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Displaying all articles tagged:
The Future
the future
Oct. 27, 2021
Lessons in Tending Your Metaverse
What Facebook could learn from Reddit.
By
Choire Sicha
the money game
Oct. 24, 2021
Why Your Group Chat Could Be Worth Millions
If 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
excelsior!
Aug. 11, 2021
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
the future
Mar. 5, 2020
Jessica Cisneros Should Be the Future of Her Party
Democratic leaders are on the wrong side of a generational conflict.
By
Sarah Jones
the future
Jan. 3, 2019
Here Is Precisely What’s Gonna Happen in Tech in 2019
What’s in store for us this year? Just all of the things on this very real list.
By
Brian Feldman
2038
Oct. 17, 2018
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
select all
Apr. 23, 2018
Glitch Capitalism: How Cheating AIs Explain Our Stagnant Present
American 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
select all
Dec. 13, 2015
5 Early Technology Adopters Who Are Living Life Like It’s Already Tomorrow
From the family with the robot house to the guy with four virtual assistants
By
Seth Porges
the future
Oct. 21, 2015
Austria Legalizes Future Hoverboards
Back to the Future
is still somewhat in the future.
By
Elaine Godfrey
urban planning
July 23, 2015
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
Jan. 9, 2015
I Saw the Future in Las Vegas, and It’s SkyMall
A dispatch from the future — that is, the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
By
Annie Lowrey
the future
Oct. 12, 2014
Nicholas Carr Doesn’t Want Your Self-Driving Car
A Q&A with the author of
The Glass Cage.
By
Kevin Roose
neighborhood news
June 3, 2014
The Obamas’ Guide to NYC: Why the First Family Should Probably Move to Brooklyn
The president is reportedly eyeing New York City after the White House. We’ve got some ideas.
By
Joe Coscarelli
the future
May 28, 2014
Google Unveils Cutesy Little Self-Driving Car
No steering wheel, no brake pedal, no person.
By
Adam K. Raymond
ink-stained wretches
May 22, 2014
Time
,
Sports Illustrated
Selling Cover Ads Now
Time Inc. breaks new advertising ground before it goes public.
By
Joe Coscarelli
100 person poll
May 9, 2014
How 100 New Yorkers Feel About E-Cigarettes and Vaping in Public
Nearly 40 percent of locals have vaped, based on our survey.
By
Joe Coscarelli
app-stained wretches
Mar. 26, 2014
New York
Times
Goes a Little Bit
Her
A new mobile app, with a morning greeting.
By
Joe Coscarelli
the future
Feb. 19, 2014
Google Acknowledges That ‘Glassholes’ Are a Thing
“Don’t be creepy” is the new “Don’t be evil.”
By
Joe Coscarelli
stand clear of the closing doors
Feb. 12, 2014
Fancy, Futuristic Touch-Screen Subway Maps Have Arrived
In Grand Central, with more to come soon.
By
Joe Coscarelli
new york’s finest
Feb. 6, 2014
NYPD Not Necessarily Against Becoming Google Glassholes
Cops are reportedly testing the device.
By
Joe Coscarelli
stand clear of the closing doors
Jan. 8, 2014
MetroCard Going the Way of the Subway Token, Soon-ish
Now 20 years old, the MetroCard is set to retire by 2019.
By
Joe Coscarelli
the future
Dec. 1, 2013
Amazon Unveils Plan to Deliver Packages Using Drones
In a few years, if Prime Air doesn’t prove lethal.
By
Margaret Hartmann
the future
Oct. 31, 2013
You Still Can’t Use Your Cell Phone on an Airplane, Thank God
But the FAA has expanded use of most other electronics.
By
Joe Coscarelli
cable news news
Oct. 7, 2013
Fox News Has the Biggest Computers on Cable, for Facts and Stuff
Welcome to our dystopian nightmare.
By
Joe Coscarelli
the future
Sept. 17, 2013
Whee, Jetpacks Are Finally Here!
