Between 1993 and 2013 America’s crime rate fell from around 52 crimes per 1,000 people to 23. Prisoners are entitled to health care, but it is often expensively and inefficiently delivered…
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Greybeards Behind Bars
Between 1993 and 2013 America’s crime rate fell from around 52 crimes per 1,000 people to 23. At the same time, largely because of America’s penchant for handing out long sentences, the number of people over 55 in state prisons rose from 26,300 to 131,500, and their share of the total more than tripled. According to the Osborne Association…
Trump’s Administration Taps Projects For Drone Pilot
Projects in Virginia, Kansas and Nevada are among those the Trump administration named Wednesday for a new program to sharply expand how drones can be used across the United States, seeking to accelerate growth in a booming sector with broad economic potential but…
Preparation For A World With Increased AI
The White House on Thursday plans to convene executives from Amazon, Facebook, Google, Intel and 34 other major U.S. companies as it seeks to supercharge the deployment of powerful robots, algorithms and the broader field of artificial intelligence.
Cuomo Grants Parolees The Right To Vote
Gov. Cuomo announced Wednesday that he’s signed an executive order to give convicted felons on parole the right to vote. Appealing to his left flank, Gov. Cuomo announced Wednesday that…
Flippy The Burger Flipping Robot
Flippy, a burger-flipping robot, has begun work at a restaurant in Pasadena, Los Angeles.
It is the first of dozens of locations for the system, which is destined to replace human fast-food workers.
AI Can Go Further Than Humans
“The fact is that AI can go further than humans, it could be billions of times smarter than humans at this point,” Pearson said. “So we really do need to make sure that we have some means of keeping up.
President Trump Launches $1.5 Trillion Sales Pitch
New $1.5 Trillion Infrastructure bill is making its way to Congress. The Federal government is hoping to help coordinate and encourage projects, but not cover the entire cost of them. The plan rewards communities that make the largest investments. Here’s more.
Saul Steinberg’s Iconic 1976 Illustration For The New Yorker Magazine
The magazine depicting the relationship between New York City and the rest of the United States inspired numerous parodies and proved that as New Yorkers we can politely chuckle at ourselves, after all.
But today there are plenty of reasons for New Yorkers to put the needs of their city above the general issues facing the whole country. Unfortunately, there’s nothing funny about what’s going on under 9th Ave. today. New York City’s infrastructure is sadly in need of major updates – and fast.
