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Aon to Acquire USI for $17B
Aon plc announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire USI from KKR and other shareholders for a total purchase price of $17.0 billion. "Combining with USI will establish the premier U.S. ...
Insurance Industry Employee Confidence Tanks on AI Concerns: Report
A new report highlights insurance industry employees' growing negativity toward AI job displacement, as sector employment dropped 21% YoY, and entry-level adjuster positions dropped 50% YoY. ...
Major Tech Companies Call for Cyber Defense Priority to Defeat AI-Driven Hacks
Major tech companies including OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft, Alphabet, and Amazon are calling for a society-wide defensive surge to defeat what they describe as an impending wave of hacks driven by ...
Meta Joins List of Firms That Settled Cases for Billions of Dollars
Tech giant Meta this week agreed to pay $17 billion as part of a settlement to end a landmark trial related to safeguards for younger users of social media. It is one of the largest such settlements ...
World Inches Toward Catastrophic Climate Events: ‘Bigger Shocks Are On the Way’
In the opening scene of American writer Kim Stanley Robinson's "The Ministry for the Future," a heat wave combined with a breakdown of the electrical grid in India kills 20 million people. The ...
Young Americans Become More Hostile to AI, Fearing Job Losses
The youngest members of the U.S. workforce are increasingly skeptical about artificial intelligence, fearful that advances in the technology will lead to widespread job losses, according to a Pew ...
Stop Trying to Maintain Constant Productivity
Do you feel like the same person in February as in June? For most people, the answer is a resounding no. During winter, your energy tends to dip, your immune system takes a hit and you may feel less ...
Study Suggests Leaderless Groups May Have an Edge
Do organizations perform better under a single leader or when individuals organize themselves? A new honeybee-inspired study published in the journal PNAS suggests that while both approaches can ...