Reserve yours today.
By
Kevin Roose
June 21, 2013
FAA Says You May Never Have to Turn Off Your Electronics Again
Flight rules will likely be loosened.
By
Joe Coscarelli
the supremes
June 3, 2013
DNA Samples Are the New Fingerprints, Supreme Court Says
The court has upheld warrantless cheek swabs.
By
Joe Coscarelli
the future
Apr. 24, 2013
Soon You Can Use Your Smartphone to Hail a Taxi
A judge said it was okay.
By
Adam Martin
the future
Apr. 12, 2013
NYPD Rocking Fancy New Android Phones (That Don’t Make Calls)
But they don’t make calls.
By
Joe Coscarelli
the future
Apr. 9, 2013
In the Future, All Wars Will Be Fought Between Drones and Lasers
Utopia.
By
Dan Amira
the future
Mar. 17, 2013
Getting a Fake New York ID to Become Much More Difficult
The state unveils its driver’s license re-design.
By
Caroline Bankoff
the future
Feb. 11, 2013
New York
Times
Not Sorry for Sinking Tesla Stock With Bad Review
CEO Elon Musk called the article “fake.”
By
Joe Coscarelli
the future
Jan. 24, 2013
NYPD Testing T-Ray Device to See Through Clothes
Creepy? You decide.
By
Joe Coscarelli
the future
Jan. 8, 2013
Google Flooding the Streets of Its NYC Neighborhood With Free Wi-Fi
Chelsea gets lucky.
By
Joe Coscarelli
the future
Dec. 13, 2012
NYC Taxis Are Going to Give New Technology a Try
The TLC approved a one-year pilot program for hailing apps.
By
Joe Coscarelli
the future
Nov. 21, 2012
Some Pay Phones Are Now Giant, Slow Smartphones
For anyone without one of their own.
By
Joe Coscarelli
the future
Aug. 12, 2012
New York State Senator Proposes Crime-Reporting App
Is it really snitching if it’s on your phone?
By
Sarah Bennett
the internet
June 13, 2012
Websites May Soon End in a Bunch of Weird Words
Like .sex or .baby.
By
Joe Coscarelli
international intrigue
June 1, 2012
Obama Using the ‘Arts of Cyberwar’ Against Iran
The future is now.
By
Joe Coscarelli
the future
Apr. 21, 2012
Larry Page, Eric Schmidt, and James Cameron Are Going to Mine Asteroids Now
Introducing Planetary Resources Inc.
By
Caroline Bankoff
the robot apocalypse
Apr. 18, 2012
Does Robot Sex Count As Cheating?
This is our future.
By
Dan Amira
neighborhood news of the future
Apr. 8, 2012
City’s New Internet Machines Will Be Less Disgusting Than Pay Phones
Because you can’t hose down a pay phone.
By
Caroline Bankoff
the future
Mar. 19, 2012
Pay Phones to Be Replaced by Internet Machines
New York City’s street-side communication machines are getting an upgrade.
By
Joe Coscarelli
Jan. 2, 2012
Buzzfeed: The New Species at Iowa’s Media Watering Hole
Talking 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
early and often
Dec. 6, 2011
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
privacy
Oct. 25, 2011
Google Often Gives the Government What It Wants
The company almost always gives up user data when asked.
By
Joe Coscarelli
steve jobs
Oct. 7, 2011
No One Knows What Apple Will Do Now
But everyone can guess.
By
Ray Rahman
mta
Sept. 30, 2011
Second Phase of Subway Cell Service Coming Soon
Thirty-one more platforms will be wired by the end of the year.
By
Joe Coscarelli
the future
July 21, 2011
Good-bye to the Space Age?
The last space shuttle flight landed at 5:58 this morning.
By
Noreen Malone
the future
July 20, 2011
Computers Getting a Taste of Their Own Medicine
Downsizing comes for them.
By
Noreen Malone
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