Looks like we’re finally getting everyone’s attention. Does that suggest it’s time for a federal data breach law?

https://www.databreaches.net/delaware-signs-insurance-data-security-act-into-law/

Delaware Signs Insurance Data Security Act into Law

On July 31, 2019, Governor Carney signed the Delaware Insurance Data Security Act (formerly, HB 174) into law. Based on the National Association Of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Insurance Data Security Model Law, the Delaware law establishes a regulatory framework requiring insurers licensed to do business in Delaware to develop and implement a comprehensive data security (or cybersecurity) program. It also requires insurers to report instances of data breaches to the Delaware Insurance Commissioner and consumers, and it empowers the Department of Insurance to investigate violations of the Act and levy penalties against insurance carriers.

Read more on JDSupra.

Well, do we?

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Maria_Isabel_Aldinhas_Ferreira/publication/334709967_Hybrid_Worlds_Societal_and_Ethical_Challenges_CLAWAR_Association_Series_on_Robot_Ethics_and_Standards/links/5d3b339392851cd0468a0171/Hybrid-Worlds-Societal-and-Ethical-Challenges-CLAWAR-Association-Series-on-Robot-Ethics-and-Standards.pdf#page=141

WHY DO WE NEED ROBOTIC & AI GOVERNANCE? AN ANALYSIS OF THE (SOCIO-) ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF ROBOTICS AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

This paper illustrates the necessity of a Code of Conduct for Robotics and Artificial Intelligence – ethical and moral guidelines for the development and use of these technologies – by analyzing some of the potential (socio-) economic effects that might arise from technological advances in these fields. Contrary to other works in the field of roboethics, the authors did not strive to analyze individual cases that are of interests for ethicists and moral philosophers, but want to offer a broad, holistic and economic view on the effects of robotics and artificial intelligence on our future economy and, in the second instance therefore also society, as well as on the concept of Robotic & AI Governance for self-regulation of ethical, moral, sociocultural, socio-political and socio-economic questions, using a market mechanism.

Perspective.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/03/apple-rd-spend-increases-fulfilling-tim-cook-doctrine.html

Apple is spending more than ever on R&D to fulfill the ‘Tim Cook doctrine’

Apple spent $4.2 billion on research and development in the quarter ending in June, the highest quarterly amount it has ever spent on research and development, according to its quarterly earnings statement.

Apple’s R&D bill came out to 7.9% of its total revenue, the highest percentage since 2003, when Apple was still focusing on iPods and Macs. Apple is on pace to spend over $16 billion on research and development in 2019.

… Historically, Apple has been a laggard behind other top technology companies when it comes to spending as a percentage of its sales, and it still is. In the June quarter, Microsoft spent 13.4% of its revenue on R&D, and Google spent 15.7% of its sales on R&D.

For my geeks!

https://www.wired.com/story/a-decades-old-computer-science-puzzle-was-solved-in-two-pages/

A DECADES-OLD COMPUTER SCIENCE PUZZLE WAS SOLVED IN TWO PAGES

A paper posted online this month has settled a nearly 30-year-old conjecture about the structure of the fundamental building blocks of computer circuits. This “sensitivity” conjecture has stumped many of the most prominent computer scientists over the years, yet the new proof is so simple that one researcher summed it up in a single tweet, [Not a Trump-like Tweet… Bob]