Michigan State announced Monday that J Batt was selected to be its vice president and director of intercollegiate athletics.

Batt has been Georgia Tech’s athletic director since the fall of 2022.

“J has an impressive record at several Power 5 schools and an impeccable reputation as a strong and innovative leader,” MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz said in a news release. “He will bring experience, excitement and a commitment to elevating Spartan athletics to the next level.”

With the help of Hall of Fame basketball coach Tom Izzo, who called Batt’s selection “a key moment in the history of Michigan State Athletics,” the school had been searching for an athletic director for a month. Alan Haller’s last day as AD was May 11.

The university’s Board of Trustees, which approved the selection, is scheduled to vote on Batt’s hiring on June 13.

An introductory news conference is scheduled for Wednesday.

Batt hired Georgia Tech football coach Brent Key, who has led the program to consecutive winning seasons after a string of four losing seasons in a row. He also hired Damon Stoudamire to coach the basketball team. The former NBA player was .500 last season in his second year.

Previously, Batt was executive deputy athletic director at Alabama and served as chief operating officer and chief revenue officer in the athletic department.

Batt is regarded as a strong fundraiser, an asset for any athletic department in this era of college athletics.

He guided the launch of a 10-year, $600 million fundraising campaign to benefit Crimson Tide athletics. He helped raise $78.2 million for athletics in his first fiscal year at Georgia Tech to surpass the previous single-year mark by more than 40%.

At Michigan State, his top priorities will be to raise money and help the football program win — perhaps in that order.

“This is truly an amazing opportunity to lead an outstanding, tradition-rich and passionate program, and I am grateful to President Guskiewicz and the Board of Trustees for the opportunity,” Batt said in the release.

Universities will be allowed to share up to $20.5 million in revenue with athletes next year. Direct payments will be in addition to third-party name, image and likeness deals facilitated by school-affiliated collectives.

Under Haller, the Spartans won Big Ten championships in men’s basketball, women’s soccer, women’s gymnastics, men’s hockey and women’s cross country.

Michigan State, though, has had three straight losing seasons in football.

The Spartans were 5-7 overall and 3-6 in the Big Ten in coach Jonathan Smith’s first year and expectations for them are modest in his second season.

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Artificial intelligence is the greatest investment opportunity of our lifetime. The time to invest in groundbreaking AI is now, and this stock is a steal!

AI is eating the world—and the machines behind it are ravenous.

Each ChatGPT query, each model update, each robotic breakthrough consumes massive amounts of energy. In fact, AI is already pushing global power grids to the brink.

Wall Street is pouring hundreds of billions into artificial intelligence—training smarter chatbots, automating industries, and building the digital future. But there’s one urgent question few are asking:

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AI is the most electricity-hungry technology ever invented. Each data center powering large language models like ChatGPT consumes as much energy as a small city. And it’s about to get worse.

Even Sam Altman, the founder of OpenAI, issued a stark warning:

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Elon Musk was even more blunt:

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New research by Enders Analysis suggests that premium video services are being pirated via alternative streams on an ‘industrial scale.’ The firm says a lack of action by tech companies is to blame.

A study by Enders Analysis has claimed that big tech firms like Amazon, Google, Meta and Microsoft are not doing enough to clamp down on streaming piracy.

Premium broadcasting for sporting events is of particular concern, with the study describing consumer theft as being on an ‘industrial scale.’ Enders Analysis says that piracy costs broadcasters significant amounts of revenue and puts viewers at a greater risk of cyber-attacks.

The report was written by Gareth Sutcliffe and Ollie Meir. They point to the Amazon Fire Stick as a key enabler of piracy, as many consumers use these to download illegal software that can then be plugged into television sets.

So, what’s causing consumers to turn to piracy in an age where streaming and convenience has never been easier?

Put simply, the sheer cost of watching live television can be eye-watering, especially as far as live sport is concerned. The broadcasting rights for the Premier League are hotly contended, for example, with many different companies and platforms forking out big money for a slice of the pie.

This means that games are often shown in different places, including Amazon Prime, TNT Sports, Sky Sports and more. For one viewer to be able to watch most games in the Premier League, they’d likely need subscriptions to four different services as a minimum. Most of us can’t afford that kind of luxury.

As the BBC reports, the media rights for sports broadcasting are valued at £44 billion globally, with price hikes affecting consumers. Illegal options are easy, simple to set up, and save viewers a significant amount every year.

