Technology/Science
AI Finding Twice as Many Cyber Flaws in 2026 as It Did in 2025
The number of software security flaws discovered in popular technology products in 2026 is on pace to roughly double the tally of vulnerabilities that surfaced in 2025, an explosion driven by ...
Tesla’s Cratering Cybertruck Sales Evoke Ford Edsel Comparisons
Ford Motor Co. introduced a car almost 70 years ago widely viewed as the greatest automotive flop of all time. Tesla Inc.'s Cybertruck may well be on its way to claiming that title. Ford's Edsel, ...
This Year’s SCS Loss Totals Will Fall Below Average: KCC Analysis
According to a bulletin published by KCC, the risk modeling firm projects that severe convective storm losses for all of 2026 will drop below annual averages based on loss activity accumulated so far ...
AI Bumps Power Cost 60% as Mega U.S. Grid Fails to Hit Supply Goal
Power-hungry data centers have increased supply costs for the largest U.S. electric grid by more than 60%, the system watchdog said. PJM Interconnection LLC, which serves 13 states and Washington, ...
U.S. to Launch AI and Cybersecurity Coordination Group, White House Says
The U.S. will formally bring together AI developers and essential services providers to share information on cybersecurity vulnerabilities identified by advanced AI systems and coordinate responses, ...
AI Adoption Continues, But 70% Want More Training: SMB Survey
AI adoption among U.S. small businesses has risen to 66%, up 11% from a year ago, even as 70% of owners admit to needing more training to use the technology effectively, according to AI-enabled ...
Duck Creek Acquires Send, Creating Agentic Underwriting-to-Core Platform
Duck Creek Technologies announced it has acquired Send Technology Solutions, an AI-native underwriting orchestration engine serving commercial, specialty and complex risk markets. Duck Creek said the ...
Travelers Builds Insurance-Specific LLM
The Travelers Companies, Inc. announced this week that engineers and data scientists have developed TravelersLLM, a proprietary large language model tailored to its property/casualty business. ...