Technology/Science
Facebook ‘Unintentionally Uploaded’ Email Contacts of Up to 1.5M Users
Facebook Inc. said it may have "unintentionally uploaded" email contacts of 1.5 million new users since May 2016, in what seems to be the latest privacy-related issue faced by the social media ...
Distracted Driving Proliferates Well Beyond Cellphone Use: Survey
Carriers may be concerned about drivers using their cellphones or succumbing to other distractions while behind the wheel, but the behavior remains entrenched in daily life. Sometimes, it is even ...
State Auto, Google Help Back AI Startup Flyreel’s New Financing Round
Flyreel, an artificial intelligence InsurTech startup focused on property insurance, recently raised $3.85 million in new financing from State Auto and several other investors. Gradient Ventures, ...
Proposed California Regs Would Allow for Small Self-Driving Delivery Trucks
California regulators on Friday proposed regulations that would allow vehicle manufacturers to test or deploy small self-driving delivery trucks on public roads, the state's Department of Motor ...
Most Hotel Websites Accidentally Leak Guests’ Personal Data: Symantec Research
Two out of three hotel websites inadvertently leak guests' booking details and personal data to third-party sites, including advertisers and analytics companies, according to research released ...
The Hanover Starts Offering Customer-Facing Digital Platform Using CoverWallet Tech
The Hanover Insurance Group is debuting a customer-facing digital platform designed to help independent agents acquire new business customers including freelancers, contractors and others. Dubbed ...
Allstate, Starr Companies Join $18M Financing for Amenity Analytics
Hank Greenberg's Starr Companies and Allstate contributed to a new $18 million financing round for Amenity Analytics, a startup developing cloud-based analytics designed to help businesses analyze ...
2 Romanians Convicted in Malware Scheme That Infected 400,000 Computers
A federal jury on Thursday convicted two Bucharest, Romania, residents of 21 counts related to their scheme to infect victim computers with malware in order to steal credit card and other information ...