According to the study, consumers believe the most effective way to lower piracy rates would be to simply lower entry costs and make it easier to watch everything in one place.

We’ve seen this scattered business model crop up for traditional programming too. Where Netflix once dominated streaming a decade ago, there are now many, many other services that have divided the availability of content and ballooned subscription prices.

Hulu, Paramount Plus, Disney Plus, Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Now TV and more all have their own content, making it very hard to pay for only one service and still have access to all the programmes you might be interested in, at least in the UK.

• watchOS 12 will be announced on June 9
• It may have a new name, however, in line with reports Apple is changing the numbers on its OS releases
• Below are three features I think we’ll see this year

Apple’s WWDC 2025 event is coming in a matter of days, and while this conference is usually focused on developers, I’m expecting big things from iOS, MacOS, iPadOS and, yes, watchOS – the operating system used to power Apple Watches.

While we’ll have to wait for September for new models to add to our best Apple Watches list – Apple almost never debuts this sort of hardware at WWDC – we’re likely to see a host of new software features.

VIENNA, Va., June 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Castellum, Inc. (NYSE-American: CTM) announces that its Chief Executive Officer, Glen Ives, has been invited to present at the “2025 Virtual Tech Conference: Discover the Innovations Reshaping Tomorrow,” presented by Maxim Group LLC, on Tuesday, June 3rd – Thursday, June 5th at 9:00 a.m. EDT.

Castellum, Inc. will be taking part in the “2025 Virtual Tech Conference: Discover the Innovations Reshaping Tomorrow.” The rapid evolution of technology is paving the way for disruption across all industries, including healthcare, drones, consumer IoT, business solutions, gaming & entertainment, and more. In Maxim’s 2025 Virtual Tech Conference, emerging growth companies will explore how they are expanding their use of Quantum Computing and Artificial Intelligence (‘AI”) to position themselves for the future. Maxim Senior Analysts will facilitate engaging dialogues with CEOs and key management of diverse companies who have their attention on technology and how it will impact and grow their business.

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About Castellum, Inc. (NYSE-American: CTM):

Castellum, Inc. (NYSE-American: CTM) is a cybersecurity, electronic warfare, and software engineering services company focused on the federal government – https://castellumus.com/.

About Maxim Group LLC:

Maxim Group LLC is a full-service investment banking, securities and wealth management firm headquartered in New York. The firm provides a full array of financial services including investment banking; private wealth management; and global institutional equity, fixed-income and derivatives sales & trading, equity research, and prime brokerage services. Maxim Group is a registered broker-dealer with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board and is a member of FINRA SIPC, and NASDAQ. To learn more about Maxim Group, visit maximgrp.com.

Contact:

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President and Chief Executive Officer

Phone: (703) 752-6157

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While President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance continue to push cryptocurrency as the answer to inflation, Ohio has taken a step toward normalizing it.

The Ohio Board of Deposit is open for proposals to facilitate the use of cryptocurrency to pay for state fees and services. It approved the use after it agrees on a vendor contract.

The move came a month after Treasurer Robert Sprague and Secretary of State Frank LaRose asked for the change. LaRose is running for state auditor in 2026, while Sprague is running for secretary of state.

“Crypto is one of the world’s fastest-growing asset classes, and it’s quickly gaining wide acceptance as a store of value and a form of currency,” LaRose said in a statement. “Ohio has an opportunity to be a leader in this emerging industry. The board’s approval allows us to take the next step in setting the standard for how digital assets can be used to pay for public financial obligations.”

The plan would be to allow each state agency to decide if it wants to accept the form of payment, and LaRose wants the secretary of state’s office to be the first.

“Our state is working hard to create the new Silicon Heartland, and this is exactly the kind of innovation we need to embrace as tech companies and entrepreneurs look to do business in Ohio,” LaRose said. “We have to make sure we do it right, but that shouldn’t keep us from leaning into the future.”

Earlier this week, Trump, Vance and Eric Trump spoke at the Bitcoin 2025 conference in Las Vegas.

Vance said cryptocurrency was “here to stay” and protects Americans from some vulnerabilities that might be heightened by politics.

“Crypto is a hedge against bad policymaking from Washington, no matter what party is in control,” Vance said. “It’s a hedge against skyrocketing inflation, which has eroded the real savings rates of Americans over the last four years. And as you all know well, it’s a hedge against a private sector that’s increasingly willing to discriminate against consumers on the basis of their basic beliefs, including their politics.”