Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin If you want to understand how travel insurance is changing — and how it could change the way you travel this year — you have to meet Robin. Robin (full name, Robin Assist) is a new technology-driven service platform used by insurance companies to process travel insurance claims, among other things. "Technology can really help when you're filing a claim," says Sasha Gainullin, CEO of battleface , the company that created Robin. "It can find the policy you have. It can eliminate the need for a claim form. It can identify the expense that you're filing against the policy." Tectonic changes in travel insurance for 2023 Robin could change the way you file your travel insurance claim in 2023. At the moment, travel insurance companies are sitting on hundreds of thousands of unprocessed claims from the holiday air travel meltdowns and even a few from this summer. Technology like Robin could dramatically accelerate the … [Read more...] about 6 Surprising New Developments In Travel Insurance That Will Change The Way You Plan Your Next Trip
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How the Netherlands is taming Big Tech
In 2021, privacy consultants working for two Dutch universities issued a critical report card on Google’s education apps, a set of classroom tools like Google Docs that are used by more than 170 million students and educators worldwide. The audit warned that Google’s tools for schools lacked a number of privacy protections — like narrow limits on how the company could use students’ and teachers’ personal data — that were required by European law. Although the company addressed some of the concerns, the report said, Google declined to comply with Dutch requests to reduce a number of “high risks” cited in the audit. It took a threat from the Dutch Data Protection Authority, the nation’s privacy regulator, to help break the deadlock: Dutch schools would soon have to stop using Google’s education tools, the government agency said, if the products continued to pose those risks. Two years later, Google has developed new privacy measures and transparency tools to address the Dutch … [Read more...] about How the Netherlands is taming Big Tech
Generative AI tools are already changing the creativity landscape—and some artists aren’t happy about it
At the end of October, Shutterstock, one of the leading stock image companies on the internet, announced it was partnering with OpenAI to launch a new tool that would integrate the generative-AI DALL-E 2 into its online marketplace. The announcement was a huge win for the still-burgeoning AI industry, but was met with shock and outrage by creatives all over the internet, many of whom see generative AI like DALL-E 2 as an existential threat to their livelihoods and the use of their images for machine learning as a form of theft. “It’s disappointing to know we have so little respect and it’s worrying to now be competing with bots for sales,” an anonymous Shutterstock photographer told Artnet News in October. So, now that the dust has settled, how is the company feeling about its OpenAI partnership? Is it still bullish on a future where machines are making our stock images for us? “I think there are two choices in this world,” says Shutterstock CEO Paul Hennessy. “Be the … [Read more...] about Generative AI tools are already changing the creativity landscape—and some artists aren’t happy about it
“Ill-informed and erroneous’: Govt refutes reports claiming admission of COVID vaccine side-effects
The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation had shared the list of COVID-19 vaccines approved by it, the government said. (Image: AP) The Union health ministry on January 17 refuted media reports based on response to a Right to Information (RTI) query that the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO ) had admitted to multiple side effects of COVID-19 vaccines. “It is clarified that the news report is ill-informed and provides erroneous information,” said the ministry in a statement. It added that the ICMR had simply provided a list of advantages and disadvantages of COVID-19 vaccines through reputed websites of World Health Organization (WHO), Center for Disease Control (CDC) and the ministry, where compiled global evidence on various COVID-19 vaccines available. "As is the case with all other vaccines, those who get vaccinated with different COVID-19 vaccines may experience mild symptoms like injection site … [Read more...] about “Ill-informed and erroneous’: Govt refutes reports claiming admission of COVID vaccine side-effects
England’s Hospitals Under ‘Relentless Pressure’ As E.R. Woes Continue
Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin England’s hospitals continue to endure “relentless” pressure on their accident and emergency services, data from England’s National Health Service shows. The latest NHS England “ situation report ” shows that ambulances took more than 77,000 people to emergency departments last week: an increase of roughly 5,000 on the week before. Bed occupancy remains stubbornly high, with more than 95% of general and acute hospital beds filled. Staff absence has fallen, however, as has the number of patients in hospital with flu. Despite ongoing pressure, NHS providers also saw a fall in delays handing over patients from ambulances to emergency departments this week: a key marker of patient flow through hospitals. Lengthy ambulance delays have become commonplace in England as hospitals have struggled to free up space for new patients in hospitals. This winter has seen particularly poor ambulance handover performance, with … [Read more...] about England’s Hospitals Under ‘Relentless Pressure’ As E.R. Woes Continue
Colorado rural residents facing hurdles to health care get assistance from a program
In parts of rural Colorado, where the cattle and antelope often far outnumber the people, doctors are few and far between. To help fill that gap in health care coverage, the federal government started a program more than five decades ago catering to rural residents, one free checkup at a time. The Colorado Area Health Education Center does community outreach events around the state, including free health screenings at the National Western Stock Show during its two-week run this month. The program in Colorado was founded in 1977, and “we’ve been going ever since,” said Josina Romero O’Connell, the state’s AHEC director. The federal government started the overarching AHEC program six years earlier in an attempt to address health care disparities in rural regions of the U.S. It then expanded state by state. Colorado’s rural areas make up about 12% of the state’s total population, with 47 of its 64 counties considered rural or “frontier” — a designation indicating a … [Read more...] about Colorado rural residents facing hurdles to health care get assistance from a program