The waters in Venice's main canal have turned fluorescent green in the area near Italy's renowned Rialto Bridge, as authorities seek to determine the cause. Italy's fire department posted a video on Sunday as one of its boats sailed on phosphorescent waters. "The Grand Canal coloured in green is what the fire department found this morning as we intervened together with ARPAV to collect samples and analyse this abnormal colour," it said. ARPAV, Veneto's regional environmental protection agency, said it received samples of the altered waters and was working to identify the substance that changed their colour. The Venice prefect has called an emergency meeting of police forces to understand what happened and study possible countermeasures, the ANSA news agency reported.

Lemonade, the New York City-based insurtech that is powered by artificial intelligence, has launched in the United Kingdom, following previous international moves in France, Germany, and the Netherlands. Founded in 2015, Lemonade launched its flagship renters insurance in the U.S. in 2016. Lemonade customers can get a quote, purchase contents insurance, file a claim, and get paid -- all within seconds, said the company. Residents in the UK are now able to protect their belongings with Lemonade, featuring a Defaqto 5 Star Rating, starting at just £4 (US$4.50) a month. Policies can be bought through the Lemonade app or online.

The UK financial services regulators, the Bank of England (BoE), the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) – together Supervisory Authorities – jointly published a discussion paper (DP5/22) on artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning on 11 October 2022. The purpose of the discussion paper was to facilitate a public debate on the safe and responsible adoption of AI in UK financial services. The Supervisory Authorities have also raised discussion questions for stakeholder input, with the aim of understanding whether the current regulatory framework is sufficient to address the potential risks and harms associated with AI and how any additional intervention may support the safe and responsible adoption of AI in UK financial services. The discussion paper provides a platform for the Supervisory Authorities, experts and stakeholders to collaborate and jointly assess whether the current legal framework can adequately regulate AI technology by safeguarding each of the Supervisory Authorities' objectives while at the same time promoting innovation in UK financial services. This consultation occurs in parallel to the UK government's ongoing work in developing its own cross-sector approach to the regulation of AI technology and will therefore provide a valuable contribution to this broader policy debate.

Secure Exchange Solutions (SES), a Centauri Health Solutions company, and leading provider of interoperable, cloud-based clinical data exchange and AI powered clinical data review technologies, announced it achieved full re-accreditation through the DirectTrust Accreditation Program for Health Information Service Providers (HISPs), Certificate Authorities (CAs), and Registration Authorities (RAs). DirectTrust accreditation is the gold standard in the industry recognizing organizations who have demonstrated best practices for HIPAA, privacy, and security compliance standards, and validated policy requirements. As one of the industry's largest health information service providers, SES's clinical exchange platform participants and partners include healthcare providers, health systems, plans and patients. In addition to providing core communication support for patient transitions of care and referrals, the platform also supports innovative care management, health event notifications, and population health use cases that advance healthcare information sharing nationwide to improve patient health and outcomes. The Direct Standard and access to the DirectTrust network is a core component of SES's clinical data exchange platform.

The UK is setting the stage for its future Artificial Intelligence (AI) regulatory model. Much like the EU, it suggests adopting a risk-based approach but will differ from the bloc by entrusting enforcement to a panel of regulators. The British government presented its "pro-innovation approach to regulating AI" on Monday (18 July) alongside its new Data Protection and Digital Information Bill. It follows the presentation of the National AI Strategy last September, a ten-year plan to ensure the UK becomes a global AI superpower. The country has invested more than £2.3 billion (€2.7 billion) in AI since 2014.

Marine commanders on the battlefield need access to better intelligence and AI tools for more rapid decision making, while higher-ranking commanders further from the tactical edge must accept that their picture may be less timely and complete and will focus more on pre-planning logistics, Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger said Thursday. Speaking at a Hudson Institute event, Berger laid out his thoughts on how the Marine Corps must continue to transform to prepare for future potential fights against highly advanced adversaries like China and Russia. First, the Corps and the military must recognize that in highly contested environments with an advanced adversary, the Marine Corps will play a different role than it did during U.S. operations in the Middle East, and must be positioned forward before conflict starts, he said. "In a very simple sense, the way that I view it is: The most forward parts of the U.S. military in a contested environment, before shots are fired, are going to be special operations units, submarines, and Marines" Berger said. "If those three are forward persistently before, how do we stitch them together into some sort of framework where they can move information? Where they can--with some overlap, but not too much redundancy--cover the playing field?"

Italian and European authorities weren’t aware that a Chinese state-controlled company bought an Italian military-drone manufacturer and transferred its know-how and technology, revealing how Beijing is skirting weak investment-screening in Europe to acquire sensitive technology.

Through rapid digitalization and agile technology, the concept of "data" has become the new raw material of business, being regarded as an economic input almost on a par with capital and labor.[1] As modern computing power has expanded our ability to collect, process, store, and analyze data on a large scale, it also started to raise complex questions about the commercial nature of the accumulated "big data" and the implications for competition in numerous industries across the global economy. In that same vein, as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and the Internet of Things (IoT) promise to render big data analytics a central feature of virtually every area of commerce, antitrust figures – lawyers, economists, and agencies – contend to define big data in the parlance of antitrust and analyze it in light of the world's antitrust laws. What is "Data" in the Eyes of Antitrust Enforcers? Before delving into which characteristics of big data are antitrust-related, it is of vital importance to see what exactly "data" is from an antitrust law perspective.

The FBI is asking for your assistance in finding Sydney Loofe. Sydney was last seen on the evening of November 16th. If you have any information please call 402-493-8688 option 1. Help us bring Sydney home. Two people accused of killing and dismembering a woman one of them met on a Tinder date appeared in a Nebraska court Tuesday on first-degree murder charges. Aubrey Trail, 51, and Bailey Boswell, 23, appeared in Saline County Court to face the charges related to the killing of Sydney Loofe, 24.

On Saturday, the UK government posted new rules governing the use of drones weighing over 250 grams (about half a pound), with input from the Department for Transport, the Civil Aviation Authority, and the Military Aviation Authority. The guidelines state that drone users will have to register their devices and undergo safety awareness testing to ensure that they're aware of UK security, privacy, and safety rules. "By registering drones, introducing safety awareness tests to educate users we can reduce the inadvertent breaching of airspace restrictions." "By registering drones, introducing safety awareness tests to educate users we can reduce the inadvertent breaching of airspace restrictions to protect the public."