Japan Earthquake Halts Auto and Chip Plants, Testing Supply Chain Resilience July 31, 2026 By Tim Kelly, Maki Shiraki, Daniel Leussink and Sam Nussey The 7.1-magnitude quake that struck southern Japan this week has brought many car and semiconductor factories in the area to...
Anthropic AI Models Hacked Three Organizations During Tests July 31, 2026 By Patrick Howell O'Neill and Shirin Ghaffary nthropic PBC said its artificial intelligence models breached three organizations during cybersecurity tests that went awry, a little more than...
Police Am-Bush Catches 74 Drivers Using Cell Phones July 31, 2026 Someone must have challenged the Dunellen Borough (New Jersey) Police Department to get creative with traffic enforcement. As the department...
Former Insurance Agent Sentenced to Jail for Fraud, Again July 31, 2026 A Baltimore County judge has sentenced Michael C. Okolo of Pikesville, Maryland, to six months incarceration for 10 counts of...
Climate Change Made ‘Fire Weather’ in France, Spain More Likely July 31, 2026 By Olivia Rudgard Climate change made the weather that fueled Europe’s recent wildfires at least twice as likely in France and at least...
French Insurer AXA’s Profit Rises 2% as Expected, Confident on Outlook July 31, 2026 By Claudia Cohen AXA SA reported first half profit higher than the same period a year ago, as the Paris-based insurer assesses the...
Mapfre Acquires Stake in Insurtech Tuio; Bolsters Commitment to AI, Digital Innovation July 31, 2026 Just a week after revealing a $1.5 billion deal to acquire U.S.-based Safety Insurance Group, Spain’s Mapfre has announced a...
State Farm to Begin Issuing Dividend Payments to Louisiana Drivers July 31, 2026 State Farm Mutual Auto will soon begin issuing $136 million in dividends to Louisiana drivers. The carrier informed the Louisiana...
Texas Ban on Several THC Products Goes Into Effect July 31, 2026 By Katlyn Ma, The Texas Tribune Texans’ access to a variety of hemp-derived THC products will significantly narrow on Friday. Texas will ban several hemp-derived THC...
Musk’s xAI Sues Minnesota Over Ban on Nudification Technology July 31, 2026 By Marc Levy and Barbara Ortutay Elon Musk’s company xAI has sued Minnesota over the state’s first-in-the-nation law that bans “nudification” technology on websites and apps,...