Technology/Science
Group Backed by Tesla’s Musk Probing Artificial Intelligence Risks
Tesla Motors Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk has turned his worries about the rise of artificial intelligence into an international research program. The Musk-backed Future of Life Institute ...
Move Over Uber Drivers: Autonomous Taxis Offer Green Benefits
According to a new study from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), a system of driverless taxi fleets would both be cost-effective and greatly reduce per-mile emissions of greenhouse ...
Human Error Blamed as Robot Kills Volkswagen Contractor at Production Plant
A robot has killed a contractor at one of Volkswagen's production plants in Germany, the automaker said last Wednesday. The man died last Monday at the plant in Baunatal, about 100 kilometers (62 ...
Fracking Officially Banned in New York, Ending Seven-Year Review
New York formalized its ban on high-volume hydraulic fracturing for natural gas on Monday, concluding a seven-year environmental and health review that drew a record number of public comments. "After ...
AIR Worldwide Releases Updated U.S. Hurricane Model
Catastrophe risk modeler AIR Worldwide has updated its U.S. hurricane model with a hydrodynamic storm surge module that integrates storm parameters with high-resolution elevation data to simulate ...
Liberty Mutual Launches Telematics Option For Home Smoke Alarms
Liberty Mutual Insurance hopes to advance the use of telematics in the home, with promises of extra discounts to customers who use a high-tech smoke and carbon monoxide alarm and agree to share the ...
Near Collision for Two Self-Driving Cars, Passenger Says
Two self-driving prototype cars, one operated by Google Inc. and the other by Delphi Automotive Plc, had a close call on a Silicon Valley street earlier this week, a Delphi executive told Reuters ...
Allianz, Unipol Join With New U.K. Insurance Industry Startup ‘BootCamp’
Allianz, Unipol Group and other international insurance players are participating partners in a new "bootcamp" launched in the U.K. for industry startups. An underlying goal: to propel innovation, ...