Technology/Science
How to Alert Humans in Driverless Cars About Road Hazards, Auto Conditions
Self-driving cars come with many unknowns and potential obstacles to safe driving but two recent studies set out to focus on one critical issue—the role of the human in the self-driving system. The ...
Allstate: 400 Jobs Will Flesh Out New Chicago Innovation Hub
Allstate Corp. plans to bring nearly 400 jobs to Chicago focused on innovation and technology in a bid to improve customer service. Plans call for establishing an innovation hub at the Merchandise ...
P/C Insurers See Wide Uses for Predictive Analytics: Willis Towers Watson
Property/casualty insurers plan to drastically widen their use of predictive analytics over the next two years to expand and grow their operations, a Willis Towers Watson survey has found. What's ...
Accident Excuse for Google Self-Driving Car: Bus Didn’t Move Out of the Way
Alphabet Inc.'s Google said on Monday it bears "some responsibility" after one of its self-driving cars struck a municipal bus in a minor crash earlier this month. The crash may be the first case of ...
Many Insurers See Google as Potential Threat: Report
More than 40 percent of insurers see Google as a potential threat because of its strong brand and ability to use customer data, a report released on Tuesday said. And young, mobile phone-friendly ...
First ‘Contextual’ Telematics Insurance Model Launching in U.S.
Last week, LexisNexis Risk Solutions announced a new telematics model, describing it as the first U.S. insurance model to apply geospatial context to driving events to better understand how drivers ...
Pretotyping Explained: Why Google, Tech Innovators Set Out to Fail Fast
Pretotyping is the key to market innovation, according to a technology entrepreneur who once held the title of innovation agitator at Google. Alberto Savoia, the founder of Pretotype Labs and former ...
Nissan Disables Leaf Electric Car App After Hacking Risk Exposed
Nissan Motor Co. disabled a mobile application for controlling its Leaf electric car after a security researcher demonstrated how hackers could access temperature controls and other functions from ...