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New Female Crash Test Dummy Gets Key Government Endorsement
The U.S. government announced major design changes it wants to implement to make the female version of the vehicle crash test dummy more lifelike, potentially replacing a model used for decades that ...
Sea-Level Rise Threatens Thousands of Hazardous Sites With Flood Risk
If heat-trapping pollution from burning coal, oil, and gas continues unchecked, thousands of hazardous sites across the United States risk being flooded from sea level rise by the turn of the ...
U.S. Insurers Targeted by TPLF’s Digital Marketing Tactics: NICB
There is a strong connection between third-party litigation funding (TPLF) and excessive litigation instigated by fraudulent digital tactics, according to new joint analysis by the National Insurance ...
Safety Risk Exposed: Almost Half of All Drivers in the U.S. Behind on Critical Maintenance
Though millions are set to travel by car over the Thanksgiving holiday, a new report has found that nearly half of all drivers are behind on at least one major service, posing a risk during peak ...
Fatigue Crack Caused Keystone Pipeline Oil Spill in North Dakota
A fatigue crack in the Keystone Pipeline led to an oil spill in North Dakota earlier this year that released thousands of barrels of oil onto farmland, according to the pipeline operator. In a ...
Toyota Rav4 Tops List of Most Stolen Vehicles in Canada
The Toyota RAV4 now tops the annual list of the top ten most stolen cars in Canada, according to the country's national authority on insurance crime and fraud prevention Équité Association. The SUV ...
Cities, States Across U.S. Are Turning to AI to Improve Road Safety
As America's aging roads fall further behind on much-needed repairs, cities and states are turning to artificial intelligence to identify hazards and determine which fixes should come first. Hawaii ...
Anthropic Warns of AI-Driven Hacking Campaign Linked to China
A team of researchers has uncovered what they believe to be the first reported use of artificial intelligence to direct a hacking campaign in a largely automated fashion. The AI company Anthropic ...