Technology/Science
‘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" ...
Businesses Already Using, Testing Autonomous Vehicles
While private passenger autonomous vehicles are still being tested by Google and other car manufacturers and state legislators mull rules governing driverless vehicles on roadways, their commercial ...
2014 May Be Warmest Year on Record: WMO
Record-high ocean temperatures will make 2014 the hottest year on record—or at least among the very warmest—in evidence of a long-term trend of global warming, the U.N.'s weather agency said on ...
Internet of Things Fuels Billions in Tech M&A Deals
Investment in the fast-growing market for Internet-connected devices gathered pace this year and is set to attract more top U.S. technology and telecoms buyers of firms active in the market, a report ...
FAA Chief Says Drones Near Airports are ‘Serious Concern’
U.S. regulators are increasing enforcement and trying to educate drone pilots to minimize risks to commercial traffic posed by the small unmanned aircraft, the nation's aviation chief said. The ...
Airborne Cars May Be Flying Over Traffic Within 3 Years
The first time Carl Dietrich brought his flying-car concept to the Experimental Aircraft Association's annual AirVenture gathering in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, he had only a video to show the aviation ...
World Bank Says Some Climate Change Impacts Unavoidable
Some future impacts of climate change, such as more extremes of heat and sea level rise, are unavoidable even if governments act fast to cut greenhouse gas emissions, the World Bank said in late ...