AI Tech Culture Judge cuts law firm's legal bill in half after it used ChatGPT to calculate "excessive" amount ChatGPT thinks lawyers don't get paid enough, apparently By Rob Thubron, February 25, 2024, 8:06 AM 10 comments
Car Tech New York intends to have electric air taxis by 2025 Gov. Eric Adams: "Within our lifetime, many of you are going own your own personal electric helicopter" By Cal Jeffrey, November 14, 2023, 4:32 PM 27 comments
Tech Culture NYPD to deploy drones to monitor backyard parties this holiday weekend, and privacy advocates aren't happy Eye in the sky By Shawn Knight, September 1, 2023, 10:15 AM 35 comments
Mobile Security New York City bans TikTok from government devices; poll shows almost 50% of people want total US ban The latest state to do so By Rob Thubron, August 17, 2023, 10:27 AM 7 comments
AI Tech Culture New York City is using AI to measure how much people hate paying for subway tickets A "demoralizing" number of evaders is seemingly threatening NY's public transit system By Alfonso Maruccia, July 24, 2023, 8:08 AM 16 comments
Tech Culture Electronics NYPD brings back the Digidog robot dog, two years after tearing up its contract with Boston Dynamics "The NYPD is turning bad science fiction into terrible policing" By Rob Thubron, April 12, 2023, 8:34 AM 7 comments
Industry Electronics New York becomes first state to sign right-to-repair legislation, but some R2R advocates are not impressed Last minute changes made the law only applicable to devices made after the law takes effect next year By Cal Jeffrey, December 29, 2022, 4:13 PM 21 comments
Car Tech New York follows California in mandating zero-emission vehicles by 2035 Gas engines are going the way of the dodo By Shawn Knight, September 29, 2022, 12:58 PM 34 comments
Industry Mobile Robinhood is nearly $300 million down, lays off a quarter of its staff, and gets hit with $30 million fine The definition of a bad week By Rob Thubron, August 3, 2022, 6:16 AM 7 comments
Tech Culture New York has removed the last city-owned public payphone The payphone was donated to a museum for an exhibit on pre-digital life By Shawn Knight, May 25, 2022, 2:17 PM 10 comments
Tech Culture New York City's incoming mayor wants his first three paychecks paid in Bitcoin Stemming from a New York vs. Miami crypto rivalry By Rob Thubron, November 5, 2021, 5:16 AM 19 comments
Car Tech New York to ban the sale of all gas-powered cars by 2035 Joining over 30 other counties and states switching to zero emissions By Rob Thubron, September 15, 2021, 7:11 AM 26 comments
Tech Culture The Web Would you pay $475 for an NFT ticket to see Beeple's $69 million NFT in person? NFW! By Rob Thubron, September 13, 2021, 7:03 AM 14 comments
Tech Culture A 124-year old hydroelectric plant is using its power to mine Bitcoin Because why not, right? By Isaiah Mayersen, July 10, 2021, 11:35 AM 42 comments
The Web 44 state Attorneys General are pressuring Facebook to cancel its 'Instagram for kids' project Citing mental health and safety risks By Cohen Coberly, May 10, 2021, 5:23 PM
Tech Culture New York looks to ban cryptomining to study environmental impacts A new bill calls for a 3-year moratorium on mining cryptocurrency By Eric Hamilton, May 5, 2021, 9:10 PM 101 comments
Industry New York's new low-income broadband law is already under fire by Big Telecom 'This bill is preempted by federal law and ignores the $50 monthly broadband discount recently enacted by Congress' By Cal Jeffrey, April 30, 2021, 2:02 PM 38 comments
Mobile Tech Culture NYPD to replace officers' handwritten patrol memo books with iPhone app NYPD is losing one of its oldest policing tools By Shawn Knight, February 5, 2020, 4:38 PM 8 comments
Electronics Tech Culture New York tells FedEx to get its robot off the city's streets "Never get a robot to do a New Yorker's job" By Rob Thubron, November 27, 2019, 7:27 AM 12 comments
Tech Culture Industry World's largest storage battery will replace gas peaker plants in New York By 2030, the 316 MW facility will meet just over 10 percent of the city's 3,000 MW power goal By Humza Aamir, October 29, 2019, 9:48 AM 13 comments
Industry New York Attorney General vows to investigate Capital One breach and provide citizens with 'relief' Regulators aren't happy with Capital One By Cohen Coberly, July 30, 2019, 4:40 PM
The Web Industry Charter Communications will spend more than $600 million to stay in New York Perhaps unsurprisingly, Spectrum isn't going anywhere By Eric Hamilton, July 13, 2019, 7:53 AM
Industry Uber will start offering $200 helicopter rides in New York next month The best way to travel By Rob Thubron, June 6, 2019, 5:20 AM
The Web Industry Charter and New York reach deal allowing ISP to remain in the state Assuming the deal is approved, Charter has until September 2021 By Eric Hamilton, April 21, 2019, 12:21 PM 8 comments
Tech Culture Former student destroys $58,000 worth of computers at college using USB Killer device He faces ten years in prison and a $250,000 fine By Rob Thubron, April 19, 2019, 7:57 AM 35 comments