August 07, 2024 This is the latest device New York City is using for emergency messaging “Tech geek” Mayor Adams has also deployed drones on beaches for shark monitoring. BY Associated Press Gone is the bullhorn. Instead, New York City emergency management officials have turned high-tech, using drones to warn residents about potential threatening weather. With … Continue reading This is the latest device New York City is using for emergency messaging
By Yasmin Gagne March 18, 2023 You’re not hallucinating. Ozempic is everywhere. The diabetes medication, which can also be used for long-term weight management, has become a near-overnight sensation, moving from hushed Hollywood diet aid to the mainstream. Ozempic is now on the cover of magazines, the lips of comedians, and in TV … Continue reading Ads for weight-loss drug Ozempic are now blanketing New York City subways
By Alex Nurse, Alessia Calafiore, and Richard J. Dunning—The Conversation February 23, 2023 Conspiracy theories aren’t a new thing, and for as long as they’ve been around they’ve ranged from the benign to the absurd. From the six moon landings being faked to the Earth being flat, to our ruling class being lizards, we’ve … Continue reading Why the 15-minute city is fueling a ludicrous conspiracy theory
By Jessica Bursztynsky December 23, 2022 Life in the Gig Economy tells the stories of workers in an industry relied upon by millions. If you’d like to share your story, email staff writer Jessica Bursztynsky at Jessicabursz@proton.me. Connie Xu, 22, has been finding work on pet-sitting portal Rover in Austin since March 2022. This is … Continue reading Life in the gig economy: The 22-year-old dog-sitting in a new city
Apple Store employees in the US are quietly trying to unionize Workers claim the pay isn’t keeping up with the cost of living. J. Fingas @jonfingas REUTERS/Brendan McDermid It’s not just Amazon and Google workers hoping to organize. Sources speaking to The Washington Post claim workers at six or more US Apple Store locations … Continue reading Apple Store workers in Oklahoma City vote to unionize
Saudi Arabia is planning a 100-mile line of car-free smart communities Construction is supposed to start this quarter. N. Summers @nisummers NEOM Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is promising to build a network of smart cities that won’t have any cars or roads. It’s called The Line, due to its arrangement of … Continue reading This is what Saudi Arabia’s 100-mile long emission-free smart city could look like
By Elissaveta M. Brandon July 18, 2022 I’ll start with an apology. I’m about to tell you a story about pigeons and buildings—particularly New York City buildings—and once you’re done, you may not see those buildings in the same light ever again. This won’t be news to anyone, but New York City has … Continue reading How one company has pigeon-proofed all of New York City
By Connie Lin June 30, 2022 The Boring Company, Elon Musk’s infrastructure startup, is charging full speed ahead in Las Vegas. On Thursday, it debuted the first passenger station within its network of subterranean roads, 40 feet below the heart of Sin City. First opened in the spring of 2021, Boring’s Las Vegas loop runs … Continue reading The Boring Company takes Las Vegas: Elon Musk’s underground tunnels expand beneath Sin City
By Shalene Gupta June 08, 2022 President Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Law in 1963, but the gender wage gap still persists almost 60 years later, and some estimates suggest it will take another 40 years to close the gap. However, some cities are doing a better job than others at closing … Continue reading What is the gender wage gap in your city? This online calculator will tell you
By Johannes Novy February 16, 2022 How can a city be socially just, environmentally sustainable and economically robust? And what role can urban industry play? These questions underpin IBA27, an ambitious international building exhibition to be held in the Stuttgart region of Germany in 2027. Ahead of that final showcase stage, designers from … Continue reading The secret to designing a ‘productive city’
