New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. New York is the 27th-most extensive, the 3rd-most populous, and the 7th-most densely populated of the 50 United States. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east.
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Judge gives New York 45 days to pay benefits to Uber and Lyft drivers
Workers that drive for ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft have won another landmark case in their quest to be recognized ...
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Top 7 startup cities keep their ranking in 2020 — but new players are on the rise
The top seven startup cities have kept their ranking these year — but changes are on their way. Check out Startup Genome's ...
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Pride 2020: Your guide to virtual events in June
Welcome to 🏳️🌈TNW Pride 2020!🏳️🌈 All throughout June we’ll highlight articles that focus on representation ...
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A man was stabbed to death by his son during a Zoom call
It's not the conference call anyone wants to be a part of: a New York resident was stabbed to death by his son during a Zoom ...
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Global e-scooter numbers could quadruple once lockdown measures lift, analysts say
New figures: The global e-scooter market will experience a contraction in 2020, but over the next four years the number of ...
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New Yorkers can now get married over Zoom and... yeah, sure, why not?
New York governor Andrew Cuomo issued an order allowing anyone to get married via video call -- he mentioned Zoom, but I ...
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Daily Distraction: How to visit museums from the comfort of your home
From when I was a kid, I've really liked visiting museums. If I’m traveling to a new city, I love to go to a museum that ...
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Ride hailing apps like Uber linked to increased crashes, study finds
Ride hailing apps provide users with an easy way to get about town, but according to research, they also lead to crashes ...
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Ebikes and e-scooters legalized in New York, delivery drivers first to benefit
It’s been a rocky road, but New York State has finally taken steps to legalize the use of e-scooters and ebikes. Delivery ...
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T-Mobile's merger with Sprint is now worth $40 billion, thanks to the bulls
New York's attorney general isn't going to challenge federal court approval of T-Mobile's merger with Sprint, while the other ...
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Yep, T-Mobile and Sprint's $26.5 billion mega-merger is really happening
More than two years after being stuck in litigation limbo, T-Mobile's $26.5 billion acquistion of strugging telecoms provider ...
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Wall Street bankers fearing coronavirus are pissed they can't work from home
Many Wall Street's bankers are still required in offices despite government calls to work from home as much as possible to ...
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Coronavirus hype leads New York's top lawyer to probe Zoom over security
Zoom so far says its school services are in line with federal laws, but let's see if that tune changes with New York's top ...
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Report: Amazon's negotiation strategy for HQ2 was called 'Fuck you. We're Amazon'
A recent report from Bloomberg revealed that Amazon's negotiation strategy during its recent failed bid to build a second ...
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Moonday Mornings: Ex-employee steals $715K in Bitcoin from cryptocurrency fund
Welcome to Moonday Mornings, Hard Fork's wrap-up of the weekend's top cryptocurrency and blockchain headlines. Take a look ...
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Self-styled 'coyote of Wall Street' gets 33 months in prison for $224K crypto fraud
CabbageTech's CEO has been sentenced to 33 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to defrauding cryptocurrency investors. ...
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Moonday Mornings: Bitmain might lay off half its staff ahead of Bitcoin halving
It's Hard Fork's wrap-up of the weekend's top Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, and blockchain headlines you can't afford to miss. ...
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NY wants to make it easier for cryptocurrency exchanges to list new tokens — but why?
The New York Department of Financial Services wants to update its contentious BitLicense, which regulates cryptocurrency ...
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Vitalik stands by Ethereum dev arrested for advising North Korea on cryptocurrency
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has publicly pledged to sign a petition supporting the release of fellow dev Virgil Griffith. ...
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Judge orders Telegram founder Pavel Durov to testify over its crypto ICO
Telegram’s founder and CEO Pavel Durov should testify in the US Securities Exchange Commission's (SEC) case against the ...
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Netflix reopens the historic Paris Theatre to screen its original movies
Netflix today announced it was reopening Manhattan's Paris Theatre indefinitely, and is making it into "a home for special ...
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New York judge rules US government can intervene in $7M Bitcoin scam
The US government will be able to intervene in a civil case against Jon Barry Thompson, a man charged with running a fraudulent ...
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Stablecoin businesses ARE money transmitters, says FinCEN chief
Stablecoins fall under FinCEN's remit to safeguard money transmission services, which means issuers must register as such ...
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Celebrate 10 years of Angry Birds by beating the crap out of this vending machine
In a recent NPR poll, 84 percent of respondents said that people were angrier today than they were a generation ago. And ...
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Moonday Mornings: New York condo sells for $15M in Bitcoin
Welcome to another Moonday Mornings, Hard Fork's wrap-up of the weekend's cryptocurrency and blockchain headlines. Take a ...
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US fines founders of 'worthless cryptocurrency' over $4.25M binary options scam
A US federal court has ordered defendants to pay $4.25 million in penalties as a result of operating a virtual currency scam ...
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Moonday Morning: China goes crazy over blockchain
Hello, happy Monday and welcome to another Moonday Morning – Hard Fork's roundup of the weekend’s top cryptocurrency ...
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey says "hell no" to joining Facebook's Libra 'cryptocurrency'
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has said the popular microblogging site will never join Facebook’s controversial ‘cryptocurrency’ ...
