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Mercedes Will Debut Autonomous Driving Tech on U.S. City Streets This Year
Mercedes-Benz said on Monday it will launch a new advanced driver-assistance system in the United States later this year that lets its vehicles operate autonomously on city streets under driver ...
A Year Later, LA Wildfires Were ‘Significant Stress Event’ for Insurance: Morningstar
In a report one year on from the Los Angeles area wildfires in 2025, which started on Jan. 7, Morningstar DBS Research issued a perspective that called the fires "a significant stress event" for ...
Middle Market M&A Deals Expected to Rise: Survey
M&A activity is expected to rise among midsize companies as private equity firms become more willing to do deals, according to a Citizens Financial survey of about 400 companies. Executives at ...
Silicon Valley Summit Highlights Humanoid Robots, But Skepticism Remains
Robots have long been seen as a bad bet for Silicon Valley investors — too complicated, capital-intensive, and "boring, honestly," says venture capitalist Modar Alaoui. But the commercial boom in ...
NOAA Announces Latest AI-Driven Global Weather Models
A new suite of operational, artificial intelligence (AI)-driven global weather prediction models has been launched by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA), promising forecast ...
Northern California Flooding This Weekend Caused by Heavy Rain, High Tides
Heavy rain and high tides, believed to be the most severe in two decades, caused flooding in parts of Northern California on Saturday, prompting road closures and rescues of people trapped in cars. ...
Drivers Support Tougher Restrictions Even as They Admit to Risky Driving: AAA
Tougher safeguards to prevent impaired driving are welcomed by drivers, even as they admit to dangerous habits behind the wheel, a new survey by AAA found. A new report by the AAA Foundation for ...
2025 One of the Top Three Hottest Years on Record
Climate change worsened by human behavior made 2025 one of the three hottest years on record, scientists said. It was also the first time that the three-year temperature average broke through the ...
Arctic Blast Brings Snow and Wind to the Great Lakes and Northeast
A surge of Arctic air brought strong winds, heavy snow and frigid temperatures to the Great Lakes and Northeast on Tuesday, a day after a bomb cyclone barreling across ...