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California Regulator Weakens AI Rules, Tracking Safeguards
California's first-in-the-nation privacy agency is retreating from an attempt to regulate artificial intelligence and other forms of computer automation. The California Privacy Protection Agency was ...
Fatal Crash Risk Higher for Teens Driving Older Vehicles: Study
A new study indicates that teens driving vehicles 6-15 years old had a 19 percent greater risk of driver death in fatal crashes, and driving vehicles older than 15 years had a 31 percent greater ...
U.S. Labor Market Remains Resilient, But Employee Productivity Dropped in Q1
The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits fell sharply last week as the spring break-related boost from the prior week faded, suggesting the labor market continued to ...
Deadly April Rainfall, Catastrophic Flooding Across U.S. Intensified by Climate Change
Human-caused climate change intensified deadly rainfall in Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee and other states in early April and made those storms more likely to occur, according to an analysis released ...
Shareholders Sue UnitedHealth Over its Reaction to Backlash From Executive’s Killing
UnitedHealth Group was sued on Wednesday for allegedly concealing how backlash from the killing of a top executive was damaging its business, causing its stock to nosedive after the insurer lowered ...
National Transportation Safety Board Vice Chair Unexpectedly Removed From Position
The vice chair of the National Transportation Safety Board has been abruptly removed from his position, the White House confirmed Tuesday, a rare move that comes as the federal agency charged with ...
Amazon’s Zoox Agrees to Software Recall After Las Vegas Robotaxi Crash
Amazon.com's self-driving unit Zoox agreed to recall 270 driverless vehicles after an unoccupied robotaxi was involved in an April 8 crash with a passenger car in Las Vegas. Zoox said on Tuesday ...
University of Pennsylvania Atlantic Hurricane Forecast Calls for Average Season
University of Pennsylvania Energy and Environmental Science (EES) scientists predict an average Atlantic hurricane season with 14 named storms. Dr. Michael E. Mann, Shannon A. Christiansen, and Penn ...