Real estate giant gets another OK continue building at site near South Street Seaport
Sign up for our amNewYork email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox! Developers won their bid to build a brand new tower near the…
NYU pro-Gaza protesters chase NYPD chief into campus building
An NYPD chief and several of his officers were chased down a Manhattan street by pro-Palestinian NYU protesters who forced the cops to retreat into a campus building, startling video…
This German nonprofit is building an open voice assistant that anyone can use
There have been many attempts at open source AI-powered voice assistants (see Rhasspy, Mycroft and Jasper, to name a few) — all established with the goal of creating privacy-preserving, offline…
Amertius Selling Suburban Chicago Office Building
A north suburban office property is up for grabs, testing a market that’s grappling with record-high office vacancies and sluggish sales. Ameritus has hired JLL brokers to sell the eight-story,…
YouTube is not building a Vision Pro app, so Apollo for Reddit dev made one
Apple’s Vision Pro headset is set to release for consumers today, but YouTube is not currently building a dedicated app for the device. To fill that void, Christian Selig, the developer…
Kore.ai, a startup building conversational AI for enterprises, raises $150M
In the midst of a wave of tech industry layoffs, it’s heartening to see some startups succeeding despite the dour market outlook. Kore.ai, a company developing enterprise-focused conversational AI and…
Large Fire Engulfs Industrial Building in Elizabeth, N.J.
Flames engulfed a large industrial building in Elizabeth, N.J., early Friday, leading it to partially collapse, a city official said, adding that no injuries were reported. The building, at 107…
Bronx building collapse sparks regulations push in Congress
The petrifying partial collapse of a 96-year-old apartment building in the Bronx has generated a push by two New York congressmen for stronger safety regulations in buildings that receive federal…
House votes to censure Rep. Bowman for pulling a fire alarm in office building
House members voted again Thursday to punish one of their own, targeting Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman for triggering a fire alarm in one of the U.S. Capitol office buildings in September when…
Modular Building Startup Veev is Shutting Down
Once a darling of the startup world in the construction sector, Veev is shutting down. Employees of the modular construction company were informed of the impending closure over the weekend,…