Technology/Science
Ford Teams with MIT, Stanford to Research Autonomous Driving
Ford Motor Co. said it is joining with two top U.S. universities to launch research into automated driving technology. The automaker said it will work with Stanford University and the Massachusetts ...
Latest New Zealand Quake Adds to Growing List in Region, AIR Says
Reporting on the latest earthquake to strike New Zealand earlier this week, catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide said the magnitude 6.2 quake was one of many to shake the region over the years. ...
Oracle Denied Bid to Have D&O Insurer Beazley Pay $20M Over Ellison Acquisition
Oracle Corp. can't rely on an insurer to pay $20 million to help settle shareholder claims over the software maker's acquisition of a company controlled by Oracle founder Larry Ellison, a judge ...
Income Inequality Now Top Global Risk, Says World Economic Forum
The chronic gap between the incomes of the richest and poorest citizens is seen as the risk that is most likely to cause serious damage globally in the coming decade, according to over 700 global ...
Obamacare Site Vulnerable to Hackers, Some Experts Tell Reuters; Others Disagree
A group of cyber security professionals is warning that the U.S. government has failed to implement fixes to protect the HealthCare.gov website from hackers, some three months after experts first ...
Yahoo COO de Castro Axed After 14 Months on Job
Yahoo! Inc. Chief Executive Officer Marissa Mayer dismissed Chief Operating Officer Henrique de Castro after 14 months, amid disappointment with his efforts to boost growth, according to people with ...
U.N. Report Outlines Climate Change Solutions
Governments may have to extract vast amounts of greenhouse gases from the air by 2100 to achieve a target for limiting global warming, backed by trillion-dollar shifts towards clean energy, a draft ...
Google’s Buy of Nest Labs Seen Improving Smart-Home Gizmo Connections
Google Inc. is jumping into digital home automation with its acquisition of Nest Labs Inc., shining a spotlight on an unproven market that has so far been filled with expensive devices that can't ...