Technology/Science
Face-Scanner Clearview Agrees to Limits in Court Settlement
Facial recognition startup Clearview AI has agreed to restrict the use of its massive collection of face images to settle allegations that it collected people's photos without their consent. The ...
Financial Services Firms Face Losses of $225B From Variety of Water Risks
Financial institutions face losses of at least $225 billion from risks related to water, with a third of them doing nothing to assess the potential impact, a report by leading environmental ...
Tesla, Echoing Musk, Says ESG Metrics Are ‘Fundamentally Flawed’
Tesla Inc., whose Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk has criticized ESG for making little sense, said current ways of measuring environmental, social and governance issues are "fundamentally flawed." ...
Google Offers $100,000 Worth of Free Tech Training to Every U.S. Business
Alphabet Inc.'s Google will provide any U.S. business over $100,000 worth of online courses in data analytics, design and other tech skills for their workers free of charge, the search company said ...
U.S. SEC Ramps Up Crypto Fraud Oversight by Adding 20 Employees
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said on Tuesday it will add 20 positions to its enforcement unit for crypto markets in its push to curb fraudulent activities in the hot digital ...
U.S. Solar Industry Warns of Slowdown Due to Supply Chain Disruptions, Tariff Uncertainty
The U.S. solar industry is warning of a big slowdown in project installations this year as global supply chain disruptions and the threat of new U.S. tariffs on panel imports from Southeast Asia hit ...
Net-Zero Business Opportunities Could Double Size of London Insurance Market: LIIBA
The business opportunities provided by the global transition to net zero is potentially large enough to double the size of the London insurance market, according to the London and International ...
U.S. Joins 55 Nations to Set New Global Rules for the Internet
The United States and 55 other nations on Thursday signed a political commitment to push rules for the Internet that are underpinned by democratic values, at a time when the U.S. has accused Russia ...