Technology/Science
CoreLogic: Chicago Has Most Homes at Risk from Convective Storms
Convective storms added to a year of extreme weather events that will put pressure on property insurance rates, particularly in a few hard-hit states, a new report shows. CoreLogic released its 2025 ...
Trump’s Threat to EV Trucking Rules Undermines Big-Rig Bets
Two years ago, Rudy Diaz made a gutsy bet. The 45-year-old owner of Hight Logistics, a trucking company that hauls containers from the bustling ports around Los Angeles, began adding some of the ...
General Purpose AI Could Lead to New Risks: Report
Advanced artificial intelligence systems have the potential to create extreme new risks, such as fueling widespread job losses, enabling terrorism or running amok, experts said in a first-of-its-kind ...
DeepSeek’s AI Restricted by ‘Hundreds’ of Companies in Days
Companies and government agencies around the world are moving to restrict their employees' access to the tools recently released by the Chinese artificial-intelligence startup DeepSeek, according to ...
InsurTechs Highlight New Approaches to Wildfire Insurance
Years before the January 2025 Palisades and Eaton fires sparked in high-wind conditions in Southern California, growing to rank among the top three most destructive in U.S. history, InsurTechs ...
Emotions Slow Uptake of Tech, AI: Study
Successful uptake of new technology is a matter of emotions, and with 4 in 5 companies indicating they're failing to capitalize on its potential, managers need to know how to deal with them, ...
Wildfire-Risk Models Are Struggling to Predict LA-Style Fires
Among natural disasters, wildfires are the great unknown. Even the most-sophisticated scientific models fail to capture all the risk factors or properly account for the increasing impact of climate ...
IIHS Finds That Reflective Clothing Confuses Pedestrian Crash Prevention Sensors
Reflective clothing designed to make pedestrians stand out to human drivers may make them invisible to automated crash prevention systems, according to a new study by the Insurance Institute for ...