Technology/Science
Report: Cyber Crime Ring Planning Massive ATM Thefts
An organized crime ring is likely to attempt a "large-scale theft" of cash from U.S. ATMs in coming days, a closely watched cybersecurity website reported. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has ...
A Quantum Computing Startup With an Eye on Insurance Raises $2M
A Canadian company developing quantum intelligence for insurance and other industry sectors has raised a $2 million seed round of financing. Qindom, based in Toronto, raised the funding from an ...
Hackers Test Voting Systems for Breach Liabilities at Security Convention
Def Con, one of the world's largest security conventions, served as a laboratory for breaking into voting machines on Friday, extending its efforts to identify potential security flaws in technology ...
Pie Insurance Plans Scale-Up, Expansion With $11M in New Financing
Pie Insurance disclosed that it has raised $11 million in new financing, with plans to use the money to scale up its workers compensation MGA operations and propel an ongoing market expansion. ...
IIHS Tests Highlight Risks Behind Semi-Autonomous Driving Systems
Cars and trucks with electronic driver assist systems may not see stopped vehicles and could even steer you into a crash if you're not paying attention, an insurance industry group warns. The ...
Hacking Programs Driven by Artificial Intelligence Feared as Next Big Cyber Problem
The nightmare scenario for computer security - artificial intelligence programs that can learn how to evade even the best defenses - may already have arrived. That warning from security researchers ...
Tokio Marine, a Metromile Investor, Licenses Its AI Claims Platform Tech
Tokio Marine Holdings, the Japanese insurance giant, is the first carrier to license Metromile's artificial intelligence-driven automated claims processing platform. The deal, announced Aug. 7, comes ...
Chipmaker for iPhones Briefly Shut Several Plants After WannaCry Variant Attack
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. blamed a variant of the 2017 WannaCry ransomware for the unprecedented shutdown of several plants, as it ramps up chipmaking for Apple Inc.'s next iPhones. Full ...