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2025 Data Breaches Outpace Same Period Last Year: Report
New analysis indicates there were 1,732 publicly reported data compromises in the first half of 2025 in the U.S. — 5 percent ahead of 2024's pace, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center ...
Florida High-Tech 911 System Improves Response in Times of Weather Disasters
When an emergency happens in Collier County, Florida, the 911 calls go to one of the most high-tech communications centers in the U.S., where callers can send text and video from the scene to ...
Teen Suspected in Fireworks-Sparked Southern California Wildfire
A 13-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of setting off fireworks that sparked a wildfire this week in coastal Southern California, forcing the evacuations of about a hundred canyon homes, ...
Overexertion, Falls Top Causes of Workplace Injuries, Costs Near $60B Per Year: Liberty Mutual
Liberty Mutual's latest Workplace Safety Index has found that workplace accidents cost U.S. employers $58.7 billion annually, with the top 10 causes of injuries accounting for 86 percent of those ...
U.S. Auto Safety Nominee Says Active Oversight of Self-Driving Cars Needed
President Donald Trump's nominee to head the nation's auto safety regulator argued on Wednesday that the agency must actively oversee self-driving vehicle technology, a potential sign of a tougher ...
States Sue Trump Administration for Cutting Disaster Prevention Grants
A group of 20 mostly Democrat-led U.S. states filed a lawsuit on Wednesday seeking to block the Trump administration from terminating a multibillion-dollar grant program that funds infrastructure ...
Florida Lawsuit Over Student Death While Stargazing Focuses on Tesla’s Autopilot System
A rare trial against Elon Musk's car company began Monday in Miami where a jury will decide if it is partly to blame for the death of a stargazing university student after a runaway Tesla sent her ...
Alphabet’s Waymo Picks up Speed as Tesla Robotaxi Service Expands
Alphabet's Waymo robotaxis have driven more than 100 million miles without a human behind the wheel, doubling the mileage in about six months, a top company official said, as it speeds up deployment ...