Technology/Science
Cities Drive Greenhouse Gas Emissions but Can Provide Solutions to Climate Change
The world's cities are a big driver of planet-warming emissions but can play a major role in addressing climate change in the near future. U.N. scientists on Monday laid out ways to rein in emissions ...
BrokerTech Ventures Announces 2022 Cohort Class for Accelerator
BrokerTech Ventures (BTV), the broker-led convening platform and accelerator program, has selected 12 InsurTech startups to take part in its accelerator curriculum for 2022: Ferro, Omaha, ...
Verisk Assembles Climate Advisory Council
Verisk has formed an advisory council to help organizations better understand the impacts of climate change and inform their resilience and sustainability efforts. The Verisk Climate Advisory Council ...
Solar Storm to Hit Earth, Prompting Monitoring by Airlines, Electric Grid Operators
A solar storm will sweep across the Earth Wednesday night, raising prospects of dazzling Northern Lights visible as far south as Chicago while prompting airlines and electric-grid operators to step ...
Logistics Giants Hedge Their Bets in Uncertain U.S. Self-Driving Truck Race
Self-driving truck companies in the U.S. have a golden opportunity in the form of a nationwide driver shortage, but their robot drivers still are not ready, and neither are their biggest potential ...
Climate Change Could Cost U.S. Budget $2 Trillion a Year by End of the Century
Flood, fire and drought fueled by climate change could take a massive bite out of the U.S. federal budget per year by the end of the century, the White House said in its first ever such assessment on ...
FBI Says Russian Hackers Scanning U.S. Energy Systems and Pose ‘Current’ Threat
Russian hackers have been scanning the systems of energy companies and other critical infrastructure in the United States, and state-sponsored hacking by Russia presents a "current" threat to ...
California Watchdog Group Report Calls for Privacy Protections From Connected Cars
A new report from a consumer group calls out what it says are privacy problems posed for consumers from connected cars, and it points to new rules to be developed in California as a potential model ...