Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world US investors in Chinese venture capital funds are racing to comply with new rules that ban them from backing companies that develop artificial intelligence and other advanced technologies used by the People’s Liberation … Read more
Dec 30, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybersecurity / Compliance The United States Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has proposed new cybersecurity requirements for healthcare organizations with an aim to safeguard patients’ data against potential cyber attacks. The proposal, which seeks to modify the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of … Read more
The UK car industry is at a crossroads. With ambitious zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) mandates putting carmakers under immense pressure, the government is now reconsidering its approach. Could we soon see a return of EV purchase subsidies to help UK car traders shift more vehicles or even a reform of the strict EV sales quotas? Let’s … Read more
California’s Department of Insurance last week posted long-awaited rules that remove obstacles to profitably underwriting coverage in the wildfire-prone state. Among other things, the new rules eliminate outdated restrictions on use of catastrophe models in setting premium rates. The measure also extends language related to catastrophe modeling to “nature-based flood risk reduction.” In the original … Read more
Juvenile Nile Crocodile (2 years). M. C. MILINKOVITCH & A. DEBRY Science is grateful for animals! All biologists know that it is by deciphering the mechanisms in force among our cousins, more or less distant, that we understand the foundations of biology. You only have to look at the list of Nobel Prize winners to … Read more
