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Japan is facing an intense wave of AI-powered cyberattacks that’s laid bare the vulnerability of one of the world’s largest economies to a new breed of hacking. Dozens of incidents affecting companies from brokerages to delivery firms have made data …

HSBC Holdings Plc is looking to offload credit risk on data center loans to insurers as demand for artificial intelligence-related finance continues to grow. The bank is holding preliminary discussions with insurers about a series of project finance deals, some …

Hackers siphoned off $6.3 billion from crypto exchange Binance in the biggest heist that the digital-asset industry has ever faced, the latest in a slew of security incidents afflicting the financial sector. The world’s largest crypto trading platform suspended withdrawals …

A security breach at Binance involving up to $6.3 billion is the biggest crypto hack on record, raising fresh questions about the industry’s ability to protect digital assets as it seeks to woo traditional finance. The incident at the world’s …

Zillow said on Wednesday it will pay $212.5 million in cash to settle a class action accusing the online real estate marketplace of misleading shareholders about its failed Zillow Offers home-flipping venture. The Seattle-based company did not admit wrongdoing in …

A Greek container ship has sunk after being hit by naval drones off Bulgaria on Wednesday, the Bulgarian government said, in the latest of a series of strikes in the western Black Sea this month that have raised concerns about …

Much of the Miami Beach skyline, on ground that’s just a few feet above sea level, is sinking. But some of the iconic skyscrapers there are sinking at different rates and much of the subsidence is due to non-stop building …

The most prominent glaciers in Colorado thinned dramatically over the past year due to record low mountain snow and record warm temperatures, according to new research. Their shrinking is on par with recent observations of glacier loss across the planet …

Lyft is paying $1.8 million in civil penalties to resolve allegations that it violated California privacy and unfair competition laws by failing to let consumers opt out of the sale or the sharing of their personal information. The settlement also …

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro this week signed legislation meant to improve homeowners’ understanding of potential flood risk during the home-buying process. The new law (House Bill 1704) will require sellers to inform buyers about their home’s flood risk. Under the …

Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co. faces $77,800 in fines after an employee nearly became engulfed in hot pulp while attempting to shut off a valve at the company’s Longview, Washington mill. The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries cited the …

A battery system installed in a Buffalo, New York, apartment building will store excess energy when it’s plentiful and power the building when the grid is strained and electricity is costly. The manufacturer and state officials hope it will show …

New York is enacting farther-reaching restrictions on companion chatbot behavior, as states increasingly move to protect children who use artificial intelligence, regulate how employers deploy AI systems and push developers to prevent an AI-caused catastrophe. Legislation signed Wednesday by Gov. …

General Motors will pay $220 million to settle allegations that it illegally sold drivers’ private behavior and location data to brokers, who then sold the information to insurers that used it to set and sometimes increase rates. The settlement, announced …

Rainier Partners, a private equity firm investing in lower middle-market services businesses, has acquired Apex Insurance Services, a multi-brand managing general agency (MGA) platform focused on the Texas non-standard auto insurance market. Headquartered in Richardson, Texas, Apex manages five MGAs …

Gasoline stockpiles in the Midwest have fallen to an all-time low, raising the threat of persistently high pump prices in the region just days away from a handful of crucial Senate elections. Commercial gasoline supplies declined to 41 million barrels …

New World screwworm was found in Arizona for the first time, as cases of the deadly parasite threatening the US cattle herd spread west into a third state. The US Department of Agriculture confirmed the infection late Wednesday in a …

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called on Wednesday for a global maritime truce after a drone attack sank a Greek container ship off Bulgaria, the latest of a series of strikes on ships in the western Black Sea this month. …

Nearly 75% of all National Football League (NFL) players who died between 2008 and 2023 had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) neuropathology, according to a new study led by Boston University. The new findings build on an August 2026 study from …

West Virginia’s Republican attorney general has launched a broad investigation into many of the state’s leading environmental groups, demanding a decade of internal records involving their fundraising and climate change advocacy as part of a probe into “alleged unfair or …