Technology/Science
New York to Ban Fracking After Health Department Calls It Unsafe
The New York state Health Department said fracking for natural gas can't be done safely, dooming prospects that Governor Andrew Cuomo will end a six-year moratorium. Acting Health Commissioner Howard ...
Power Outages to Rise in NY, Philly, Other Cities: University Study
Cities like Miami are all too familiar with hurricane-related power outages. But a Johns Hopkins University analysis finds climate change will give other major metro areas a lot to worry about in ...
Former Sony Workers Suing Over Unprotected Personal Info
Sony Pictures Entertainment has been sued by two self-described former employees who accuse the movie studio of failing to protect Social Security numbers, healthcare records, salaries and other data ...Verisk Launches Next-Gen Commercial Property Data Analytics System
Verisk Insurance Solutions - Commercial Property, part of Verisk Analytics, has launched the next generation of its ProMetrix suite of data and analytics for commercial property carriers. Updates to ...
State Farm Releases Vehicle Recognition App for Car Buyers
State Farm announced its latest mobile app, CarCapture, allowing car buyers instantaneously get information about cars they like as soon as they seen them. The idea is that anyone in the market for a ...
2015 Tech Trends: Data Accessibility, Mobile and Migration
It's an exciting time in technology, and the rapid pace of innovation is inspiring, empowering and challenging the insurance industry. Technology mega-trends continue to offer great opportunities for ...
‘Bot’ Fraud Costing Digital Advertisers $6B: Research Report
Almost one-fourth of video ads and 11 percent of display ads are viewed by fake consumers created by cyber crime networks seeking to take a chunk of the billions of dollars spent on digital ...
Financial Institution Cyber Defenses Attract U.S. Regulatory Scrutiny
U.S. regulators on Wednesday said they were stepping up efforts to examine financial institutions' defenses to ward off cyber attacks, as a top FBI official warned of new "increasingly complex" ...