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Mitigation Efforts Won’t Stop Cyber Damage and Related Rate Hikes in 2022
As dramatic as escalating ransomware attacks and rapidly climbing cyber insurance rates have been in 2021, both trends will continue to be a nuisance in 2022, according to an expert from Fitch ...
Amazon Web Services Outage Explainer: Will There Be More?
Robotic vacuum cleaners wouldn't start. Doorbell cameras stopped watching for package thieves, though some of those deliveries were canceled anyway. Netflix and Disney movies got interrupted and The ...
8 Substances Added to Report on Carcinogens
Eight substances have been added to the Report on Carcinogens, bringing the total list to 256 substances that are known or reasonably anticipated to cause cancer in humans. These include a chronic ...
Cost of Cyber Disruptions on Critical Infrastructure At Least $8M Per Day: Research
The resilience of America's critical infrastructure networks has been tested over the last year by an increasing number of serious disasters—both natural and manmade—including winter storms ...
Google, GM, Amazon, Others Canceling In-Person CES Attendance
General Motors Co, Alphabet Inc.'s Google and its self-driving auto-technology company Waymo on Thursday joined the companies no longer attending the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in person early ...
Tesla to Lock Access to Video Games in Moving Cars
Under pressure from U.S. auto safety regulators, Tesla has agreed to stop allowing video games to be played on center touch screens while its vehicles are moving. The National Highway Traffic Safety ...
Hallmark Financial Calls Off IPO Plans for Specialty Commercial Biz
Hallmark Financial Services, Inc. announced on Thursday that will no longer actively pursue a previously announced separation of its specialty commercial business segment and will not proceed with an ...
Does Workers Comp System Do Harm? Employers Seek Ways to Curb Lawsuits
Employers may be warming up to the idea that fighting some workers compensation claims and medical treatments can be counterproductive, and new emphasis should be placed on keeping injured workers ...