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29 05, 2020

Mississippi Governor Says Reopening Plan has ‘Freedom with Risk’

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Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said Wednesday that he will allow all types of businesses to reopen Monday but they must follow safety guidelines to try to minimize spread of the new coronavirus. “This does not mean the threat is gone,” …

1 06, 2020

Coronavirus Could Complicate Hurricane Response, Warns Catastrophe Modeler

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“Hurricanes and COVID-19 are not a good mix,” says catastrophe modeling firm Karen Clark & Co., warning in a report that the pandemic will make what forecasters already predict to be an above-average hurricane season even more difficult. KCC highlighted, …

29 05, 2020

Google Urges EU to Use Current Laws, Not New Ones, to Regulate Artificial Intelligence

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Google has called on the European Union to use current EU laws to govern the use of artificial intelligence rather than draft new ones and cautioned against a one size fits all regulatory framework because of AI’s diverse applications. The …

29 05, 2020

Israel Thwarts Major Cyber Attack Against Its Water Systems

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Israel’s national cyber chief Thursday officially acknowledged the country had thwarted a major cyber attack last month against its water systems, an assault widely attributed to arch-enemy Iran, calling it a “synchronized and organized attack” aimed at disrupting key national …

29 05, 2020

California Approves PG&E Bankruptcy Plan With Oversight, Safety Conditions

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California regulators approved PG&E Corp.’s $58 billion reorganization plan, bringing the power giant another step closer to exiting the biggest utility bankruptcy in U.S. history. The state’s Public Utilities Commission unanimously voted in favor of PG&E’s proposal after the company …

29 05, 2020

Federal Reserve Finds Businesses Not So Optimistic About Economy

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Businesses across the country surveyed by the Federal Reserve don’t appear to share the Trump administration’s optimism about a rapid economic recovery starting this summer. The Federal Reserve released a report Wednesday that draws on business contacts from the central …

29 05, 2020

U.S. Warns Partners, Industrial Firms About Russian Hacking Operation

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The U.S. National Security Agency on Thursday warned government partners and private companies about a Russian hacking operation that uses a special intrusion technique to target operating systems often used by industrial firms to manage computer infrastructure. “This is a …

29 05, 2020

Trump’s Targeting of Social Media Immunity Is ‘Political Theater,’ Claim Legal Experts

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President Donald Trump’s attempt to curb what he says is social media censorship is a political gambit and will not change the legal obligations of companies like Twitter Inc. and Facebook Inc., according to legal experts. An executive order signed …

29 05, 2020

University in Utah, Parents Didn’t Settle Lawsuit Over Slain Student

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The University of Utah did not reach a settlement after two of mediation with the parents of slain track star Lauren McCluskey who filed a $56 million lawsuit over her death in 2018. The McCluskeys’ attorney Jim McConkie described the …

29 05, 2020

Governor Orders Probe of Failed Michigan Dams

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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has ordered an investigation to determine what caused two dams in central Michigan to fail, leading to devastating floods in several communities and forcing about 11,000 people to evacuate their homes. Whitmer ordered the Michigan Department of …