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2024 Wildfire Forecast Calls for ‘Below Average’ Season
The approaching wildfire season may bring hazardous air quality from blazes burning across the U.S., but it's expected to be below the historical average in terms of the number of fires and acres ...
Survey: AI Associated With New Hiring Needs, Challenges in Finding the Right Talent
A new poll by Ernst & Young LLP finds that 50 percent of business leaders anticipate a combination of layoffs and hiring over the next six months as a direct result of AI adoption. Even with ...
Automatic Emergency Braking Systems Will Be Required on All New Cars in the U.S. by 2029
Nearly all new passenger cars and trucks sold in the United States will be required to have automatic emergency braking systems by September 2029, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ...
IIHS: New Front Crash Prevention Test Highlights Safety Weakness in Small SUVs
In a newly updated vehicle-to-vehicle front crash prevention test to address crashes that occur at higher speeds and those in which the struck vehicle is a motorcycle or large truck, only one of the ...
Auto Safety Agency Probes Tesla Recall of 2M Vehicles Over Autopilot Concerns
U.S. auto safety regulators said Friday they have opened an investigation into whether Tesla's recall of more than 2 million vehicles announced in December to install new Autopilot safeguards is ...
Businesses Threatened by Rising Cyber Attacks
Cyber attacks on businesses are rising, including small businesses. It's a troubling trend because a breach can be very costly and time consuming if owners don't have a plan to deal with one. ...
New Atlantic Hurricane Forecast Calls for 33 Named Storms
A climate scientist and his colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania predict 33 named storms for the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season. University of Pennsylvania EES scientists Dr. Michael E. Mann ...
City Leaders Accuse Ship Owner, Manager of Negligence in Baltimore Bridge Collapse
The owner and manager of the massive container ship that took down the Francis Scott Key Bridge last month should be held fully liable for the deadly collapse, according to court papers filed Monday ...