Not quite a full house, but Nassau deals Sands in
By GREGORY ZELLER // Nassau lawmakers are all in – almost – on Las Vegas Sands. In granting the Nevada-based resort owner a 99-year lease to develop the 72-acre site…
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Stay calm, PR pro — ChatGPT is new, but not nuanced
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // It’s only natural to worry about the consequences of new technology, especially in the communications business. If we went back a few millennia, we’d encounter…
Amidst nursing crisis, Albany OKs training simulations
By GREGORY ZELLER // Future nurses will become current nurses a little faster, thanks to new healthcare laws on New York’s books. Against the backdrop of a critical nationwide nursing…
Warehouse, senior living complex earn IDA approvals
By GREGORY ZELLER // A massive new Nassau warehouse and an eight-building Suffolk senior-rental complex highlight a busy month for Long Island’s countywide industrial development agencies. The Suffolk County Industrial…
With sharks circling off LI, Albany sends in the drones
By GREGORY ZELLER // Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water … well, it is, thanks to enhanced shark-monitoring activities along Long Island beaches….
Even with supernova stopwatch, age is a relative thing
By GREGORY ZELLER // After centuries of best guesses, science is closing in on an exact age for the known universe – and a research team featuring two Stony Brook…
Isolation innovations for an increasingly lonely planet
By JEFFREY REYNOLDS // As the latest round of COVID-19 takes its final breaths, America has yet another epidemic on its hands. And according to U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy,…
Roblox founder likes SBU neuroscientist’s big brains
By GREGORY ZELLER // A popular videogame that helps non-programmers dabble in advanced digital modeling has inspired a sophisticated biomedical software platform – and a huge philanthropic gift to build…
Rap royalty to celebrate Island’s epic hip-hop history
By GREGORY ZELLER // Live performances and a panel discussion among all-time greats will jazz up LIMEHOF’s celebration of hip-hop’s unofficial 50th birthday. The Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall…
A year after historic donation, Pasternak Lab lights up
By GREGORY ZELLER // Farmingdale State College has put the largest individual donation in its history to good use. The college has ceremoniously cut the ribbon on the Murray Pasternak…
Northwell, Aegis open eyes with Aussie AI investment
By GREGORY ZELLER // Northwell Health and friends have flipped the switch on a retinal-imaging, disease-preventing startup leveraging an artificial intelligence tech developed down under. Say g’day to Optain, an…
Lots left to debate, but AI’s already changing medicine
By TERRY LYNAM // Debates rage across all economic sectors over the risks and rewards of artificial intelligence, and its growing influence on our lives. When it comes to AI…
With $2M workforce grant, SCCC dives into new subs
By GREGORY ZELLER // Some the U.S. Navy’s most technologically advanced submarines – including one not expected to put to sea until the 2030s – will sail through Suffolk County…
Annual air show will roar with full-throttle favorites
By GREGORY ZELLER // The annual Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach is bringing back an all-time favorite for its 2023 flyby. The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds are set to…
Casino or not, eating good in Sands’ neighborhood
By GREGORY ZELLER // Las Vegas Sands is betting on the adage that the fastest way to someone’s heart is through their stomach. The global hotelier, fresh off inking a…