A pilot program successfully captured 90 rats around Brooklyn’s Borough Hall.
Brooklyn borough president Eric Adams invited reporters to a Thursday press conference with an unusual promise: a display of 90 dead rats.
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90 dead rats turn up in NYC to help showcase the next frontier in rodent traps
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8 states and D.C. are now investigating Facebook for potential antitrust violations
New York attorney general Letitia James is leading a multistate antitrust probe of the company.
New York attorney general Letitia James is leading a multistate investigation into whether Facebook violated antitrust laws, she said in a statement Friday.
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How big data could help make it easier for landlords to evict you
Real estate data firms say they’re helping real estate investors deliver what buyers and renters want, but critics worry the data revolution could deliver disproportionally to big landlords and developers.
It’s easy to track prices of some things: Drive down any major street and you’ll only have to pass a few gas stations to know roughly how much gasoline costs in your area. Turn on the news during the workday, and you’ll quickly learn how the big stock market indexes are faring. Go shopping every week, and you’ll soon know how much bananas or eggs cost at your local supermarket.
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Here’s why an activist hedge fund wants AT&T to get smaller
Activist investment firm Elliott Management wants AT&T to streamline operations and consider spinning off assets, potentially including DirecTV.
The activist fund manager Elliott Management announced Monday its funds had taken a roughly $3.2 billion stake in AT&T and called for the telecom giant to consider streamlining operations and shedding business units, potentially including DirecTV, to boost shareholder value.
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McDonald’s just bought a voice-recognition company for high-tech drive-throughs
McDonald’s announced it’s buying Apprente, a voice-recognition startup focusing on drive-through ordering.
It might not be long before you can place a McDonald’s drive-through order by talking to a machine.
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Here’s how Robert Frank revolutionized photography
Robert Frank, described by ‘New Yorker’ critic Janet Malcolm as the “Manet of the new photography,” captured everyday American life.
Robert Frank, the Swiss-born American photographer, has died at 94, numerous outlets are reporting.
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Mozilla and Creative Commons want to reimagine the internet without ads, and they have $100M to do it
The funds would support projects using a new “web monetization” protocol, including open source tools and individual creators
Funding online content with small consumer payments rather than intrusive and privacy-compromising ads has for years been a goal for many internet theorists and publishers.
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Your medical records might not be safe. Here’s what you need to know
A ProPublica report found more than 180 servers on which people’s medical records were available with minimal or no safeguards.
Millions of people’s medical records are stored on servers that make them accessible without so much as prompting for a password, according to a new report from ProPublica and the German broadcaster Bayerische Rundfunk.
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Man accused of using a drone to drop explosive at ex-girlfriend’s home
The Pennsylvania man was charged after bombs and guns were allegedly found at his house.
A Pennsylvania man facing firearms and explosives charges was ordered to stay behind bars after prosecutors told a federal magistrate that he used a drone to drop explosives at his ex-girlfriend’s home, the Morning Call reports.
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Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Google are lobbying their way into Washington’s heart
The four Big Tech companies are collectively spending hundreds of millions of dollars on campaign contribution and tens of millions more on lobbying, according to a report from Public Citizen.
Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Google have seen their stock valuations soar in the past decade as legions of consumers have logged on to their platforms and devices every day.
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Former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne is prepping for ‘The Big One’
Byrne says he’s dumping his stock to evade the long arm of the “Deep State” and invest in precious metals and cryptocurrency.
Former Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne has sold all of his stock in the company in order to avoid the reach of the so-called Deep State and to prepare for a potential crippling recession, he said in an open letter to employees of the company.
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Facebook vows to take down Ukraine-run pages that love Trump
The pages share right-wing content, often supporting President Trump and critiquing his critics, with millions of followers.
A network of Ukraine-administered Facebook pages has been posting content geared to Americans, promoting President Trump and attacking his critics, reports Popular Information, a newsletter from the liberal journalist Judd Legum.
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Meet the MacArthur ‘geniuses’ who are some of the most fascinating of 2019
The recipients each get $625,000, paid over five years, to spend on whatever they wish.
Every year, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation gives out a set of no-strings-attached, $625,000 fellowships to people working in fields from art to science to legal research. This year’s set of 26 recipients of what’s often called the “genius grant” are all doing fascinating work.
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Why did Trump mention CrowdStrike in a call with Ukraine’s President Zelensky?
CrowdStrike is a cybersecurity company that helped to investigate the DNC hacks, and conspiracy theorists claim it falsely accused Russia of participating in the hack.
The document released by the White House on Wednesday summarizing President Trump’s conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky mostly drew attention for Trump urging Zelensky to investigate Joe Biden.
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Here’s what we just learned from the whistle-blower complaint about Trump
The complaint alleges that President Trump was “using the power of his office to solicit interference from a foreign country in the 2020 U.S. election.”
Congress released an anonymous whistle-blower complaint Thursday tied to President Trump’s conversation with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, where he urged Zelensky to pursue investigations into Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden.
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Your UPS package is here. Just ignore that giant drone
It’s the first certification of its kind awarded so far.
UPS has clearance from the Federal Aviation Administration to begin operating a “drone airline,” the company announced Tuesday.
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Microsoft warning: Iran-linked hacking group is targeting the U.S. presidential campaign
The software giant says hackers made more than 2,700 attempts to find politically sensitive accounts and tried to attack 241 of them.
A hacking group Microsoft is calling Phosphorus appears to be “linked to the Iranian government” and has tried to attack accounts related to “U.S. presidential campaign, current and former U.S. government officials, journalists covering global politics and prominent Iranians living outside Iran,” the company says.
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Email phishing scammers are getting better at mimicking your boss
Spearphishing attacks are getting better at seeming real, warns email security firm Vade Secure.
They might write just like your boss. They might even ask how your recent vacation went or congratulate you on your new promotion. But they might just be hackers.
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Domino’s Pizza was just dealt a Supreme Court blow that could reshape the ADA in the digital era
Domino’s was sued by a blind man who couldn’t use its website through accessibility software.
The Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from Domino’s Pizza Monday after a federal appellate court ruled that a blind customer can sue the chain under the Americans with Disabilities Act after he couldn’t fully use its website through screen-reading software.
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Trump Towers Istanbul gets a second look after president’s surprise Syria move
Critics point to a 2015 Breitbart interview where Trump said he had a “conflict of interest” due to the Trump Towers in Istanbul.
President Trump’s surprise push Sunday to move U.S. troops from Syria, potentially opening the door for Turkish operations against Kurdish forces on the border of the two countries, quickly drew criticism from both sides of the political aisle.
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