On Easter weekend in 1947, New York City buzzed with an air of invincibility. The miseries of World War II were finally over, and New York, like the rest of the country, was buoyant. The future promised great things. The Polaroid Land camera had just been invented. Consumer TV sets …
Read More »New York City Council votes to prohibit businesses from using facial recognition without public notice
The cutting-edge computer architecture that’s changing the AI game Learn about the next-gen architecture needed to unlock the true capabilities of AI and machine learning. Register here New York City Council today passed a privacy law for commercial establishments that prohibits retailers and other businesses from using facial recognition or …
Read More »New York bans use of facial recognition in schools statewide
VB Transform Watch every session from the AI event of the year On-Demand Watch Now The New York legislature today passed a moratorium banning the use of facial recognition and other forms of biometric identification in schools until 2022. The bill, which has yet to be signed by Governor Andrew …
Read More »Travel From New York City Seeded Wave of U.S. Outbreaks
New York City’s coronavirus outbreak grew so large by early March that the city became the primary source of new infections in the United States, new research reveals, as thousands of infected people traveled from the city and seeded outbreaks around the country. The research indicates that a wave of …
Read More »Some Pregnant Women Who Can Afford to Are Fleeing New York City
The plane leaving New York was nearly empty. Ariella Tabick, one of a handful of passengers flying to Colorado on Thursday evening, was 31 weeks pregnant, and the idea of giving birth at a hospital in New York City had started to feel too risky. So Tabick, a special education …
Read More »The One Show That Gets New York Makeup Right
Perhaps you’re binging a lot of TV these days—us, too. One show that team ITG can’t get enough of right now is High Maintenance. It’s a true NYC extravaganza that shows how wonderful, weird, and downright entertaining it is to be able to call this town of ours home. And …
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