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New York’s Creepy Plan To Scan Faces At Toll Booths Has Been A Total Flop
Today brings some small relief for New Yorkers worried about the face-scanning tech being used at the city’s entry points: So far, the system has reportedly been a total bust, detecting 0 per cent of faces “within acceptable parameters.” But that isn’t stopping the city from expanding the pilot program.
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Driverless Bus Goes On Rolling Rampage In Brooklyn
Everybody makes mistakes. Like, for instance, let’s say you drive a bus, and you just finished a night shift, and you stop, and you’re tired, and maybe you accidentally put the bus in neutral instead of park on top of a hill, and you hop off and start walking home. And, yes, maybe the bus…
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A Rare Glimpse Of The Ancient Infrastructure That Controls NYC’s Subway
New York City’s subway system is a wonder of engineering — but sadly, that engineering is so old that it’s not even manufactured anymore, causing huge problems for the people who run it and anyone trying to use it. That means the MTA has built a whole shop up around trying to maintain its ageing…
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A New Glimpse Into The Gigantic Construction Project Hidden Below NYC
What do you want to be when you grow up? A baseball player? A doctor? A blogger (LOL)? How about a badass who carves caves through the Earth to improve the lives of millions in America’s greatest city? That sounds pretty heroic. And, right now, hundreds of hard hat-wearing workers are tackling that grand task…