AI and Bionic Eyes Are Helping to Keep Wildfires Contained August 5, 2019 By Brian K. Sullivan On a tower in the Brazilian rain forest, a sentinel scans the horizon for the first signs of fire. Only... Read More
Viewpoint: 11th Circuit Holds No Obligation to Defend Against DOJ Antitrust Investigation August 5, 2019 By Rafael Rivera Jr. On July 23, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, in Crowley Maritime Corp. v. Nat’l Union Fire... Read More
NIOSH: Robots that Work Alongside Humans Bring New Safety Hazards August 5, 2019 By Jim Sams The increasing use of robots that work alongside humans brings new occupational safety hazards, but there’s not much data available... Read More
East News Purdue Sackler Opioids Trial Boston Latest Updates August 2, 2019 By Janelle Lawrence Massachusetts took Purdue Pharma LP to task in a Boston courtroom Friday, blaming the opioid maker and the billionaire Sackler... Read More
Alleged CapitalOne Hacker Barely Bothered to Hide August 2, 2019 By Gene Johnson and Frank Bajak SEATTLE — The 33-year-old former Amazon software engineer accused of hacking CapitalOne made little attempt to hide her attack. In... Read More
Expert Wins Settlement in Whistleblower Case against Cisco August 2, 2019 By Frank Bajak BOSTON — A computer security expert won a rare payout in a whistleblower lawsuit he filed against Cisco Systems Inc.... Read More
East News Shut Philadelphia Refinery Begins Risky Job of Removing Toxic Chemical August 2, 2019 By Laila Kearney PHILADELPHIA — Workers at the fire-damaged Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery took the first steps this week toward ridding the plant... Read More
Southeast News Enbridge Texas Eastern Gas Pipe Remains Shut After Kentucky Blast August 2, 2019 By Scott DiSavino Canadian energy company Enbridge Inc said the section of its Texas Eastern pipe that killed one person when it exploded... Read More
International News ‘Hyper-Local’ Forecaster, Instant Flood Claims Payer Selected for Lloyd’s Incubator August 2, 2019 A company that delivers “hyper-local” weather forecasts and a firm that predicts emerging risks by mining research data were among... Read More
ViewPoint: Why Artificial Intelligence is Critical to True Claims Automation August 2, 2019 By Arnaud Grapinet Once thought of as highly traditional and reluctant to change, insurers today are rethinking everything. The rise of digital-first carriers,... Read More