proposals to develop a data center, the Shiawassee County Community has adopted an ordinance setting regulations on any prospective projects that would come to town, Matthew Bartow of The Argus-Press reports. In Augusta Charter Township, voters rejected a proposal to rezone more than 500 acres […]

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