TrendAI report finds 67% of businesses pressured to deploy GenAI despite security concerns Key risks include sensitive data exposure, malicious prompts, expanded attack surface, and autonomous code ...

What environmental factors actually contribute to cancer development? And what can I do to reduce my exposure? As much as we all want to avoid consuming or breathing in dangerous chemicals and ...

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Research tracking thousands of adults found that staying fit lowered mortality and liver disease risk among drinkers—though rising alcohol use still took a toll. Emerging research suggests that people ...

A string of recent tragedies, including a fatal avalanche near Lake Tahoe and an unusually deadly winter in Europe, has cast a spotlight on the sport’s inherent dangers. By Cindy Hirschfeld Cindy ...

Sports fans know well the feeling of cautious exuberance. It’s the paradoxical sensation of cheering your beloved team as it pulls ahead of its rival, while growing increasingly worried that it might ...

More than 99% of people who suffer a heart attack, stroke, or heart failure have at least one risk factor beforehand—yet many have no idea until it’s too late. That’s part of the reason why heart ...

Q. I have been seeing so much about the use of AI, but I want to know about risks. What are the risks that I should think about while navigating AI? A. Widespread access to artificial intelligence (AI ...

The risk artificial intelligence poses to students outweighs its benefits, concludes a Brookings Institution report released earlier this month. Yet the reality is that 85% of teachers and 86% of ...

The World Economic Forum is out with its 2026 Global Risks Report on Wednesday. The report captures a shifting landscape where geoeconomic confrontation leaps to the top spot on the list of business ...

Two new reports from United Educators (UE) highlight the top self-reported risks facing K-12 schools and colleges and universities. UE is an organization that helps educational institutions identify, ...

Americans have been worrying about the risks of mixing banking and commerce since Aaron Burr shot Alexander Hamilton. Burr’s Manhattan Company at the time promised to build safe drinking-water pipes ...