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MIT CSAIL, Cornell study finds rides-sharing theoretically could cut taxi traffic in NYC by 75%

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A new modeling study by a team from MIT CSAIL (Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory) and Cornell suggests that using ride-sharing from companies like Uber and Lyft theoretically could reduce the number of taxis on the road in New York City by 75% without significantly impacting travel time.

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Feature: The Genesis Experience

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Not all succeed as talk is cheap, actions are tough, and many don’t do so well following through. It began with a helicopter ride to the Equinox Hotel in the Hudson Yard district of New York City, in my case, it was a short hop from JFK for what was my first taste of being an Honored Guest.

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Where to Get the Most Bang for Your Buck

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tourists,” said Erina Pindar, the chief operating officer and managing partner at SmartFlyer , a global travel agency based in New York City. Getting around Australia by air isn’t cheap either, especially since the recent collapse of the low-cost carrier Bonza. The Northern Hemisphere summer is Australia’s winter.

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Discover Le Havre, Where Impressionism Was Born

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A master of precast concrete, he used the cheap, plentiful material to build 150 residential blocks with identical modular frames, a rectangular grid system of streets, and wide sidewalks and boulevards. Joseph’s Church , completed in 1957, three years after his death, soars to 350 feet and resembles a small-scale New York City skyscraper.

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Startups Squeeze Room-Size Optical Atomic Clocks Into a Briefcase

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Then, to choose their lasers, Abo-Shaeer and his coworkers asked themselves which ones were the most robust, cheap, and well-engineered. At the lower level of precision compared with lab-based optical clocks, the radiation coming from a nearby person is no longer an issue. We call it GPS 2.0,” says Vector Atomic’s Abo-Shaeer.

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Convincing Consumers To Buy EVs

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EVs ain’t cheap Price is another EV purchase risk that is comparable to EV range. Buying a new car is the second most expensive purchase a consumer makes behind buying a house. For a time in New York City, one had to be a licensed engineer to drive a steam-powered auto. They were like engineers.

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IEEE Spectrum’s Top Telecom Stories of 2023

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This Mirror Reverses How Light Travels in Time Nature Physics In an esoteric bit of research this year, a group of researchers based at universities in New York City discovered how to pass a signal through something called a “time interface”—the result being that the entire signal acted like it was moving back in time.

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