A commercial about a lost dog being reunited with his family ignited concerns that a “Search Party” feature posed privacy risks. Ring parted ways with the tech company Flock Safety.
The DHS is flooding social media companies with administrative subpoenas to identify accounts that are protesting ICE. Social media companies have pushed back but are largely complying. Our tech reporter, Sheera Frenkel, explains.
Anti-poverty advocates are using some tricky math to push back on the “abundance” movement as a solution to housing affordability. A new report by the Center on Poverty and Inequality at Georgetown Law School says that in markets where developers built a lot of housing, rents for low-income units went up more than for other units. The researchers got their study featured in a New York Times article. But the actual rent increases might have been smaller than the report made them seem, and in the context of rising expenses, they should surprise absolutely no one. Nor are they an […]
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Ken Griffin isn’t waiting around for 2030. The Citadel founder opted this week to accelerate his bet on 350 Park Avenue, electing to take a 60 percent stake in the joint venture developing the 2 million-square-foot tower rather than wait for his original deadline to either buy the site outright or assume control later. The move reshuffles the balance of power between Griffin and his partners, Vornado Realty Trust and Rudin Management, while speeding up one of Midtown’s most closely watched office projects. Under a 2022 agreement, Griffin had until June 2030 to either acquire a majority stake in the […]
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A.I. translation has become a huge industry, but how accurate is it? Our tech reporter, Kashmir Hill, explores its successes and failures through a couple who relies on of A.I. translation to communicate.
As their stocks tank, software makers are rebranding themselves as A.I. innovators. Sparkle emojis are everywhere, but some efforts have been more successful than others.
There were 159 transactions totaling $319 million filed in New York City records in the 24 hours before 4 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. 🏆 Residential: The top residential deal to hit records was in Tribeca, where a penthouse at 70 Vestry Street sold for $57 million, marking the sale as one of the priciest for Downtown. The seller was reality star Julia Haart, and the buyer was a trust. The 7,800-square-foot condo went on the market in November for $65 million. Italian entrepreneur Silvio Scaglia, Haart’s ex-husband, had purchased the pad, which also has 3,600 square feet of […]
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Grana Padano cheese is trying to capture some of the international spotlight on Italy, appearing on billboards and social media and, of course, in the athletes’ cafeterias.
The artificial intelligence frenzy is creating personal fortunes rarely seen in modern technology and changing people’s attitudes about fairness and money in relationships.
Problems at detention centers operated by CoreCivic extend far beyond recent measles outbreaks.