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HSB partners with Flume to offer advanced water leak detection services, aiming to minimize the risk and damage caused by household water leaks. HSB, a specialty insurer and a part of Munich Re, is renowned for its comprehensive coverage solutions including equipment breakdown insurance and a host of other services aimed at protecting personal and commercial assets. Flume, on the other hand, is a leading provider of smart home technology, specializing in water management systems that monitor and control water usage effectively.The partnership was established to address the high costs of non-weather related water damage, which annually amount to billions…

The number of Medusa ransomware attacks has been steadily increasing over the past two years and doubled in the first two months of 2025 compared to the same period last year, Symantec reports. First seen in early 2023, Medusa operates under the ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) model, with its affiliates targeting organizations in healthcare, manufacturing, education, and other sectors in the US, Australia, Israel, India, Portugal, the UK, UAE, and other countries. Engaging in double-extortion tactics, stealing victims’ data, and threatening to release it publicly unless a ransom is paid, Medusa’s operators have listed roughly 400 victims on their Tor-based leak site.…

Until recently, most Americans had never heard the term “seed oils,” even though they’ve likely cooked with and consumed them for decades.It’s the catchy description coined by internet influencers, wellness gurus and some politicians to refer to common cooking oils — think canola, soybean and corn oil — that have long been staples in many home kitchens.Those fiery critics refer to the top refined vegetable oils as “the hateful eight” and claim that they’re fueling inflammation and high rates of chronic diseases like obesity and diabetes.Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the new health secretary, has said Americans are being “unknowingly poisoned”…

India play New Zealand in the Champions Trophy final in Dubai on Sunday in what could be a last hurrah for veteran stars Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. The 36-year-old Kohli and skipper Rohit, 37, came into the 50-over tournament with speculation swirling over when they will retire following lean patches in Test cricket. Mainstays of a formidable India side for more than 15 years, the duo retired from T20 internationals after winning the World Cup last year. This weekend could be the end for them in ODIs, with the next 50-over World Cup not until 2027. “I am sure…

Key Asian InsurTech investment stats in 2024:Asian InsurTech funding plunged by 71%in 2024Deals over $100m in 2024 reached a 5-year lowbolttech, a global InsurTech company focused on building a technology-enabled ecosystem for insurance, secured the biggest Asian InsurTech deal of the year with over $100m raised in its Series C funding roundAsian InsurTech funding plunged by 71% in 2024The Asian InsurTech market saw a significant decline in both deal volume and total funding in 2024.The year closed with 23 deals, marking a 63% drop from the 63 deals recorded in 2023 and a 77% decline from the 99 funding rounds…

PARIS (AP) — The Paris Fashion Week collection felt soft and elemental, as if blown by the wind, and deceptively simple. That’s the art of Issey Miyake — cutting-edge techniques creating clothes that drift like clouds. Sound and look simple? The execution was anything but. For fall, Satoshi Kondo on Friday embraced ambiguity, blurring the line between sculpture and wearability, structure and fluidity. Designed around the idea of a single piece of cloth, the collection continued Miyake’s legacy of transformation — garments that shift, adapt and invite the wearer to complete them. Inspired by Erwin Wurm’s performative sculptures, the show…

PARIS (AP) — Givenchy’s new creative director debuted on Friday in one of Paris Fashion Week’s most anticipated moments and a long-awaited reset for a house that, in recent years, has struggled to find its footing.For Sarah Burton, who took over the reins last September, Givenchy’s legacy has loomed large — immortalized in Audrey Hepburn’s little black dress in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, then upended by Riccardo Tisci, who spent 12 years reshaping the brand with his gothic, street-inflected vision before departing in 2017. Since then, the house has been adrift, caught between its classical heritage and the aftershocks of Tisci’s…

Multiple botnets are exploiting an Edimax IP camera vulnerability whose existence was disclosed this week by the cybersecurity agency CISA, SecurityWeek has learned. CISA published an advisory on March 4 to inform users of Edimax IC-7100 IP cameras that the devices are affected by CVE-2025-1316, a critical command injection issue caused by failure to properly neutralize requests. An attacker can achieve remote command execution through specially crafted requests. Edimax is a networking solutions provider based in Taiwan. According to CISA’s advisory, the products affected by the zero-day are used in the commercial facilities sector around the world.  CISA suggested that…

US President Trump says Kyiv and Moscow have no choice but to secure a peace deal to end the war.United States and Ukrainian officials have indicated they will meet in Saudi Arabia next week to discuss a peace framework for ending the Russia-Ukraine war. This follows Washington suspending military aid and intelligence sharing with Kyiv this week, days after US President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy clashed at the White House. Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff confirmed he will meet Ukrainian officials in Saudi Arabia next week to carve out a framework for a peace agreement. “We…

DALLAS (AP) — Once again, most Americans will set their clocks forward by one hour this weekend, losing perhaps a bit of sleep but gaining more glorious sunlight in the evenings as the days warm into summer.Where did this all come from, though?How we came to move the clock forward in the spring, and then push it back in the fall, is a tale that spans over more than a century — one that’s driven by two world wars, mass confusion at times and a human desire to bask in the sun for a long as possible. There’s been plenty…