A British Airways flight was forced to make an emergency landing after its cockpit windshield ‘broke’ mid-air, passenger says

The damaged windshield on the BA plane after it made an emergency landing in Athens on Saturday. Caroline Edmunds/Twitter A British Airways flight made an emergency diversion after its windshield shattered mid-flight. Caroline Edwards, who said she was on the flight, tweeted a picture of the jet’s broken window. BA told Insider the flight diverted…

AI in Insurance: How three forward-looking insurers are infusing AI into their front, middle, and back offices

Incumbent insurers have accelerated their use of mature AI deployments in the past year to meet changing customer expectations and better compete with insurtechs.  Insider Intelligence details AI use cases within the insurance industry, and explores potential risks to this tech, in our AI in Insurance Report. Do you work in the Fintech industry? Get…

A bargain hunter picked up a 700-year-old medieval script for $75 at a yard sale that could be worth $10,000

The Beauvais Missal was said to be genuine by professors Megan Cook and Lisa Fagin Davis. Megan Cook A shopper got a surprise when he picked up a 700-year-old script for $75, per the Maine Monitor. Academic Lisa Fagin Davis confirmed the piece was genuine, and could be worth up to $10,000. Will Sideri, who…

Beto O’Rourke doubles down on confronting Gov. Abbott after Uvalde shooting: ‘I don’t regret being there’

Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke speaks during a campaign rally at Republic Square on December 04, 2021. Brandon Bell/Getty Images Beto O’Rourke doesn’t regret confronting Gov. Greg Abbott at a Uvalde press conference in May. He accused Abbott of “doing nothing” a day after 21 people were killed at Robb Elementary. “I don’t regret…

The US military is getting a 2-for-1 replacement for its vaunted Hellfire missile

US soldiers load an AGM-114 Hellfire missile on an AH-64E Apache helicopter in Afghanistan in May 2017. US Army On August 30, the US Army approved the AGM-179 Joint Air-to-Ground Missile for full-rate production. The JAGM builds on the Hellfire’s legacy by mashing multiple targeting systems into a single weapon. This results in one missile…

Hitting the Books: How Southeast Asia’s largest bank uses AI to fight financial fraud

Yes, robots are coming to take our jobs. That’s a good thing, we should be happy they are because those jobs they’re taking kinda suck. Do you really want to go back to the days of manually monitoring, flagging and investigating the world’s daily bank transfers in search of financial fraud and money laundering schemes?…

Nier Automata Ver 1.1a anime series will premiere in January 2023

Nier Automata’s spin-off anime series, Nier Automata Ver 1.1a, will premiere in January 2023. Whilst we’ve yet to hear of a definitive date, creator Yoko Taro was at least able to confirm the release window during Aniplex Online Fest, which took place over the weekend. Interestingly, Taro also revealed that due to the differences between…