Technology/Science
Emerging Risks to Watch: Space Weather, Quantum Sensors, and Digital Addiction
Insurance is a data-driven industry. And access to reliable data can make the difference between understanding a risk or being caught off guard, between an opportune advantage or a missed ...
Waymos Froze, Blocked Traffic During San Francisco Power Outage
Waymo's driverless ride services were a high-profile victim of a power outage that affected large swaths of San Francisco, with cars freezing mid-ride across the city and disrupting traffic. After ...
State Farm, USAA and Allstate Leading on AI Patents
Three property/casualty insurers have dominated the industry's artificial intelligence patent activity since 2014. State Farm, USAA and Allstate account for 77 percent of all AI patents by insurers ...
What to Know About Trump’s Executive Order to Curtail State AI Regulations
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday pressuring states not to regulate artificial intelligence. Trump and some Republicans argue that the limited regulations already enacted by ...
Hacking Group ‘ShinyHunters’ Claims Theft of Data From Users of Pornhub
The hacking group "ShinyHunters" said on Tuesday it has stolen data belonging to premium customers of the leading sex website Pornhub and is threatening to publish ...
Zywave Releases Suite of Specialized AI Agents
Insurance technology provider Zywave unveiled an agentic AI strategy and what it calls the industry's first suite of insurance-specialized AI agents. The agents will help insurance companies ...
State Insurance Legislators ‘Greatly Disturbed’ by Trump AI Regulation Order
The National Council of Insurance Legislators have come out against President Donald Trump's executive order last week, seen as a hinderance to state regulation of artificial intelligence. NCOIL ...
Fifth La Niña in Six Years to Disrupt Crops and Supply Chains
Deadly flooding in Asia and early snowstorms across the U.S. are signaling the return of a weather-roiling La Niña, a cooling of Pacific waters that can disrupt economies and trigger disasters ...