This story was produced as part of a partnership between THE CITY and NOTUS, a publication from the nonprofit, nonpartisan Allbritton Journalism Institute. New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani met with Democratic members of Congress in Washington on Wednesday morning, as several members of the caucus have expressed reservations about his rise in the party. […]

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A coalition of states — including New York and New Jersey, which just experienced flash flooding that killed two — are suing the Trump administration over its abrupt cancellation of hundreds of millions of dollars of natural disaster preparedness funding. The group of 19 Democratic attorneys general and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro accused the Federal […]

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Scale AI, the AI industry’s chief data dealer, will lay off 14 percent of its workforce, or about 200 employees, just one month after Meta took a multibillion-dollar stake in the company and hired its CEO and other staff. The layoffs include 500 of its global contractors, Scale spokesperson Joe Osborne told The Verge, adding […]

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xAI's Grok is rated for kids aged 12 and up in the iOS App Store, despite adding “companions”; one includes an NSFW “Bad Rudy” mode and the other becomes NSFW  —  AI companions are arriving faster than platforms can build guardrails around them.  Parents need to pay attention

It’s almost back to school season, and we’re starting to see some great laptop deals trickle in as a result. Walmart continues to sell the M1-powered MacBook Air for $599, but if you want more power and a sleeker design, the 13-inch M2-powered MacBook Air starts at just $699 ($100 off) from Best Buy. That’s […]