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Geopolitical volatility surges into top 10 business risks for the first time, Aon study
"The dramatic rise of trade and geopolitical risk highlights a new...
Boeing in early stages of developing 737 MAX replacement
The U.S. planemaker has also been designing the flight deck of a...
Tokio Marine Holdings launches disaster prevention & mitigation subsidiary
Tokio Marine Resilience will promote comprehensive disaster prevention and mitigation solutions through planning, developing and providing new services Tokyo: Japanese major Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. (TMHD”) has announced the establishment of a 100 per cent owned...
Nations to develop mechanism for use of digital sequence information on genetic resources
Digital sequence information(DSI) is a placeholder term to refer to data derived from de-materialised genetic resources. It includes nucleic acid sequence data and potentially other data such as protein sequence data. DSI is crucial to research in a wide range of...
Australia says ports operator cyber incident ‘serious’
DP World Australia, which manages nearly half of the goods that flow in and out of the country, said it was looking into possible data breaches as well as testing systems "crucial for the resumption of normal operations and regular freight movement". The Australian...
ICBC manually settling Treasury trades days after cyberattack -sources
ICBC was trying to minimize the risk impact and losses after the attack, which several experts blamed on hacking group Lockbit The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China's access to an electronic settlement platform for U.S. Treasury securities remained suspended on...
Two-thirds of North America could face power shortages this winter -NERC
In its 2023-24 winter outlook, the regulatory authority warned that prolonged, wide-area cold snaps threaten the reliability of bulk power generation and availability of fuel supplies for natural gas-fired generation More than half of the U.S. and parts of Canada,...
GM’s Cruise recalling 950 driverless cars after pedestrian dragged in crash
The cars are being recalled because the collision detection subsystem of the Cruise Automated Driving Systems (ADS) software may respond improperly after a crash, according to a notice made public by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Wednesday...
Kia halts operations at S.Korea auto facility after accident at supplier
Kia said in a regulatory filing it had stopped production at three main assembly plants at its Gwangju complex, except for bus and military-related product manufacturing. The company said the timing for a resumption had not been determined yet SEOUL: Automaker Kia...
Microsoft offers a new tool to help US politicians crack down on Deepfakes
The new tool will allow parties to authenticate their videos and photos with so-called watermark credentials, Microsoft President Brad Smith said Microsoft Corp. is offering US politicians and campaign groups a tool aimed at helping fight the rise of deepfakes ahead...
Meta to require disclosures for AI-created, altered political ads
Meta, the world's second-biggest platform for digital ads, said in a blog post it would require advertisers to disclose if their altered or created ads portray real people as doing or saying something that they did not, or if they digitally produce a real-looking...
Lloyd’s of London to invest $65 mln following slavery report
“We’ve asked ourselves how we could have the greatest impact,” Lloyd’s Chairman Bruce Carnegie-Brown told Reuters. “We can’t change the wrongs of the past, but we can make a difference today.” Lloyd’s of London will invest 40 million pounds ($49.6 million) in regions...