Technology/Science
Emotional Amtrak CEO Pledges to Implement Track Safety Tech
An emotional Amtrak CEO pledged to lawmakers Tuesday that safety technology that could have prevented a deadly derailment last month in Philadelphia will be put into operation, while Democrats and ...
Why Facebook, Data Brokers Are Medical Plaintiff Lawyers’ Best Friends
For ambulance chasers, persistence and a phone book just don't cut it anymore. Law firms, which once relied on television commercials, billboards, and cold calling numbers in the white pages to find ...
Multi-Decadal Climate Change Ahead; Faster Sea-Level Rise Predicted for NE U.S.
A new study, by scientists from the University of Southampton and National Oceanography Centre (NOC), implies that the global climate is on the verge of broad-scale change that could last for a ...
Uber Expands Customer Monitoring, Data Collection
Uber Technologies Inc.'s new privacy policy released last week is shorter, easier to read and more expansive than before. The car booking company now more clearly tells its customers it can pretty ...
Lockton Partners with Cyber Risk Firm on Executive-Level Assessment Service
Dynetics, a provider of technology products, and the Washington, D.C. operations of Lockton Companies, have formed an alliance to provide Lockton clients direct access to QuickLook, an ...
Rideshare Apps Slug It Out vs. Each Other, Taxis and World in New York
Uber and Lyft are among the tech companies pushing back at proposed rules by New York City's Taxi and Limousine Commission to regulate car service apps. Uber says the rules break federal law because ...
U.S. Population Affected by Heat Waves Could Quadruple by 2050: Research
U.S. residents' exposure to extreme heat could increase four- to six-fold by mid-century, due to both a warming climate and a population that's growing especially fast in the hottest regions of the ...
AXA Chief Outlines Climate Strategy
AXA Chairman and CEO Henri de Castries spoke at Climate Finance Day on May 22 in Paris. The following are his remarks in which he discusses what climate change means for the insurance industry as ...