Technology/Science
White House Unveils Plan to Strengthen Cybersecurity for Water Utilities
The White House on Thursday unveiled a plan to beef up cybersecurity in the nation's water sector, an extension of its efforts to thwart attacks against critical infrastructure including electricity ...
Tesla’s Musk Predicts Fully Self-Driving Vehicle in 2022, Humanoid Robot Next Year
Tesla's most important products this year and next will not be cars, Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Wednesday, but software that drives them autonomously and a humanoid robot. The audacious ...
Biden Administration’s Delay in Creating New Cybersecurity Board Prompts Criticism
It's a key part of President Joe Biden's plans to fight major ransomware attacks and digital espionage campaigns: creating a board of experts that would investigate major incidents to see what went ...
What’s Next? ‘Adaptive Insurance’ for Small Biz, Says InsurTech CEO
Over the course of the last six years, Next Insurance has adapted its business model, its distribution method, and its product offerings. Coming up next, the InsurTech aims to offer "adaptive ...
Regional Cyber Conflicts Could Lead to Infrastructure Attacks in 2022: CyberCube
Three regional cyber conflicts could lead to infrastructure attacks and damaging cyber espionage in 2022, a new report from cyber analytics company CyberCube says. Cyber hostilities between Israel ...
Why ADAS Drives Claims Severity Higher (It May Not Be What You Think)
When auto insurance executives talk about claims severity trends across the industry, a common theory they advance is that repairs on vehicles with expensive advanced driver-assistance systems ...
Be Literal With Chatbots. Figurative Language Confuses Them
Computer scientists recently examined the performance of dialog systems, such as personal assistants and chatbots designed to interact with humans. The team found that when these systems are ...
Net-Zero Insurers’ Climate-Friendly Plans to Exit Coal Impeded by Antitrust Laws
A group of the world's biggest insurers and reinsurers that jointly pledged to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from their underwriting activities have run into an unexpected opponent of their ...