Technology/Science
Driverless Cars Will Have the Most Impact in Cutting Accident Rates
As millions of cars are under recall for potentially lethal air bags, designers are trying to reduce the need for the device—using sensors, radar, cameras and lasers to prevent collisions in the ...
East Coast Hurricanes Can Flood the Midwest: University Research
Located hundreds of miles inland from the nearest ocean, the Midwest is unaffected by North Atlantic hurricanes. Or is it? With the Nov. 30 end of the 2014 hurricane season just weeks away, a ...
Hiscox to Offer Cyber Deception Coverage
Hiscox has announced that it will offer a new cyber deception coverage as part of its executive risks suite of insurance coverages. Cyber deception occurs when criminals intentionally mislead company ...
CEOs Traveling to Asia Targeted by ‘Darkhotel’ Cyber Spies
Business executives traveling in Asia and elsewhere have become victims of malware called Darkhotel, a bug that targets guests of high-end hotels through their networks, a computer-security firm ...
Home Depot Also Admits Hacker Theft of 53 Million E-Mail Addresses
Home Depot Inc., which suffered a data breach between April and September, said 53 million e-mail addresses were taken by hackers during the attack, in addition to the 56 million payment cards that ...
New Online Tool Helps Predicts Risk For Deadly Coastal Hurricanes
When a hurricane comes ashore, there are so many dangers: tree-snapping winds, torrential downpours and even tornadoes spawned by the tempest itself. But it's the wall of water that tropical systems ...
Why Open Platforms Are the Logical Next Step for Catastrophe Risk Models
The first generation of catastrophe modeling technology, based on proprietary "black box" models produced by a few vendors, is 25 years old. It's now generally known that despite significant ...
Boston Scientific Begins Initial Trials For Transvaginal Mesh Liability Cases
Boston Scientific Corp on Monday was set to face its first federal trials in two courts over claims from women who say they were injured by the company's transvaginal mesh devices. One, in ...