Technology/Science
Protecting 1.2% of Earth Would Prevent Most Extinctions, Study Says
Setting aside an additional 1.2 percent of the world's land as nature preserves would prevent the majority of predicted plant and animal extinctions and cost about $263 billion, according to a study ...
Thanks to AI, Industry Will Soon See Big Jump in Parametric Insurance, Consultant Says
Insurance agents must now embrace the use of artificial intelligence, but they won't be replaced by it. And the use of parametric policies will soon increase sharply across property insurance lines ...
ShakeAlert Adding Satellite Capabilities for Earthquake Warnings
The U.S. Geological Survey and its partners have come out with a new capability designed to characterize large earthquakes quickly in hopes of helping warn the public about potentially damaging ...
Hackers Targeted Celebrities on TikTok Using Private Messages
Hackers targeted well known brands and celebrities on TikTok, sending a malicious link through private messages to hijack prominent accounts. The ByteDance Ltd.-owned social media service said it's ...
Ford Says Drivers Will Be Able to Take Their Eyes Off the Road in Two Years
Ford Motor Co. is just two years away from offering technology that will allow drivers to take their eyes off the road and their hands off the wheel, according to Chief Executive Officer Jim ...
U.S. Cyber Chief Sees ‘Very Aggressive’ Chinese Hacking Strategy
A top U.S. spy chief said China is increasingly using its companies to find vulnerabilities in their own computer networks and then tapping that knowledge to target foreign nations and industries. ...
FBI Takes Down Huge Global Army of Zombie Computer Devices
The FBI said it has dismantled what is likely the world's largest botnet — an army of 19 million infected computers — that was leased to hackers for cybercrimes. The botnet, which was spread ...
U.S. Intelligence Agencies’ Embrace of Generative AI Is Wary and Urgent
Long before generative AI's boom, a Silicon Valley firm contracted to collect and analyze non-classified data on illicit Chinese fentanyl trafficking made a compelling case for its embrace by U.S. ...