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PREMIUM The web isn't broken. It's working exactly as designed.
1+ hour, 59+ min ago (616+ words) You click a link. Before a single word loads, you dismiss a cookie banner. A newsletter pop-up blocks the screen. An autoplay video starts blaring. The page jumps. You lose your place, scroll back and hit another box that begs…...
A small but growing movement wants you to put down your phone. But first read this
2+ week, 1+ day ago (901+ words) BOROUGHWIDE " More than a dozen millennials gathered in a brownstone apartment in Brooklyn and placed their phones in a metal colander before two hours of reading, drawing and conversation " anything but staring at screens. A similar scene played out a…...
2 Brooklyn seniors featured in new i Phone billboard
3+ week, 2+ day ago (356+ words) WILLIAMSBURG " Two women who attend a senior program in Bensonhurst are currently featured in a billboard for Apple's latest i Phone above the Superior Ingredients nightclub in Williamsburg on Wythe Avenue and North 12th Street." Elaine Kerner, 77, and Vivian Patanio, 76, went…...
PREMIUM Is Your Phone Spying on You? Nah. It Doesn't Have To.
4+ week, 1+ hour ago (815+ words) You're chatting with a friend about which country you'll flee to if things get worse under Trump " Canada, Portugal, New Zealand " or you casually mention needing new running shoes, or you joke about wanting one of those fancy sous vide…...
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1+ mon, 5+ day ago (16+ words) PREMIUM Wild Bird Fund's second city location to take flight in Park Slope'Brooklyn Eagle...
Verizon awards $100 K to bolster faith sector's disaster response communications
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (135+ words) CITYWIDE " NEW YORK DISASTER INTERFAITH SERVICES HAS RECEIVED A GRANT OF $100, 000 FROM VERIZON to bolster their emergency communications network." The grant will enable NYDIS to expand its emergency communications support for the faith sector, one of the most trusted networks…...
Verizon offers $20 to people affected by outage, but it's not automatic
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (182+ words) NATIONWIDE " FOLLOWING WEDNESDAY'S nationwide Verizon outage, which affected thousands across the city, the telecom company is offering affected customers an apology and $20, according to Mashable. Verizon offers $20 to people affected by outage, but it's not automatic NATIONWIDE " FOLLOWING WEDNESDAY'S nationwide…...
Phone pickpockets hit Brooklyn concerts as cities worldwide report surge in phone thefts
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (158+ words) DOWNTOWN AND BROOKLYN NAVY YARD " PHONE THEFTS are spiking at Brooklyn venues, with fans reporting missing devices after shows at Brooklyn Paramount in Downtown and Brooklyn Storehouse in Brooklyn Navy Yard. These phone thefts are part of a broader international…...
Notify NYC relaunches SMS short codes for New Year's events and inauguration
4+ mon, 1+ day ago (129+ words) Brooklyn Eagle Notify NYC relaunches SMS short codes for New Year's events and inauguration CITYWIDE " NYC EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS RELAUNCHING ITS SMS SHORT CODES FOR NEW YEAR'S EVE AND THE MAYORAL INAUGURATION via Notify NYC, regarding the festivities in Times…...
Secret Service discovers telecom threat near UN
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (328+ words) CITYWIDE " As 150 world leaders convened for the U. N. General Assembly this week, the U. S. Secret Service uncovered a hidden telecom network across New York that could have jammed 911 calls and. .. Secret Service discovers telecom threat near UN CITYWIDE " As 150 world leaders convened…...