Uber intros several safety features, including one that records audio during a ride

Uber is adding several new safety features to its app, including an audio reminder to riders to wear their seat belts, allowing riders or drivers to record audio during rides, and detection of unexpected route changes or stops before the final destination. The updates are designed to help both riders and drivers feel safer during […]

Spot AI emerges from stealth with $22M for a platform to draw out more intelligence from organizations’ basic security videos

Security cameras, for better or for worse, are part and parcel of how many businesses monitor spaces in the workplace for security or operational reasons. Now, a startup is coming out of stealth with funding for tech designed to make the video produced by those cameras more useful. Spot AI has built a software platform […]

ボルボ、エアバッグ破裂の危険で世界46万台のリコール発表

ボルボは、老朽化したエアバッグが事故の際に乗員に致命的な影響を及ぼす恐れがあるとして、世界各国で46万台以上のリコールを発表しました。そのうち、半数以上の約26万台が米国内を対象としており、現行ラインナップではなく旧型車 […]

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緊急通報できる防犯アプリは、本当に都市を“安全”にするのか：浮上するさまざまな懸念の理由

事件や事故が近くで発生した際に通知してくれる米国のサーヴィス「Citizen」に、身の危険を感じたときに助けを求められる有料の緊急通報機能が加わった。ところが、同社が過去に犯罪の通知に関して誤報やえん罪などの問題を起こしてきたという“前歴”ゆえに、新機能の信頼性について、不必要な通報や人為的なミスなどの懸念が持ち上がっている。
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BitSight raises $250M from Moody’s and acquires cyber risk startup VisibleRisk

BitSight, a startup that assesses the likelihood that an organization will be breached, has received a $250 million investment from credit rating giant Moody’s, and acquired Israeli cyber risk assessment startup VisibleRisk for an undisclosed sum. Boston-based BitSight says the investment from Moody’s, which has long warned that cyber risk can impact credit ratings, will […]