XPO Logistics Announces May Launch of Google Home, Amazon Echo for Last-Mile Delivery
XPO Logistics announced beginning in May customers will be able to track deliveries using Amazon’s Alexa and Google Assistant personal assistant technologies.
April 20, 2018America’s Love for SUVs, Pickups Means Long-Term Auto Loans
Americans’ love of pricey pickups and SUVs is stretching their wallets, leading lenders to bend over backward to keep monthly payments affordable.
April 20, 2018Could Truck Electronics Be the Next Cybersecurity Threat?
Welcome to a potentially new world of cybercrime: trucks targeted for theft or sabotage by hacking into engine control modules and planting malicious code.
April 20, 2018Information Age Arrives for Small Carriers
The use of technology is no longer a novelty but a necessity in the trucking business — for carriers of all sizes.
April 20, 2018The AI Wars Have Arrived
Hackers are now arming themselves with artificial intelligence to relentlessly probe the defenses of companies’ computers so they can strike those networks at just the right time and just the right place, according to IT security pros. “Hackers are innovative,” says Stephen Gates, chief research intelligence analyst at Zenedge, an AI security provider. “They’re using automation, bots, artificial intelligence — and the only way to fight back is to pit robot against robot.”
April 20, 2018Global Finance Chiefs Told Trade Tensions Are Hitting Confidence
Trade tensions between the United States and China risk eroding business and investor confidence, even as global growth enjoys its best upswing in years.
April 20, 2018Where’s That Shipment? Shippers Demand Precise Load Tracking to Improve Supply Chain Operations
Shippers are demanding more precise information about the location and status of their shipments, and transportation and logistics providers said they are using multiple load-tracking platforms to collect and share that information.
April 20, 2018Load Boards Evolve
Load boards have changed a lot from their humble beginnings about 40 years ago. Long gone are written notes tacked up on truck stop bulletin boards to help drivers find freight, or using telephones at truck stop restaurant tables and paying expensive long-distance rates to get loads lined up.
April 20, 2018Cyber Defenders: How Fleets Are Preventing Hackers From Disrupting IT Systems, Stealing Data
Cybersecurity threats are growing in both number and sophistication, forcing transportation companies to take additional steps to prevent these attacks from crippling their information technology systems, compromising proprietary data or potentially even disrupting trucks’ electronic controls.
April 20, 2018Trump’s Claim of ‘Oil All Over the Place’ Isn’t True Anymore
President Donald Trump’s assertion that OPEC is propping up oil prices amid oversupply and an excess of floating storage has a problem: It’s only half true.
April 20, 2018