Cybersecurity investments are on the rise worldwide as companies navigate the uncertain waters of AI adoption, according to a recent survey of senior tech leaders by Milwaukee-based ManpowerGroup.  The company this week rolled out its “Scaling AI Securely” report through its Experis brand, which found 78% of the tech leaders

Mastercraft Ventures has made an investment in MyoWorks, a tech startup that’s developing smart treatment devices for physical therapists and other specialists.  The Beloit-based venture capital firm yesterday announced the investment, the third it’s led so far this year. That’s according to Managing Director Mason Cook, who praised the Windsor

AI is drastically speeding up the process of formally communicating research findings in the computer science field, according to the founding dean of UW-Madison’s College of Computing and Artificial Intelligence.  Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau spoke this week during a seminar hosted by the university’s School of Medicine and Public Health. He discussed

Employment growth is a persistent concern for southeastern Wisconsin, as Milwaukee’s labor market has weakened relative to six comparable metro areas, a new report shows.  The Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce, along with the Milwaukee 7 and the Marquette University’s Center for Applied Economics, yesterday issued the Metro Milwaukee Economic

Wisconsin’s pool of licensed commercial truck drivers is shrinking even as the state’s reliance on trucking to drive the economy has grown, a new study from the Wisconsin Policy Forum shows.  The number of people licensed to handle big rigs hasn’t kept pace with this demand, and with an aging

Support for raising tariffs on Canadian goods increased in the latest Marquette University Law School Poll even as more respondents said they’re hurting Wisconsin farmers.  In the school’s final poll before next week’s election, 33% of surveyed registered voters said they support raising tariffs on Canada while 67% were opposed.

Autonomous drone startup Rownd kicked off its Wisconsin-based R&D program with an airborne demonstration in Hartford, showcasing technologies for the U.S. military.  “We are going to give our military the best weapons in the world,” CEO and co-founder Rob Thelen said yesterday during a press conference at Hartford Municipal Airport

Wisconsin and 19 other states are suing Dollar General Corporation, accusing the retailer of deceptive pricing that “harms the very consumers it claims to serve,” namely low-income households.  The state Department of Justice yesterday announced the states, along with the Federal Trade Commission, have joined a lawsuit against the discount

A new research tool being developed through the Wisconsin Biohealth Tech Hub is expected to go live by next summer, offering a “catalyst for all the innovators” by unifying fragmented health data.  That’s according to Jomol Mathew, associate dean for informatics with the UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health.

Wisconsin home sales dropped 2.4% over the year in September amid rising mortgage and a slowing state housing market.  That’s according to the latest Wisconsin Realtors Association report, which notes the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate rose to 6.86% last month. That’s the highest it’s been since January 2025 when

GE HealthCare and Milwaukee Tool are leading the pack for organizations filing AI-related patents in Wisconsin, followed closely by Johnson Controls.  That’s according to research conducted by Prof. Rina Ghose, a data scientist with UW-Milwaukee whose work explores AI adoption and workforce readiness. As part of a Microsoft-backed effort, she

Scientists at UW-Madison have detailed a way to incorporate numerous forms of medical data into a set of machine learning models, in order to better predict the course of diseases such as cancer.  WARF included the method in its latest round-up of top licensing prospects within its healthcare portfolio, noting

U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin and Dem Gov. Tony Evers announced they’ve secured more than $218 million in federal funds to expand Amtrak passenger rail service from Milwaukee to Madison — and ultimately connect the state capital to Chicago.  The project envisions twice-daily service between Madison and Milwaukee with stops in

Changing Wisconsin law to mirror the federal law exempting tips and overtime from the income tax would reduce state collections by $2.7 billion over the next decade, according to a new report from Forward Analytics.

Gov. Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Dept. of Workforce and Development announced $6.6 million in grants to train workers on artificial intelligence and other skills. The grants, to be distributed across 84 employers, are meant to train over 3,800 people across the state as part of the Wisconsin Training for