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Senator Pushes FTC to Probe Microsoft for ‘Gross Cybersecurity Negligence’
U.S. Democratic Senator Ron Wyden on Wednesday requested the Federal Trade Commission "investigate and hold Microsoft responsible" for its role in a string of high-profile cybersecurity incidents in ...
Crumbling Dam Reveals Risks of Private Hydroelectric Ownership
Amid stacked rows of brightly colored plastic kayaks and canoes, Khrystal Crosno recently helped an Ann Arbor, Michigan, family begin a floating trip along the scenic AuTrain River. The Earl family ...
Agent Has No Duty to Tell Insured of Pending Nonrenewal: Connecticut High Court
A Connecticut insurance agent has no duty to inform clients that their home insurer intends not to renew their insurance policy, the state's high court recently affirmed in a case where the ...
U.S. Disaster Aid Taking Longer to Get to Victims
Survivors of major natural disasters in the U.S. are having to wait longer to get aid from the federal government, according to a new Associated Press analysis of decades of data. On average, it took ...
DOJ Drops Defense of Ban on Employee ‘Noncompete’ Agreements
President Donald Trump's administration abandoned on Friday the U.S. government's legal defense of a rule adopted under former President Joe Biden that had banned agreements commonly signed by ...
Authors Sue Apple Over Use of Books in AI Training
Technology giant Apple was accused by authors in a lawsuit on Friday of illegally using their copyrighted books to help train its artificial intelligence systems, part of an expanding legal fight ...
Nearly $13T in U.S. Homes Face Severe Climate Risks: Report
A little more than one in four homes in the U.S., representing $12.7 trillion in real estate value, are exposed to severe or extreme climate risks, according to a recent Realtor.com report. "Climate ...
New Texas Laws Ban Youth Cabins in Floodways, Require Camp Safety Plans
In the days and weeks following the death of his 9-year-old daughter, Lila, at Camp Mystic in the Texas Hill Country, Blake Bonner found himself wondering whether the tragedy was simply an ...