Technology/Science
Waymo First to Get Calif. OK for Driverless Testing Without Backup Driver
Alphabet Inc.'s Waymo unit on Tuesday became the first company to receive a permit from the state of California to test driverless vehicles without a backup driver in the front seat, the state's ...
GM Hits Speed Bumps on $5B Road to Driverless Cars by 2019: Reuters
It's one of the biggest bets going in the world of cars. Since May, General Motors Co. and its Cruise self-driving car unit have landed $5 billion in investment commitments from Japan's SoftBank ...
More Tornadoes Spinning Eastward to Populated Areas, Worrying Scientists
Over the past few decades tornadoes have been shifting—decreasing in Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas but spinning up more in states along the Mississippi River and farther east, a new study shows. ...
Munich Re Closes Acquisition of IoT Startup That Helps Companies Pursue ‘Digital Transformations’
Munich Re has closed its acquisition of relayr, an Internet of Things-related software company in which it had initially invested in 2016. The acquisition, through Munich Re subsidiary Hartford Steam ...
British Airways Warns an Additional 185,000 Customers May Have Been Hit in Cyber Attack
International Airlines Group said an investigation into the theft of customers' data at its British Airways subsidiary showed hackers may have stolen the personal information of a further 185,000 ...
InsurTech Profile: Kordinator Adds Empathy to Automated Customer Service
Automated customer service is a fact of life. In fact, many people are more comfortable sharing personal details with a machine than with a human. But automation must appreciate that not every ...
U.S. Govt. Official Wants Self-Driving Car Industry to Develop Better Safety Metrics
Autonomous vehicle manufacturers need a better yardstick to show that their products are safe, said Derek Kan, under secretary for policy at the U.S. Department of Transportation. The metrics that ...
Cyber Attack on AXA Prompts Mexico Central Bank Alert
Mexico's central bank said on Tuesday it had raised the security alert level in its payment system after a non-banking financial user reported "inconsistencies" in the cash payment matching system. ...