Technology/Science
AI Weather Models Have Shown Promise This Hurricane Season
When Hurricane Beryl was rushing across the Atlantic basin in July, the weather forecasting tool made by Google Deepmind, the tech company's artificial intelligence unit, saw something other models ...
Global CO2 Emissions to Hit Record High in 2024, Report Says
Global carbon dioxide emissions, including those from burning fossil fuels, are set to hit a record high this year, pulling the world further off course from averting more destructive climate ...
What Is the Latest Science on Climate Change?
This year's U.N. climate summit — COP29 — is being held during yet another record-breaking year of higher global temperatures, adding pressure to negotiations aimed at curbing climate change. The ...
Slack Identifies 5 Workplace Personalities Related to AI Use in the Workplace
Artificial intelligence's recent rise to the forefront of business has left most office workers wondering how often they should use the technology and whether a computer will eventually replace them. ...
SEC Accuses Four Firms of Downplaying SolarWinds-Related Hacks
Four hacked companies will pay a total of almost $7 million to settle US Securities and Exchange Commission allegations that they downplayed the significance of the cyberattacks, the latest fallout ...
Another Satellite Breakup Adds to Rising Problem of Space Junk
A large communications satellite has broken up in orbit, affecting users in Europe, Central Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Australia, and adding to the growing swarm of space junk clouding our ...
Insurance Execs See Gen AI Necessary To Compete; Customers Wary
Insurance industry investments in generative AI are expected to surge by over 300 percent from 2023 to 2025 as organizations move from pilots in one or two areas to implementations in multiple ...
New App Tracked Coastal Flooding During Hurricane Helene
A web-based application that gathers crowdsourced data to identify flooding in coastal communities went live days before Hurricane Helene struck, allowing scientists to collect essential data during ...
Hurricane Milton Has Reshaped Storm Science Even Before Making Landfall
Long after the winds subside and the hard work of rebuilding begins, scientists responsible for predicting hurricanes will continue to replay Hurricane Milton over and ...