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A helicopter helping fight a Colorado wildfire has crashed into a reservoir, killing the pilot, authorities said. The aircraft was reported down Sunday in the Silver Jack Reservoir and the pilot’s body was recovered by divers. The Gunnison County Sheriff’s …

The U.S. will formally bring together AI developers and essential services providers to share information on cybersecurity vulnerabilities identified by advanced AI systems and coordinate responses, according to a White House statement, fulfilling U.S. President Donald Trump’s order from June. …

A vote in Palm Beach County on whether to allow the construction of a digital infrastructure hub to house AI data centers and warehouses is set to show the strength of Florida’s efforts to rein in the technology industry. Project …

Insurance industry software-as-a-service provider Duck Creek Technologies said it has acquired commercial underwriting platform Send Technology Solutions. Duck Creek said together the companies will create the “first and only agentic solution to unite core insurance operations and intelligent underwriting workflows …

Iran threatened on Wednesday to shut off more regional energy exports, after the U.S. reimposed a naval blockade of Iranian ports and both sides launched more strikes as they vie for control of the Strait of Hormuz. The apparent threat …

Russia and Ukraine stepped up their battle over the Black Sea and key trade routes on Wednesday, with Moscow killing three people in an attack on the Ukrainian port city of Odesa and Kyiv’s drone forces striking Russian shipping. Odesa …

OpenAI said on Tuesday that it’s “not aware of any evidence” that an Apple Inc. lawsuit alleging trade-secret theft has merit. The latest remarks come four days after Apple filed the suit, which claimed that OpenAI took proprietary technology to …

Power-hungry data centers have increased supply costs for the largest US electric grid by more than 60%, the system watchdog said. PJM Interconnection LLC, which serves 13 states and Washington, DC, said Tuesday that its auction to procure power for …

Ransomware group World Leaks has posted on the dark web a huge cache of files related to India’s largest nuclear plant, including purported blueprints of parts of its facilities and supplier details — information it labeled as coming from Reliance …

The UK has proposed rules to help encourage a potential new insurance market worth billions of pounds as part of a drive to boost competitiveness. The Bank of England and the Financial Conduct Authority laid out plans for a captive …