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American Family Spinout Arturo Raises $25M to Expand AI-Driven Predictive Analytics Platform
American Family Insurance spinout Arturo pulled in $25 million in venture financing – a big boost to the company's AI-driven, property-centric predictive analytics platform. "A deeper property ...
Three Senators Want to Create Mandatory Driver Monitoring Systems
Three Democratic U.S. senators on Monday said they are introducing legislation that would require U.S. regulators to mandate installation of driver-monitoring systems to ensure motorists pay ...
Europe’s Digital Health Pass Plans Confront Data Security and Fraud Risks
As Europe races to set up a digital health pass scheme to save the holiday season from the pandemic, technical and political obstacles are showing just how big a challenge the world faces in building ...
SCOTUS Pursues Biden Administration Views on VW Emissions Case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday asked President Joe Biden's administration to weigh in on whether Volkswagen AG can be sued by local governments in Florida and Utah for damages stemming from the ...
Facial Recognition Tech Should Be Banned: EU Privacy Watchdog
Facial recognition should be banned in Europe because of its "deep and non-democratic intrusion" into people's private lives, EU privacy watchdog the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) said ...
NYC Sues Three Major Oil Companies Over Climate Change Claims
New York City on Thursday sued three major oil companies and the top industry trade group in state court, arguing that the companies are misrepresenting themselves by selling fuels as "cleaner" and ...Slice Labs CEO Attia Adapts After a Challenging COVID Year
About a year ago, two months into the COVID-19 pandemic, Slice Labs laid off about a third of its staff due to the coronavirus-related economic environment. Like many other startups, the company ...
Business Travelers Eager to Fly Again, With Focus on Extra Precautions: Chubb Survey
Business travelers are itching to travel again for work and life, but most remain concerned at the same time about contracting COVID-19 and favor extra precautions, according to a new global survey ...