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5.17pm BST 17:17 The White House pandemic response team is now holding a press briefing, as an FDA advisory board meets to discuss Pfizer’s application to make coronavirus vaccine booster shots available to all Americans aged 16 or older. White House pandemic response coordinator Jeff Zients began the briefing by…

DoorDash Inc sued New York City on Wednesday over a new law requiring food delivery companies to share customer data with restaurants, saying it violates customer privacy and lets restaurants compete unfairly. The lawsuit is the latest battle in a series of legal clashes between food delivery app companies and…

The New York-based Drone Racing League (DRL) has landed its biggest partnership to date with Algorand (ALGO), an open source blockchain project. The US$100 million partnership will span five years, with DRL spreading its reach in the crypto industry by making use of innovative blockchain technologies to spice up the…

Forward-looking: New York is joining other states and countries in setting a date for when gas-powered vehicle sales will end. A new law will require all new cars to be zero emissions by 2035. The state’s Senate and Assembly passed the bill and Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul signed it into…

By Mark Hunter 8 hours agoWed Sep 15 2021 08:14:54 Reading Time: 2 minutes Bitcoin mining company Greenidge is to achieve a Nasdaq listing after a merge with Support.com Inc The mining company operates two carbon-friendly plants in the U.S. Greenidge will launch soon under the GREE ticker Bitcoin mining…

An IT operations supervisor in New York state is being prosecuted for allegedly installing BTC mining rigs and other devices inside government offices, costing his Long Island civic employer thousands of dollars in electricity, according to a report last week by The New York Times. Over $6,000 in Electricity Bills…

Classroom doors swing open for about a million New York City public school students on Monday in the largest U.S. experiment of in-person learning during the coronavirus pandemic. The New York City department of education says schools are ready to welcome students back to 'school communities and classrooms where they…

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Leonard Cohen, a Jewish-Canadian singer-songwriter, once hailed Canada’s Montreal as the “Jerusalem of the North,” but there is stiff competition for that honor. Notably Montreal’s older Irish twin—New York City. The two cities share the same driving regime (no turning right on red!), many ethnocultural groups, the oddly similar founding…

Look, I love a good block party — and it's not just because my last name happens to be "Block" — but a block party with a purpose? Now we're really talking! Food and travel brand Thrillist is partnering with Harlem's "Queen of Hospitality" Tren'ness Woods-Black — granddaughter of Sylvia…