Technology/Science
AI Use in Cybersecurity Could Show Holes in Short Term, Says Fitch
U.S. cyber insurers in 2025 reversed a couple of years of decline in direct written premiums to post growth of 11%, but according to Fitch Ratings, there are some underwriting concerns brought on by ...
Weather Prediction Markets Are Booming, but Can They Improve Forecasts?
A few days before Christmas, Howard Qin was scrutinizing weather forecasts on two laptops at home in Shanghai when he noticed prices of contracts for New York City snowfall creeping higher on the ...
Aon Is Expanding Its Data Center Lifecycle Insurance Program Capacity to $3.5B
Aon plc is expanding its proprietary Data Center Lifecycle Insurance Program (DCLP) with an additional $1 billion, increasing the program's capacity to $3.5 ...
Investors Press Amazon, Microsoft and Google on Water, Power Use in Data Centers
Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet's Google have each recently abandoned construction of multibillion-dollar data centers over community opposition and now the companies are coming ...
Meet the New AI Coworker Who Won’t Stop Snitching to Your Boss
The Slack messages began arriving at 5:47 a.m. on a recent Monday. Three sales proposals had gone out the previous week and none of the team members had scheduled follow-ups. The reminders were ...
Meta, Google Lose Case Over Social Media Harm to Kids
A Los Angeles jury on Wednesday found Meta and Alphabet's Google negligent for designing social media platforms that are harmful to young people, in a $6 million verdict that ...
Carriers Using AI for Claims but Adoption Is Fragmented, Report Shows
Excitement about adopting artificial intelligence technology is palpable in the insurance industry, but the reality is that while most carriers use artificial intelligence technology, few use AI at ...
Anthropic Sues to Block Pentagon Blacklisting Over AI Use Restrictions
Anthropic on March 9 filed a lawsuit to block the Pentagon from placing it on a national security blacklist, escalating the artificial intelligence lab's high-stakes battle ...
EU Countries Give Final Approval to 2040 Climate Target for 90% Emissions Cut
European Union countries gave the final approval on Thursday to a new climate target to slash greenhouse gas emissions 90% by 2040, pressing ahead with the bloc's ambitious ...