Technology/Science
Ransomware Attacks on Industrial Firms Increased by 87% in 2022
Ransomware attacks against industrial organizations increased by 87 percent in 2022 from the year before, with most malicious software targeting the manufacturing sector, according to findings ...
ChatGPT Drawing U.S. Lawmakers’ Attention
ChatGPT, a fast-growing artificial intelligence program, has drawn praise for its ability to write answers quickly to a wide range of queries—and attracted U.S. lawmakers' attention with questions ...
Facebook Hit With $1 Million Fine Tied to User-Privacy Lawsuit
]]Facebook and its outside law firm were ordered to pay almost $1 million in sanctions for deceitfully denying that it shared users' private information with third parties without permission. The ...
U.S. Treasury Wants Financial Firms to Examine Cloud Services
U.S. Treasury Department officials are urging the financial sector to address potential challenges in using cloud computing services, warning in a report on Wednesday that failure to do so could ...
Fund Transfer Frauds, Data Theft Trends to Continue in 2023: Beazley
Incidents of fraudulent instruction scams were up 13 percent in 2022, according to specialist insurer Beazley's new Cyber Services Snapshot report. Under fraudulent instruction scams, criminals use ...
U.S. and EU to Launch First-of-Its-Kind AI Agreement
The United States and European Union on Friday announced an agreement to speed up and enhance the use of artificial intelligence to improve agriculture, healthcare, emergency response, climate ...
Climate Disaster in Amazon Rainforest Could Cascade Across Earth, Study Finds
Trees set ablaze in Brazil's Amazon rainforest could contribute to melting glaciers in the Himalayas and Antarctica because distant ecosystems that regulate the Earth's climate are more closely ...
AI Wildfire Detection Bill Gets Approval in Colorado
A year after the most destructive wildfire in the state's history scorched nearly 1,100 homes, Colorado lawmakers are considering joining other Western states by adopting artificial intelligence in ...