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Drones, AI and White Paint: Europe Races to Protect Infrastructure From Heat
As Europe’s railways buckle under record heat, roads melt and power grids strain, countries are turning to an array of fixes for aging infrastructure, from drones inspecting tracks and AI-powered sensors to a surprisingly simple tool: white paint. At Norway’s …
POSTED JULY 17, 2026 9:10 AM |
Viewpoint: The AI Ransomware That Couldn’t Get Paid
On July 1st, security researchers at Sysdig published something they had never documented before. A ransomware attack that ran from start to finish without a single human directing it, an AI agent alone at every stage. If you work in …
POSTED JULY 17, 2026 5:46 AM |
US Aims to Set Guardrails for Autonomous Vehicle Behavior
The Trump administration is working to develop new safety requirements governing how autonomous vehicles behave on the road as the industry contends with a series of safety mishaps. Officials aim to finalize the new requirements before the end of President …
POSTED JULY 17, 2026 5:24 AM |
White House Unveils AI Clearinghouse for Cybersecurity Risks
The Trump administration is moving to strengthen coordination on artificial intelligence cybersecurity through a new industry clearinghouse to improve the detection and patching of network vulnerabilities, especially in open-source software. The clearinghouse, named Gold Eagle, was rolled out earlier this …
POSTED JULY 17, 2026 5:15 AM |
Americans Are Angry About Data Centers and Politicians Are Feeling the Pressure
From Michigan Avenue, Saline Township looks like any other farming community, with its corn and soybean fields, silos and grain elevators. Just down the road, though, cranes reach above towering fences at the site of a $16 billion project — …
POSTED JULY 17, 2026 5:02 AM |
New York Approves 22% Workers’ Compensation Cost Reduction
New York has approved a 21.9% reduction in workers’ compensation insurance premium rates, which the state says represents an estimated savings of more than $1 billion for businesses or an average of $1,779 per employer in the state. The loss …
POSTED JULY 17, 2026 5:00 AM |
People Moves: Gabbay Elected to CopperPoint Board of Directors
CopperPoint Insurance Company elected Steve Gabbay to the CopperPoint Mutual Insurance Holding Company board of directors. Since 2009, Gabbay has been the chief operating officer of YAM Worldwide, which operates more than a dozen companies across a variety of industries. …
POSTED JULY 17, 2026 5:00 AM |
California Rivals Have Starkly Different Plans to Remake Home Insurance
As high temperatures bake California and strong winds make it more susceptible to fire, voters in the state are being wooed by political candidates with divergent visions for how to protect homes from stepped-up climate risks. California has the nation’s …
POSTED JULY 17, 2026 5:00 AM |
Texas Contractor Fined $343K Following Excavation Collapse
A U.S. Department of Labor investigation concluded that a Houston utility construction company exposed employees to safety hazards after an excavation collapse hospitalized a worker. The department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration initiated an investigation into Blazey Construction Services LLC …
POSTED JULY 16, 2026 4:24 PM |
Northeast Texas Counties Work to Form Groundwater District
More than a dozen East Texas counties are working to create a groundwater conservation district that would prevent over-pumping water from the aquifer below their communities. On Tuesday, Gregg County Commissioners voted to approve a resolution adding the county to …
POSTED JULY 16, 2026 4:20 PM |
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