Technology/Science
U.S. Expected to Propose Barring Chinese Software in AVs
The U.S. Commerce Department is expected to propose barring Chinese software in autonomous and connected vehicles in the coming weeks, according to sources briefed on the matter. The Biden ...
Microsoft and Delta Trade Blame Over CrowdStrike Outage
Microsoft Corp. said Delta Air Lines Inc. turned down repeated offers for assistance following last month's catastrophic system outage, echoing claims by CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. in an increasingly ...
Insurers Face Business Interruption Claims After Global Tech Outage
Insurers could face a raft of business interruption claims after a worldwide tech outage crippled industries from travel to finance on Friday, insurance industry experts said. A software update by ...
Surge of Deepfake Identity Fraud Has Consumers Worried
Fraudulent transactions in the first half of 2024 were up over 73 percent year over year, and suspected fraudulent transactions increased by over 84 percent, according to the 2024 Mid-Year Identity ...
OpenAI’s Internal AI Details Stolen in 2023 Breach
A hacker gained access to the internal messaging systems at OpenAI last year and stole details about the design of the company's artificial intelligence technologies, the New York Times reported on ...
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 ...