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More than 3,000 New Yorkers were without power for a second day in a row in parts of Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island.

Science & Energy

New York City’s Power Is Going Down Amid Brutal Heatwave

By Sharon Adarlo

The NYPD is now sending drones out on 9-1-1 calls to do the business of its bored, "Candy Crush"-addicted human cops.

The NYPD Is Sending Drones to the Sites of 9-1-1 Calls

By Noor Al-Sibai

New York City has been forced to reveal that its AI-powered gun-scanning pilot for its sprawling subway system was a total bust.

Artificial Intelligence

NYC Attempt to Scan Subway for Weapons With AI Fails Miserably as System Flooded by False Positives While Detecting Zero Actual Guns

By Noor Al-Sibai

City employees in NYC had insurance coverage for GLP-1 drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound for less than a year before learning it was mistake.

RX and Medicine

New York City Utterly Screwed Up Insurance for Employees Taking GLP-1 Weight Loss Drugs

By Noor Al-Sibai

The city council approved last week a contraceptive pilot program that will try to curb the New York City rat population.

New York City Rats Could Soon Have Better Access to Birth Control Than Women in Some Parts of the Country

By Sharon Adarlo

In the wake of Eric Adams' surprise indictment, the politician's tech projects may be in limbo — but one, apparently, will live on in infamy.

Eric Adams Has Been Indicted, But His Crappy Subway Robot Will Be “Redeployed”

By Noor Al-Sibai

An official New York City chatbot has been telling business owners and landlords to break the law, but Mayor Eric Adams defended the tech.

Artificial Intelligence

NYC Mayor Defends AI System That Tells Business Owners to Commit Wage Theft

By Sharon Adarlo

New York City police say they plan on deploying drones that can throw down flotation devices to struggling swimmers at city beaches.

NYC Beaches Deploying Drones to Drop Flotation Devices for Drowning Swimmers

By Sharon Adarlo

While announcing the city's AI plans, NYC's mayor bragged that his voice is now being cloned to make robocalls in Mandarin and Yiddish.

Artificial Intelligence

NYC’s Mayor Using AI to Make Robocalls of Him Speaking Chinese and Yiddish

By Noor Al-Sibai

New York recently deployed a robot dog to the scene of a catastrophe to uncover a body— and according to the city's mayor, this rules.

NYC Mayor Defends Robodog Deployed in Garage Collapse

By Noor Al-Sibai

NYC residents were treated to a public service announcement (PSA) about how to survive nuclear fallout earlier this week.

NYC Issues PSA on How to Survive Nuclear Attack

By Noor Al-Sibai

Health officials have raised concerns about whether the ongoing protests could trigger a second wave of coronavirus cases. Some are downplaying the risks.

Experts: Protests Unlikely to Cause Huge Wave of COVID Cases

By Victor Tangermann

The New York Times ran a sobering opinion piece about the coronavirus by Cornelia Griggs, a pediatric surgery doctor at a large NYC hospital.

A Must-Read Warning from an NYC Doctor: “The Sky is Falling”

By Jon Christian

Hotel giant Marriott announced in April that it's planning to construct a 26-story skyscraper in New York City in just 90 days.

Robots and Machines

This Company Says It’ll Build an Entire Skyscraper in 90 Days

By Victor Tangermann

Inventing America takes travelers to Governor's Island, New York back to the 17th century via an augmented reality simulation that covers the whole island.

Virtual Reality

Augmented Reality Recreates A New York City Not Seen for Centuries

By Dan Robitzski

NYC’s Dim Sum King Is Accepting Bitcoin at His New Bar

NYC’s Dim Sum King Is Accepting Bitcoin at His New Bar

By Alexandra Ossola