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Looking for a patsy, ex-New York governor and current NYC mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo found one in his one-armed aide.
Artificial Intelligence

Called Out for AI Slop, Andrew Cuomo Blames One-Armed Man

By Noor Al-Sibai

New Yorkers are seeing huge quality of life wins from congestion pricing so far, a great sign for people-first transit policy.
Advanced Transport

Manhattan Shows Huge Reduction in Car Crashes After Instituting Congestion Pricing

By Joe Wilkins

The NYPD isn't mcuh closer to tracking down the identity of the man who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Future Society

Even With Cameras Everywhere and Facial Recognition, NYPD Helpless to Catch CEO Killer

By Victor Tangermann

Loud booms and shakes earlier this week were the result of a meteor burning up over New York City's Statue of Liberty, NASA says.
NASA

NASA Says a Meteor Burnt Up Over the Statue of Liberty

By Noor Al-Sibai

A company placed portal-shaped "sculptures" in the cities of Dublin and New York, allowing residents to see each other. Chaos ensued.
Future Society

“Portal” Between Dublin and NYC Shut Down After OnlyFans Model Flashes It

By Victor Tangermann

A small earthquake has hit the East Coast, striking a highly populated area in central New Jersey, less than 60 miles from New York City.
Science & Energy

Earthquake Rattles New York City, Eastern United States

By Victor Tangermann

New York City is officially accepting applications for a new driverless car program, which could result in plenty of chaos.
Advanced Transport

New York City: Please Test Driverless Cars on Our Chaotic Streets

By Victor Tangermann

The NYPD is looking to address a recent spike in car theft by shooting GPS-enabled darts at fleeing vehicles.
Robots and Machines

NYPD Shooting Fleeing Cars With GPS Darts

By Victor Tangermann

An official New York City chatbot designed to help business owners navigate city law apparently knows very little about said laws.
Artificial Intelligence

Official NYC Chatbot Encouraging Small Businesses to Break the Law

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The New York City Police Department's Knightscope robot K5 has officially been retired and is now gathering dust in a subway station.
Robotics

NYPD Fires Useless Robot

By Victor Tangermann

New York City is still sinking a little bit each year, but NASA says that its iconic skyscrapers are not to blame.
Science & Energy

Scientists Say No, NYC Isn’t Sinking Because of Its Skyscrapers

By Noor Al-Sibai

An entire crowd of people lined up and even started holding up traffic earlier this week — to gaze at Saturn through a telescope.
Off-World

Man Sets Up Telescope in NYC, Attracts Huge Crowd Letting People Peer Into It

By Victor Tangermann

Bad news for New York: the Big Apple appears to be sinking a little bit each year under the weight of its iconic skyscrapers.
Science & Energy

NYC Appears to Be Sinking Because Its Skyscrapers Are So Heavy

By Noor Al-Sibai

New Yorkers aren't exactly known for being nice, which was why it was so shocking that only a few were rude to some trash robots in Greenwich Village.
Robotics

Researchers Pleasantly Surprised That Only One New Yorker Attacked Their Cute Trash-Collecting Robots

By Noor Al-Sibai

New research suggests that hidden vegetation in NYC seems to absorb a lion's share of its carbon emissions via photosynthesis. 
Renewable Energy

NYC’s Greenery Eats Up All the CO2 From Its Cars, Trucks and Buses “And Then Some”

By Noor Al-Sibai

Five hundred drones took to the sky in NYC, not to entertain onlookers with a futuristic dance of lights — but to show them Candy Crush ads.
Future Society

New Yorkers Furious at Drones Forming Huge “Candy Crush” Ad Over Skyline

By Victor Tangermann