Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani faces a crucial test in his first year, navigating labor agreements that will impact every municipal union in New York City. His administration must craft a new collective-bargaining agreement while addressing tough fiscal decisions, including a contentious health benefits plan. Mamdani’s emergence as an ally to District Council 37 and the largest … Read more
This year’s Thanksgiving season is marked by a peculiar trend. Food bloggers like Eb Gargano, who rely on seasonal search traffic, are witnessing a dip in visitors as home cooks turn to AI-generated recipes. AI-powered tools are inserting summaries of food blogs into Google results, often producing inaccurate cooking times and temperatures for popular dishes. … Read more
The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District has renamed its neighborhood school in Ocean Park. The Ocean Park School House was chosen as the new name, approved by the Board of Education at their Oct. 7 meeting. This change replaces the former John Muir Elementary/Santa Monica Alternative School House (SMASH) facility. The district is relocating several … Read more
For nearly 30 years, USB-A has been the standard for connections in our electronics. However, its time has come to an end. The introduction of USB-C in 2014 brought a more powerful and efficient alternative. USB-A was introduced to replace Micro USB, which had limited space on devices like phones and laptops. While it’s easy … Read more
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This week, the FT brings you a four-part series from renowned economists Martin Wolf and Paul Krugman as they discuss Donald Trump’s presidency one year in. The discussion focuses on the impact of his term on the US economy and global democracy. Martin Wolf is a chief economics commentator for the Financial Times (FT). You … Read more
A new mayor is taking over in New York City, but many of his staff won’t be with him. Over 170 employees from Mayor Eric Adams’ administration will no longer work for the city after being notified by incoming Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s team. This move comes as part of a typical mayoral transition where new … Read more
The MTA is boosting track cleaning at Midtown subway stations ahead of the holidays due to a surge in trash removal and an uptick in track fires. Starting before Thanksgiving, 47-50 Streets-Rockefeller Center and other nearby stations will receive weekly track cleanings instead of the usual bi-weekly or monthly schedules. According to MTA data, each … Read more
A recent incident on China’s Tiangong space station shows that astronauts are not immune to delays in space travel. Three Chinese astronauts were stuck aboard due to damage, but they eventually returned home using a vehicle used for replacing them. The situation is not unique; Russian and US space travelers have also faced similar delays. … Read more
AI is rapidly changing, and the market has shifted as Anthropic and Gemini have made significant updates to their chatbots, pushing them ahead of OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Google’s Gemini 3 update has received widespread praise from industry leaders, including CEOs like Marc Benioff and Andrej Karpathy, who hail it as a “tier 1 LLM” (Large Language … Read more