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Saildrone Partners With NOAA to Study Hurricanes for 5th Year in a Row
Ten Saildrone Explorer unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) will gather near-real-time data from inside extreme storms to improve rapid intensification forecasting and protect coastal communities. The ...
Two Arrested in $500K Arizona Rail Cargo Theft
Last week, local law enforcement and federal agents conducting an ongoing cargo theft investigation involving BNSF Railway in Northern Arizona received a report of a train burglary in progress near ...
Walmart Investors Reject AI Workplace Well-being Report
Walmart investors on Thursday voted against a shareholder proposal asking it to report on how its use of AI is affecting the well-being of its workforce, according to preliminary voting results from ...
Fatal Virginia Crash Raises Questions About Bus Safety
A commercial bus crash in Virginia that killed five people and injured dozens of others has raised questions about the driver, the company that employed him and the overall safety of the industry. ...
Amazon’s Ring Sued Over Facial Recognition Feature
Amazon was sued on Monday by a Virginia resident over what he said were privacy violations after the company's Ring doorbell cameras at friends and family members' homes collected and stored images ...
A $10.5 Trillion Cyber Problem: Whose Risk Is It Anyway?
Does an estimated $10.5 trillion in damage costs related to cyber crime around the globe really represent an opportunity that the insurance industry should be tackling? The question came up during ...
Exclude It, Harness It, Get Greedy: McGavick’s Take on Insurers’ AI Playbook
Mike McGavick, the former chief executive of XL Group and Safeco Insurance, sees exciting possibilities ahead for AI to refocus the insurance industry on the problems it is designed to solve. But ...
AI Saves Time, But Most Companies Waste the Gain, Study Shows
Employees across industries continue to adopt AI tools at a rapid rate, yet the technology's impact on productivity and efficiency is uneven and muddled, according to a new study. Some 74% of ...