Senate Panel to Hold Hearing on Suspected Chinese Hacking Incidents November 19, 2024 By David Shepardson A U.S. Senate Judiciary subcommittee overseeing technology issues will hold a hearing Tuesday on Chinese hacking incidents, including a recent...
Flood Adaptation Preferable to Post-Disaster Rebuilding – And Helps With Insurability November 19, 2024 By L.S. Howard Economic losses caused by natural catastrophes reached an estimated US$280 billion in 2023, with US$51.6 billion of that total due...
AI Weather Models Have Shown Promise This Hurricane Season November 19, 2024 By Eric Roston When Hurricane Beryl was rushing across the Atlantic basin in July, the weather forecasting tool made by Google Deepmind, the...
Sedgwick: US Product Recalls on Pace to Hit 6-Year High November 19, 2024 If the pace of product recalls continues in the fourth quarter, the number will reach a six-year high by the...
Judge Reduces UPS Driver’s $237.6M Bias Verdict to $39.6M November 18, 2024 By Jonathan Stempel A federal judge reduced a $237.6 million jury award against United Parcel Service to $39.6 million in the case of...
NHTSA Opens Probe Into Over 110,000 Ford SUVs on Seat Belt Concern November 18, 2024 By Nathan Gomes The U.S. auto safety regulator said on Monday it had initiated a recall query into about 112,567 Ford SUVs over...
Allstate Thinks Outside the Cubicle With Flexible Workspaces November 18, 2024 After ditching two-thirds of its office space and selling its Chicago headquarters, Allstate Corp. realized that even employees who prefer...
Marsh McLennan Completes $7.75B Buy of McGriff Insurance Services November 18, 2024 Marsh McLennan said Friday it has completed the $7.75 billion acquisition of McGriff Insurance Services. The purchase of Charlotte, North...
Amazon, SpaceX to Test US Labor Board’s Powers at Conservative Appeals Court November 18, 2024 By Daniel Wiessner A U.S. labor board whose enforcement powers are being challenged in a series of lawsuits is set to defend itself...
Musk Escalates Altman Legal Feud, Casting OpenAI as Monopolist November 18, 2024 By Malathi Nayak and Robert Burnson Elon Musk is ramping up his feud with Sam Altman, alleging in a court filing that OpenAI is trying to...