Technology/Science
Karen Clark & Co.’s New Tool Creates Realistic Hurricane Footprints, Tailored Loss Estimates
Just in time for the 2013 hurricane season, Karen Clark & Co. (KCC), a catastrophe risk and modeling firm, has released a scientific tool for creating hurricane tracks and wind speeds. Named ...Experts Warn: Cyber Attacks Will Get Worse
Cybersecurity professionals know a myriad of ways hackers can try to wreak havoc on critical infrastructure or infiltrate corporations to steal or spy, but it is the fear of the unknown that some say ...
Report: Feds’ Warnings About Sandy Were Confusing
Federal weather forecasts for Superstorm Sandy were exceptionally accurate last fall, but the warnings themselves were confusing, an internal review found. The gigantic October storm lost tropical ...
Copyright Owners Blocked from Suing Google’s YouTube in Class Action
A U.S. judge on Wednesday denied class-action status to copyright owners suing Google Inc. over the use of material posted on YouTube without their permission. U.S. District Judge Louis Stanton in ...Alabama University Launches Cyber Threat Detection Firm
In a private-public partnership, the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) has launched Malcovery, an intelligence company specializing in cyber threat detection, to help businesses protect ...
Government to Share Cyber Security Information with Private Companies
The U.S. government will use classified information about software vulnerabilities for the first time to protect companies outside of the military industrial complex, top officials told Reuters this ...
Bottom-Line Cost May Be Too Steep For ‘Talking’ Cars’ Acceptance: U.S. Transport Chief
Cars that "talk" to each other to avoid crashes or traffic jams, like those being tested here, will save lives but the cost of the systems will determine consumers' acceptance of such technology, the ...U.S. Cyber Attack Threat Is Constant, Getting Worse: Top General
The top U.S. general in charge of cyber security warned on Tuesday that the United States is increasingly vulnerable to attacks like those that destroyed data on tens of thousands of computers in ...