Technology/Science
Insurance to Cover More than 40% of Home Depot Breach Costs
Home Depot Inc. said a data breach between April and September put about 56 million payment cards at risk, signaling that the hacker attack was bigger than the one that struck Target Corp. last year. ...
Big Data Increasingly Helps Insurers Spot Risks
Insurance companies are increasingly turning to "big data" from satellites, social media and even cigarette sales at gas stations to help identify risks and build up customer profiles. Insurers and ...AIG Names Kaiser Permanente Veteran as New Tech Chief
American International Group Inc. hired Philip Fasano to the newly created chief information officer role as Chief Executive Officer Peter Hancock counts on technology to improve results. Fasano, 56, ...
Home Depot Cyber Violation Could Be Biggest Retail Breach Yet
Home Depot Inc., the largest home- improvement chain, confirmed that hackers attacked its computer systems at stores in the U.S. and Canada in what could be one of the retail industry's biggest ...
GM’s Hands-Free Cadillac Coming in Two Years
General Motors Co., the largest U.S. automaker, will introduce a Cadillac model in two years that can travel on the highway without the driver holding the steering wheel or putting a foot on a pedal. ...
World Economies Lag in C02 Reductions to Slow Climate Change: PwC
The world's major economies are falling further behind every year in terms of meeting the rate of carbon emission reductions needed to stop global temperatures from rising more than 2 degrees this ...
Hackers Present Challenges For Driverless Car Initiatives
A red VW Golf jerks back and forth as it maneuvers into a parking space in the English spa town of Cheltenham. The halting efforts resemble those of a new driver, and in a sense they are -- just not ...
Exploiting ‘Heartbleed’ Bug Aided Massive Hospital System Cyber Attack
Hackers who stole the personal data of about 4.5 million patients of hospital group Community Health Systems Inc broke into the company's computer system by exploiting the "Heartbleed" internet bug, ...