Technology/Science
Iranian Hacking of U.S. Targets Was Widespread: Federal Prosecutors
Hackers linked to the Iranian government launched cyber-attacks on some four dozen U.S. financial institutions and a flood-control dam north of New York City in forays meant to undermine U.S. markets ...
Uber’s Anti-Cyber Crime Strategy: Pay Hackers to Find System Flaws
Uber, the high-flying transportation firm, is releasing a technical map of its computer and communications systems and inviting hackers to find weaknesses in exchange for cash bounties. While ...
Fitch Recommends Slower P/C Insurance Embrace of Cyber Risks
Cyber risk may be the fastest growing segment in property/casualty insurance, but carriers should be measured about boosting their presence in the space, Fitch Ratings warned in a new report. Why go ...
Jury Orders J&J to Pay $502M in Hip Implant Failure Patient Lawsuit
Johnson & Johnson was ordered to pay $502 million to a group of patients who accused the company of hiding flaws in its Pinnacle artificial hips that caused the devices to prematurely fail and ...
Uber Wants to Buy Self-Driving Cars: Report
Ride-hailing service Uber has sounded out car companies about placing a large order for self-driving cars, an auto industry source said on Friday. "They wanted autonomous cars," the source, who ...
Breaking Into the Cloud
For carriers, moving core systems to the cloud is a change in culture and processes as well as technology. That reality surprises some carriers and intimidates others. Exactly what will your company ...
Automakers Jointly Fund AI Research in Race to Catch Google on Self-Driving Cars
Automakers didn't build the self-driving car: Google did. That's a big problem for them. Hoping to catch up, Ford, Toyota, and Volkswagen are betting on academics. Along with Nvidia, Samsung, ...
Tech Firms Warn of Growing Cyber Risks, From Medical Devices to Sex Toys
It's not just computers and mobile phones that are vulnerable to cyber attack, according to software firm Trend Micro. As more devices are hooked up to the Internet, it could be anything from medical ...