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U.S. Senators Cite Reuters Report in Request for Review of Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ Safety Data
Two U.S. senators are asking the nation's traffic safety regulator to examine Tesla's self-published crash statistics for its "Full Self-Driving" (FSD) driver-assistance system, following a Reuters ...
Maintenance, Weak Safety Often Cited in Skydiving Plane Crash Probes
Poor maintenance is often a factor when skydiving planes crash, as one did in Missouri on Sunday, and the National Transportation Safety Board has said in past investigations that weak oversight of ...
Willis Unveils Tool to Help RMs Respond to Climate-Related Property Risks
Willis, a WTW business, unveiled a new version of its Climate Diagnostic model to help risk managers better understand and respond to climate‑driven volatility affecting property insurance markets. ...
U.S.-Iran Deal Promises End to War but How it Will Work Remains Unclear
Doubts swirled around the U.S.-Iran interim deal to end the war in the Middle East as shippers said it could take weeks for confidence to return after any reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and ...
Scientists Concerned El Niño Will Be Big, Bad and Costly With Heat, Floods, Droughts, Fires
El Niño, Nature's chaotic climate agent, has formed in a warmed-up Pacific Ocean and is expected to grow to historic strength, meteorologists announced Thursday. Experts said the El Niño, a natural ...
U.S. High Court Rebuffs Challenge to New York Law Allowing Suits Against Gun Industry
The U.S. Supreme Court turned away on Monday a gun industry challenge to a New York law that permits lawsuits against gun makers, wholesalers and dealers for endangering people's safety through sales ...
Scammers Used Gemini AI to Help Build Spam Messages, Google Says
Alphabet Inc.'s Google filed a lawsuit against a suspected Chinese cybercrime operation, alleging that the group used artificial intelligence to send more than 2 million text messages with fraudulent ...
Wall Street Is Gaining Access to New Catastrophe Models to Help Predict Wars
As Wall Street races to incorporate war into its risk scenarios, the same people modeling natural catastrophes are now adapting their methodology to help investors, banks and insurers predict ...