Technology/Science
Autonomous Vehicles: InsurTech Investors Push for a Front Row Seat
Before manufacturers let autonomous vehicles loose on public roadways, they'll have to show that their driverless cars are a lot better than humans at getting from Point A to Point B without ...
Root Reportedly Nears Finish of $350 Million Financing Round: WSJ Report
Root Insurance is reportedly nearly finished raising $350 million in new financing, The Wall Street Journal is reporting. Roots' latest funding round is expected to be completed sometime this month, ...
Why Open Source, Blockchain-Powered Infrastructure Matters
I started my career as the first network administrator at the University of California, Davis. Part of my job was to help build the Bay Area Regional Research network, one of 10 National Science ...
Apple Copyright Infringement Suit Seeks to Shut Down Correllium’s ‘Perfect’ iPhone Replicas
Apple Inc. accused upstart Corellium LLC of illegally selling virtual copies of the iPhone and iPad operating systems under the guise of helping discover security flaws. In a copyright-infringement ...
Facebook Users Reportedly Not Told Contractors Transcribe Audio Clips
Facebook Inc. this week confirmed that it ran a program to allow contractors to listen to and transcribe some users' audio clips. The social network said that the only people who were affected were ...
Hacker That Struck Capital One May Have Targeted 30 Other Companies
The Seattle woman accused of hacking into Capital One Financial Corp.'s cloud and stealing personal information on more than 100 million Americans also broke into servers of more than 30 other ...
California’s New Data Privacy Law Could Be a Game-Changer
As the nation's most far-reaching data privacy law, California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), is set to begin Jan. 1, 2020, businesses and their insurers are preparing for a new era in cyber liability. ...
For Insurers, New Calif. Data Protection Regulation Offers ‘Tremendous’ Opportunity
More than a year after The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a regulation in EU law on data protection and privacy for all citizens of the European Union, was implemented in May 2018, some ...