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Mitigating the impact of climate change in insurance and other financial services  

IBM Big Data Hub

According to Berenberg analysts , individual insurance companies faced total claims estimates of up to approximately USD 300 million. For other financial services firms outside of the insurance sector, property accepted as loan security might face climate-related risks as well.

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Turning climate risks into business opportunities 

IBM Big Data Hub

In Africa, for example, recurring droughts, floods and cyclones due to climate change might cause crop failures and food insecurity. Substantial repair costs might arise, particularly impacting insurance companies. In India, for example, the states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar are in a region of extreme summers and winters.

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Security Blueprints of Many Companies Leaked in Hack of Swedish Firm Gunnebo

Krebs on Security

“When it comes to cameras in a public environment, for example, half the point is that they should be visible, therefore a drawing with camera placements in itself is not very sensitive.” ” It remains unclear whether the stolen RDP credentials were a factor in this incident.

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The most valuable AI use cases for business

IBM Big Data Hub

For example, Amazon reminds customers to reorder their most often-purchased products, and shows them related products or suggestions. Agricultural machines can engage in autonomous pruning, moving, thinning, seeding and spraying. A flood of applications can be screened, sorted and passed to HR team members with precision.

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A Survey of Spanish Posters and Related Graphics at the National Archives

Unwritten Record

They are at the National Archives today probably because the OWI collected or received them as examples of propaganda produced by Allied countries during the war. The collection also includes a dozen WWII posters produced in Mexico that promote the ongoing war effort. Many of these are from recent decades.

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The Internet of Things (IoT): Managing the Data Tsunami

Collibra

The Internet-of-Things has the potential to transform a range of industries – from automotive and agriculture through to healthcare, home appliances and insurance services. For example, data collected by wearable health-tracking devices has become of increasing importance and value to providers of life and medical insurance.

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If-Then and Antiquities of the Future

John Battelle's Searchblog

Could we find examples of things currently extant, which, if widely adopted over the next generation, would presage significant changes in the world we’ll be inhabiting? Here’s one example that might bring the concept home: The Fitbit. Our agricultural practices and policies? Our insurance industries?