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Anthropic is launching a new think tank amid Pentagon blacklist fight

Amid a weekslong conflict with the Pentagon, resulting in a blacklist and a lawsuit, Anthropic is shaking up its C-suite and research initiatives. The company announced Wednesday that it's launching a new internal think tank, called the Anthropic Institute, that combines three of Anthropic's current research teams. It will focus on researching AI's large-scale implications, […]

Oppo’s new foldable isn’t quite creaseless, but it’s pretty damn close

The first thing most people seem to do when they try out a foldable phone I'm reviewing is look for the crease in the screen. In the case of Oppo's Find N6, it might take them a while. Oppo claims that the Find N6, launching in full next week on March 17th, has the world's […]

24-Hour Home Care Aides Get New Support in Fight for 24-Hour Wages

Dozens of home health aides protested 24-hour shifts outside offices for the state’s Department of Labor in Lower Manhattan,

Gui Zhu Chen says her “whole body is falling apart” after years spent as a “live-in” home care aide, often working more than 90 straight hours without sleep or meal breaks. In that time, she says, she was compensated for only a fraction of the hours she worked. In 2018, Chen submitted formal complaints to […]

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Most 911 Calls Routed to NYPD Tagged as Unrelated to Crime, Study Finds

NYPD officers drive toward Manhattan Criminal Court,

The majority of 911 calls routed to the NYPD last year were described by dispatchers as unrelated to criminal activity, according to a new study released Wednesday by a criminal justice reform group. The nonprofit Vera Institute analyzed more than 3.6 million calls that resulted in a police response in 2025 and found only 42% […]

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The Revolving Door Between Rikers and City Hospitals

Workers overseeing daily functions on Rikers Island operate outside a jail facility,

For detainees on Rikers Island spiraling into a psychiatric crisis, a trip from the troubled jail complex to one of the city’s public hospitals can serve as a medical lifeline.  But that relief is often short-lived. In around half the cases, detainees are returned to Rikers within hours after what critics describe as cursory hospital […]

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