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  1. the future
    Lessons in Tending Your MetaverseWhat Facebook could learn from Reddit.
    By Choire Sicha
  2. the money game
    Why Your Group Chat Could Be Worth MillionsIf you turn it into a DAO, that is. But what’s a DAO? It’s a little bit cryptocurrency, a little bit gamer clan, a little bit pyramid scheme.
    By Max Read
  3. excelsior!
    New York Will Be Electing a Governor Soon. Who Is the Front-runner?There’s a big question hanging over the field — and it doesn’t even involve Andrew Cuomo.
    By David Freedlander
  4. the future
    Jessica Cisneros Should Be the Future of Her PartyDemocratic leaders are on the wrong side of a generational conflict.
    By Sarah Jones
  5. the future
    Here Is Precisely What’s Gonna Happen in Tech in 2019What’s in store for us this year? Just all of the things on this very real list.
    By Brian Feldman
  6. 2038
    What Will Happen to the Supreme Court in 20 Years?Legal reporter Dahlia Lithwick reveals her prediction for the future of the Supreme Court.
    By The Editors
  7. select all
    Glitch Capitalism: How Cheating AIs Explain Our Stagnant PresentAmerican society has come to follow the same logic as glitch-hunting AIs, and in the process become vulnerable to huge inequalities and injustices.
    By Malcolm Harris
  8. select all
    5 Early Technology Adopters Who Are Living Life Like It’s Already TomorrowFrom the family with the robot house to the guy with four virtual assistants
    By Seth Porges
  9. the future
    Austria Legalizes Future HoverboardsBack to the Future is still somewhat in the future.
    By Elaine Godfrey
  10. urban planning
    Is NYC Doing Enough to Prepare for Rising Seas?What our urban future might look like, whether or not the climate predictions prove true.
    By Justin Davidson
  11. I Saw the Future in Las Vegas, and It’s SkyMallA dispatch from the future — that is, the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. 
    By Annie Lowrey
  12. the future
    Nicholas Carr Doesn’t Want Your Self-Driving CarA Q&A with the author of The Glass Cage.
    By Kevin Roose
  13. neighborhood news
    The Obamas’ Guide to NYC: Why the First Family Should Probably Move to BrooklynThe president is reportedly eyeing New York City after the White House. We’ve got some ideas.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  14. the future
    Google Unveils Cutesy Little Self-Driving CarNo steering wheel, no brake pedal, no person.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  15. ink-stained wretches
    Time, Sports Illustrated Selling Cover Ads NowTime Inc. breaks new advertising ground before it goes public.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  16. 100 person poll
    How 100 New Yorkers Feel About E-Cigarettes and Vaping in PublicNearly 40 percent of locals have vaped, based on our survey.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  17. app-stained wretches
    New York Times Goes a Little Bit HerA new mobile app, with a morning greeting.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  18. the future
    Google Acknowledges That ‘Glassholes’ Are a Thing“Don’t be creepy” is the new “Don’t be evil.”
    By Joe Coscarelli
  19. stand clear of the closing doors
    Fancy, Futuristic Touch-Screen Subway Maps Have ArrivedIn Grand Central, with more to come soon.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  20. new york’s finest
    NYPD Not Necessarily Against Becoming Google GlassholesCops are reportedly testing the device.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  21. stand clear of the closing doors
    MetroCard Going the Way of the Subway Token, Soon-ishNow 20 years old, the MetroCard is set to retire by 2019.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  22. the future
    Amazon Unveils Plan to Deliver Packages Using DronesIn a few years, if Prime Air doesn’t prove lethal.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  23. the future
    You Still Can’t Use Your Cell Phone on an Airplane, Thank GodBut the FAA has expanded use of most other electronics.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  24. cable news news
    Fox News Has the Biggest Computers on Cable, for Facts and StuffWelcome to our dystopian nightmare.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  25. the future
    Whee, Jetpacks Are Finally Here!Reserve yours today.
    By Kevin Roose
  26. FAA Says You May Never Have to Turn Off Your Electronics AgainFlight rules will likely be loosened.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  27. the supremes
    DNA Samples Are the New Fingerprints, Supreme Court SaysThe court has upheld warrantless cheek swabs.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  28. the future
    Soon You Can Use Your Smartphone to Hail a TaxiA judge said it was okay.
    By Adam Martin
  29. the future
    NYPD Rocking Fancy New Android Phones (That Don’t Make Calls)But they don’t make calls.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  30. the future
    In the Future, All Wars Will Be Fought Between Drones and LasersUtopia. 
    By Dan Amira
  31. the future
    Getting a Fake New York ID to Become Much More Difficult The state unveils its driver’s license re-design.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  32. the future
    New York Times Not Sorry for Sinking Tesla Stock With Bad ReviewCEO Elon Musk called the article “fake.”
    By Joe Coscarelli
  33. the future
    NYPD Testing T-Ray Device to See Through ClothesCreepy? You decide.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  34. the future
    Google Flooding the Streets of Its NYC Neighborhood With Free Wi-FiChelsea gets lucky.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  35. the future
    NYC Taxis Are Going to Give New Technology a TryThe TLC approved a one-year pilot program for hailing apps.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  36. the future
    Some Pay Phones Are Now Giant, Slow SmartphonesFor anyone without one of their own.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  37. the future
    New York State Senator Proposes Crime-Reporting AppIs it really snitching if it’s on your phone?
    By Sarah Bennett
  38. the internet
    Websites May Soon End in a Bunch of Weird WordsLike .sex or .baby.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  39. international intrigue
    Obama Using the ‘Arts of Cyberwar’ Against IranThe future is now.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  40. the future
    Larry Page, Eric Schmidt, and James Cameron Are Going to Mine Asteroids NowIntroducing Planetary Resources Inc. 
    By Caroline Bankoff
  41. the robot apocalypse
    Does Robot Sex Count As Cheating?This is our future.
    By Dan Amira
  42. neighborhood news of the future
    City’s New Internet Machines Will Be Less Disgusting Than Pay PhonesBecause you can’t hose down a pay phone. 
    By Caroline Bankoff
  43. the future
    Pay Phones to Be Replaced by Internet Machines New York City’s street-side communication machines are getting an upgrade.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  44. Buzzfeed: The New Species at Iowa’s Media Watering HoleTalking with new editor Ben Smith as he begins to change the site’s identity with Iowa coverage. Plus: Check out the press pass.
    By Gabriel Sherman
  45. early and often
    There Were Some Snafus With Those Fancy New Voting Machines Snafus = 20,000 New Yorkers who didn’t have their votes counted.
    By Noreen Malone
  46. privacy
    Google Often Gives the Government What It WantsThe company almost always gives up user data when asked.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  47. steve jobs
    No One Knows What Apple Will Do NowBut everyone can guess.
    By Ray Rahman
  48. mta
    Second Phase of Subway Cell Service Coming SoonThirty-one more platforms will be wired by the end of the year.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  49. the future
    Good-bye to the Space Age?The last space shuttle flight landed at 5:58 this morning.
    By Noreen Malone
  50. the future
    Computers Getting a Taste of Their Own MedicineDownsizing comes for them.
    By Noreen Malone
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