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Bitfinex wants to subpoena former banking exec to recover its 'lost' $880M
iFinex, the parent company of cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex, wants to subpoena an ex-banking executive of a trust company ...
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How to watch Google's Pixel 4 launch event
On October 15 Google will be unveiling a whole load of new gear. In this piece, we show you how to watch so you don't miss ...
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Class action lawsuit alleges Bitfinex' Tether cost crypto market $1.4T
A brand new lawsuit alleges that cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and its sister company Tether manipulated the digital currency ...
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Bitfinex: NYAG cited no authority to demand Tether documents
Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex is dead set on holding on to its documents despite objections from the office of the New ...
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Bitcoin escrow firm owner charged over $7M cryptocurrency fraud
The director of Bitcoin escrow service Volantis Market is facing several years in prison if found guilty of cryptocurrency-related ...
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Court rules Bitfinex’ info on $850M Tether black hole unnecessary – for now
Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex can now stop sharing documents about its use of Tether with the New York Attorney General ...
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Bitfinex’s last-ditch attempt to halt investigation into $850M cover-up fails
The court has denied Bitfinex and Tether's parent company iFinex's latest motion to avoid the legal clap back from its $850 ...
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Microsoft to announce new Surface devices on October 2
It's that time of year again: Microsoft has new Surface devices to announce. The company today sent out invites for its next ...
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Robert De Niro’s firm sues employee for $6M for binging 55 eps of Friends at work
We need a new category for this sort of Netflix activity: Robert De Niro's company sues an ex employee for binging 55 episodes ...
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SEC takes action against financial charlatan who operated a $14M fraudulent ICO
The US SEC is taking action against an individual to safeguard investor funds that were raised through the allegedly fraudulent ...
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Yet another reason to dislike Tether: 300 addresses hold 80% of the ‘stablecoin’
Infamous 'stablecoin' Tether doesn't exactly have the cleanest of rap sheets, and if you needed another reason not to trust ...
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You can now get 100,000s of books for FREE — thanks, confusing copyright law
Copyright law, you can't live with it, you can't live without it — but at the very least you can get a whole load of books ...
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New York financial regulator sets up new division to police cryptocurrency businesses
The NYDFS has announced a new division which will absorb the regulator's department that oversees cryptocurrency businesses ...
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Google used 107,000 solar panels to create a portrait of Apollo 11 pioneer Margaret Hamilton
To celebrate 50 years since NASA's moon landing mission, Google made a massive portrait of Apollo 11 pioneer Margaret Hamilton ...
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Tether in court: Yep, we sort of, kind of, definitely used our reserves to buy Bitcoin
Stablecoin issuer Tether, which shares ownership with Bitfinex, has admitted it used its reserves to buy Bitcoin, court transcripts ...
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Controversial stablecoin Tether is only 74 percent backed by cash (and other assets)
Tether’s lawyer has now admitted that the stablecoin is only 74 percent backed by cash and equivalents, according to an ...
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NYPD: Bitcoin thieves posing as government officials have stolen over $2M
New York’s Police Department (NYPD) is alerting the public about phone scammers posing as Social Security Administration ...
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NY Attorney General goes after Tether and Bitfinex for $850M cover-up
The New York State Attorney General (NYSAG) is reportedly building a case to sue cryptocurrency exchange, Bitfinex, and stablecoin, ...
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Here's why privately-owned cities are a terrible idea
Over the last five years, something strange has happened at the eastern edge of Karachi, the crowded megalopolis in southern ...
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Men plead guilty in first NY conviction for money laundering involving Bitcoin
Two US men have pleaded guilty to running a steroid and controlled substance business that laundered millions of dollars ...
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Dark web druglords charged with laundering $2.3M in Bitcoin
US authorities have arrested three men after taking down a dark web drug ring which laundered $2.3 million in cryptocurrency. ...
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Bittrex: New York’s denial of our BitLicense application contained 'factual inaccuracies'
Seattle-based cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex is “saddened and disappointed” by the New York Department of Financial ...
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New York vows to keep trying after Orwellian facial recognition program fails
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's driver recognition pilot program has yielded perfect results: it works zero percent of the ...
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Cryptocurrency startup Tagomi gets BitLicense to operate in New York
Tagomi Trading LLC, a cryptocurrency venture backed by Paradigm and Pantera Capital, has become the 18th firm to receive ...
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CabbageTech owner charged with running $200K cryptocurrency and cash swindle
The operator of New York-based company CabaggeTech has been accused of defrauding investors out of more than $200,000 in ...
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Moonday Morning: Bitcoin dev ordered to prove Craig Wright isn’t Satoshi
It's Monday which means it's Moonday Morning and time to catch up with the top cryptocurrency and blockchain news from over ...
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Deepmind teaches AI to follow navigational directions like humans
Deepmind paves the way for a better driverless car experience. Because, what good are taxis if you have to be sober enough ...
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Here’s how to watch Samsung’s Galaxy S10 event live
Samsung's Galaxy S10 event is happening today. We've got all the information you need to stay up-to-date on the company's ...
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New blockchain center opens in New York amid cryptocurrency market woes
The city of New York has a new Blockchain Center.
