The metaverse is coming. Like all technological innovation, it brings new opportunities and new risks. The metaverse is an immersive virtual reality version of the internet where people can interact with digital objects and digital representations of…
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New York City officials are planning to open a new school focused on serving students with dyslexia, Chancellor David Banks said Wednesday. Banks made the announcement during a virtual, education-focused state budget hearing, after Bronx…
New high-speed cellphone services have raised concerns of interference with aircraft operations, particularly as aircraft are landing at airports. The Federal Aviation Administration has assured Americans that most commercial aircraft are safe, and AT&T and Verizon…
New York State officials have appealed a decision reached late Monday by a Nassau County judge, who ruled the COVID-19 mask mandate Gov. Kathy Hochul issued last month was unenforceable. Despite the ruling, some school…
An audit released Friday by New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli found the state’s Office for the Aging failed to spend nearly $6 million in available funding to support senior citizens over a two-year period…
I got a hurried voicemail from my pharmacist in Wisconsin the day before Thanksgiving letting me know my insurance was refusing to cover my insulin. I had enough of the hormone that keeps me alive…
Late Tuesday night, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced her office filed motions to compel former President Trump and two of his children, Donald Trump, Jr., and Ivanka Trump, to cooperate with its investigation…
The omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has fueled a rapid surge in cases globally. We asked a team of virologists and immunologists from the University of Colorado Boulder to weigh in on some of…
Microsoft announced on Jan. 18, 2022, its intention to purchase video game giant Activision Blizzard. The company, publisher of top-selling video games Call of Duty, World of Warcraft and Candy Crush, has been the subject of a…
For five years, the NYPD told the City Council in quarterly reports that it had over time replaced hundreds of cops handling clerical duties with less expensive civilian employees. But when city auditors asked for…