Uber Is Sweating NYC’s New Rideshare Minimum Wage
The new rules for app-based rideshare companies could mean $10,000 more for drivers every year. Continue reading Uber Is Sweating NYC’s New Rideshare Minimum Wage
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Replacing the NYC Subway System With Autonomous Cars Is a Terrible Idea
The subway may be ailing, but it’s too important to give up on now. Continue reading Replacing the NYC Subway System With Autonomous Cars Is a Terrible Idea
Airbnb Is Screwing Over New York’s Vulnerable Neighborhoods
Everyone knows Airbnb is bad for the housing market. But it’s starting to get worse. Continue reading Airbnb Is Screwing Over New York’s Vulnerable Neighborhoods
Meet The Spreadsheet That Can Solve NYC Transit (and the Man Who Made It)
Charles Komanoff’s ‘Balanced Transportation Analyzer’ is the most comprehensive accounting possible of how a congestion charge in Manhattan would affect New York City. Continue reading Meet The Spreadsheet That Can Solve NYC Transit (and the Man Who Made It)
Russian hackers used NYC terror attack news to lure targets into loading malware
Security researchers recently discovered a notable spear phishing email campaign that used a peculiar, albeit increasingly popular, intrusion technique hidden inside a message concerning a terrorism attack in New York City. The operation appears to have been conducted, according to U.S. cybersecurity firm McAfee, by an infamous group of Russian hackers widely known as APT28 or Fancy Bear. The group is best known for breaching the Democratic National Committee in the run up to the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election. The malicious emails designed by APT28 may have been recently sent to military personnel located in Germany and France, based on other associated campaigns that were similar linked to the Russian hackers, explained Ryan Sherstobitoff, a senior analyst with McAfee’s advanced threat research team. “Based on the telemetry we captured, we have observed targets in Europe, specifically France and Germany,” Sherstobitoff said. “The document theme from the previous related campaign has […]
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Hackaday Links: October 1, 2017
Remember when you first saw a USB port in a standard wall outlet? It was a really great idea at the time, but how’s that 500mA charge holding up now? Fresh from a random press release, here’s a USB 3.0 wall outlet, with USB A and C ports. 5A @ 5V. Future proof for at least several years, I guess.
This is what you call ‘pucker factor’. An Air France A380 traveling from CDG to LAX suffered an uncontained engine failure somewhere over Greenland. Everyone on board is fine, except for the fact they had to spend the night in …read more
A New York City Education Department Employee Got Caught Mining Bitcoin at Work
It doesn’t appear as though he got fired. Continue reading A New York City Education Department Employee Got Caught Mining Bitcoin at Work
Why Are We Seeing So Many Fireflies in New York This Year?
There have been reports of higher than normal firefly populations, but it’s probably fine. Continue reading Why Are We Seeing So Many Fireflies in New York This Year?
Why Are We Seeing So Many Fireflies in New York This Year?
There have been reports of higher than normal firefly populations, but it’s probably fine. Continue reading Why Are We Seeing So Many Fireflies in New York This Year?
How an Old Industrial Ship Yard Created 7,000 New Jobs
Brooklyn Navy Yard President and CEO David Ehrenberg tells Motherboard how his non-profit reclaimed an industrial workspace and updated it for the 21st century. Continue reading How an Old Industrial Ship Yard Created 7,000 New Jobs