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According to a reporter, the NYPD is using AI to nail the identify of the gunman who killed Brian Thompson. Netizens ridiculed the AI.

NYPD Ridiculed for Saying AI Will Find CEO Killer as They Fail to Name Suspect

By Victor Tangermann

A team of more than 2,500 players is recreating New York City at a 1:1 scale in Minecraft. They're led by 21-year-old coder MineFact.

Thousands of People Are Teaming Up to Build New York City in Minecraft

By Lonnie Lee Hood

After facing significant backlash for deploying a dystopian robot dog, the New York Police Department has decided to return the device sooner than expected.

After Public Rage, NYPD Secretly Fires Robot Dog

By Victor Tangermann

A new video going viral on Twitter shows a robot police dog being deployed by the New York City police department.

Outcry as Video Shows Robodog Patrolling With NYPD

By Victor Tangermann

A man from New York plead guilty to posessing seven sandbar sharks in his basement with intent to sell, this week. He was ordered to pay a $5,000 fine.

Science & Energy

New York Man Pleads Guilty to Keeping Sharks in Basement

By Tony Ho Tran

Last week, in what seems to be an unauthorized stunt or part of a music video, a man jumped onto an occupied NYC bus and fired a flamethrower into the air.

Science & Energy

Man Seen Shooting Flamethrower on Roof of NYC Bus

By Dan Robitzski

NY governor Andrew Cuomo said that all New Yorkers will be required to wear a mouth and nose covering in public when social distancing can't be maintained.

All New Yorkers Will be Required to Wear Masks in Public

By Victor Tangermann

In an essay for Vox, a COVID-19 patient describes his stay at the Javits Center in New York, a convention hall that was turned into a field hospital.

NYC’s Emergency COVID Field Hospital Sounds Surprisingly Nice

By Victor Tangermann

Rats across the country are turning to cannibalism and eating their young as a result of the coronavirus outbreak.

Expert: Coronavirus Forcing Rats to Cannibalism, Infanticide

By Victor Tangermann

New York governor Andrew Cuomo has a wild idea to tackle a hand sanitizer shortage: use prison labor to make more of the stuff.

New York Is Using Prison Labor to Make Emergency Hand Sanitizer

By Victor Tangermann

The New York Police Department is growing a massive DNA database of thousands of genetic profiles, The New York Times reports.

Police Are Collecting DNA From People Without Telling Them

By Victor Tangermann

New York's State Education Department has asked a public school district to delay its trial of a facial recognition system on students and staff.

Facial recognition

State Attempts to Nix Public School’s Facial Recognition Plans

By Kristin Houser

The buyer of a $85 million penthouse in Manhattan will get a slew of perks to go with it, including a Hamptons mansion, a yacht, and two tickets to space.

This Luxury Apartment Comes With Two Free Tickets to Space

By Kristin Houser

A facial recognition trial focused on New York's Robert F. Kennedy Bridge didn't correctly identify a single person's face.

Facial recognition

New York’s Facial Recognition Trial Was a Complete Failure

By Kristin Houser

The plan to build an Amazon headquarters in New York is over, according to the retailer — but there's a chance this could be a negotiation tactic.

Amazon Ditches Plan for New York Headquarters

By Kristin Houser

Traffic Sucks. Soon You May Have to Pay to Sit in It.

Traffic Sucks. Soon You May Have to Pay to Sit in It.

By Kristin Houser