Technology/Science
Global Ransomware Attacks Reach Record High in 2023, Says Corvus
Despite law enforcement actions, fourth-quarter 2023 ransomware incidents still surpassed 2022 by nearly 70 percent, and the number of active ransomware groups grew by 34 percent. Corvus Insurance ...
Climate Change Drives Amazon Rainforest’s Record Drought: Study
Climate change is the main culprit for a record drought in the Amazon rainforest that has drained rivers, killed endangered dolphins and upended life for millions of people in the region, according ...
New York Proposes Guidance Governing Insurers’ Use of AI
New York State is proposing guidance for insurance carriers to prevent unfair discrimination in their use of artificial intelligence and external data sources in underwriting and pricing. A circular ...
OpenAI in Talks With Dozens of Publishers to License Content
OpenAI said it's talking to dozens of publishers about striking deals to license their articles, a broader effort than was previously known as the startup looks for content to train its artificial ...
Driverless Truck Companies Plan to Ditch Human Copilots in 2024
Driverless trucks with no humans on board will soon cruise Texas highways if three startup firms have their way, despite objections from critics who say financial pressures, not safety, is behind the ...
Title Insurer Reports Another Cybersecurity Event; Fitch Monitoring Ratings
Less than a month after New York insurance regulators said a title insurer would pay $1 million for violations of a cybersecurity regulation stemming from a 2019 breach, the holding company for the ...
Rite Aid Banned From AI Facial Recognition by FTC After Misuse
Rite Aid Corp. must stop using facial recognition for the next five years as part of a privacy settlement with the US Federal Trade Commission, which said the pharmacy chain misused the technology to ...
Toyota Recalling Over 1 Million Vehicles Over Potential Air Bag Issue
Toyota Motor said on Wednesday it will recall 1.12 million vehicles worldwide because a short circuit in a sensor could cause air bags not to deploy as designed. The recall covers 2020 through 2022 ...