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Seven days into a fire at a large frozen-food storage facility near downtown Los Angeles, firefighters began moving parts of the exterior walls to try to gain access but they have yet to enter the building, officials said. Firefighters continue making progress on a large blaze at a warehouse that blackened the skies around L.A. and prompted shelter-in-place orders in the area due to the risk of hazardous air. Smoke continues to billow from the 491,000-square-foot warehouse located near homes in Boyle Heights. Firefighters have been unable to enter the building due to the danger heavy-duty steel racks that stretch…

Tata Electronics said on Monday it had detected a recent “cybersecurity incident,” after researchers said World Leaks posted purported component design and specification papers of Apple and Tesla, both customers of the Indian group. The ransomware group has posted more than 200,000 files on the dark web, the security researchers told Reuters. “A few weeks ago, Tata Electronics identified a cybersecurity incident on some of our systems. Our response protocols were deployed immediately, and the incident has had no impact on our operations across businesses, which remain unaffected,” Tata Electronics told Reuters in a statement. Apple was investigating the breach…

More ships are openly signaling their intention to traverse the Strait of Hormuz, pointing to growing confidence among shipowners and traders about sending vessels through the chokepoint as tensions ease.Seven tankers were in the strait on Tuesday morning, according to conventional, visible tracking signals. Among them are two fully-laden non-Iranian supertankers leaving the Persian Gulf. Three product carriers also sailed outbound, while two Iran-flagged Suezmaxes approached from the other side. An eighth tanker — a very large crude carrier — also sailed into the gulf, but it did so without broadcasting during the passage, reappearing after crossing. The shift “reflects…

New York-based Cover Whale Insurance Solutions LLC, a technology-enabled commercial transportation managing general agent (MGA), has launched Breakwater Markets, a digital wholesale brokerage focused on transportation risks. The firm appointed Roman Atkielski as executive vice president of brokerage at Breakwater. He joins from Jencap Insurance Services. The move expands Cover Whale’s core programs, giving retail agents a platform to place risks that sit outside the company’s underwriting appetite. It is designed to handle a broader range of transportation risks, including non-standard, surplus lines, and more complex placements. “For a long time we’ve had to send a lot of good business…

A group of California consumers claimed in a lawsuit that gas station owners including Walmart Inc., Marathon Petroleum Corp., BP Plc and 7-Eleven Inc. are using artificial intelligence to illegally manipulate pump prices in the state that already has the highest rates in the U.S. The companies, which operate more than 1,700 filling stations across the state, are using an AI tool from Kalibrate Fuel Systems Ltd. that automatically adjusts prices based on confidential data at a time when gasoline topped $7 a gallon in some areas, according to the complaint filed Monday in federal court in Sacramento. Using the…

Workday must face claims that its popular AI-powered human resources software weeded out job applicants at other companies in ways that violated California law and a federal ban on discrimination against workers with disabilities, a federal judge ruled on Monday. U.S. District Judge Rita Lin in San Francisco rejected California-based Workday’s claim that the state’s anti-discrimination laws do not apply when it screens people based outside California who are applying for jobs in other states and countries. Related: Mythos Myths: Good Guys Hold More Cybersecurity Cards, Insurer CEO Says The proposed class action filed in 2023 is the first of…

A fatal collision involving a Tesla Inc. sedan is under federal investigation after an electric vehicle slammed into a home in Texas, killing a woman inside. The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Monday that it has opened a special crash investigation into the June 19 incident. The agency, which confirmed the probe in an emailed statement, didn’t offer additional details. A Tesla Model 3 crashed into a brick home near Houston on Friday evening, an incident that garnered widespread attention after it was caught on a front-door video camera. The driver told authorities he was using an automated…

Kansas Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt announced that the Kansas Department of Insurance has made its annual distribution to local Firefighter Relief Associations (FRAs). Pursuant to the Kansas Firefighters Relief Act, $20,743,000 has been distributed to 552 FRAs throughout Kansas. “Firefighters put their lives on the line to keep us safe, and the Kansas Firefighters Relief Act acknowledges that by providing additional protections for firefighters and their loved ones,” said Commissioner Schmidt. “The Act not only gives first responders needed safety nets, but it also allows local communities to provide their citizens with improved firefighting equipment and resources.” The funds from…

While State Farm publicly supported auto insurance reform measures in New York this year, now that a package of changes has been written into the state’s statutes, the insurance giant is taking a measured business approach. “We want some proof before we move too hard [or] too fast there,” State Farm Chief Executive Officer Jon Farney told an analyst who asked whether the company would change its business plans in New York a few weeks after New York lawmakers agreed to some reforms proposed by Governor Kathy Hochul as part of the state’s budget approval process. Related article: NY Lawmakers…

Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger recently signed a package of “commonsense” bills that she and supporters maintain will reduce gun violence and save lives, but some of them may not be enforced if local prosecutors get their way. The new laws include controversial prohibitions on the sale or transfer of assault style firearms including the popular AR-15 and large capacity ammunition feeding devices and the public carrying of such weapons. According to the Virginia Citizens Defense League as many as 10 local prosecutors who believe these measures violate gun rights have vowed not to enforce them. Among those prosecutors expressing opposition…