Bot matrix: Scientists spot social spambots’ tip-off tell
By GREGORY ZELLER // With so much concern over artificial intelligence-powered devices listening to us, are we paying enough attention to what AI is saying? They certainly are at Stony…
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In Long Island first, FSC eyes ‘dreamer’ scholarships
By GREGORY ZELLER // Front-page fights over women’s rights may divide us, border security may frighten us and faith in our elected officials may be staggeringly low – but the…
With Omicron coming, Applied DNA steps up detection
By GREGORY ZELLER // One of Long Island’s most progressive biotechs has COVID-19’s frightening new variant dead in its sights. Stony Brook-based Applied DNA Sciences has announced a “diagnostic strategy”…
Business Council: Corporate tax hike bad for LI, nation
By KENNETH POKALSKY // As the political debate continues regarding the federal budget and sweeping “build back better” legislation, it is encouraging to see Democrats in the U.S. Congress are…
How to handle tough news reporters, and Thanksgiving
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // The holidays are here again, and with them, thankfully, a partial-but-welcome return to something like pre-pandemic normalcy. The 2020 holidays featured Zoom Thanksgivings and virtual…
Supply chain woes, inflation concerns drag CEO Survey
By GREGORY ZELLER // The view from the middle market remains fairly dim, according to a new survey from Marcum LLP and Hofstra University. The latest Marcum-Hofstra CEO Survey, the…
Redesigning fabrication, with a familiar helping hand
By GREGORY ZELLER // A major initiative funded by a forward-looking foundation will help the New York Institute of Technology fabricate a brilliant future. New York Tech’s School of Architecture…
Elmont Station opens (sorta) as the puck drops at UBS
By GREGORY ZELLER // It’s been a long time since the New York Islanders played a home game – and a lot longer since the Long Island Rail Road opened…
Major investors back forward-looking ‘neural interface’
By GREGORY ZELLER // A cutting-edge California company’s mind-over-matter brain/computer interface device has caught Northwell Health’s attention. Santa Barbara-based startup Cognixion has announced a $12 million seed-funding round led by…
Long Island charities are missing the Bitcoin boat
By JEFFREY REYNOLDS // Bitcoin recently hit an all-time high – rising, like, 100,000 percent – and the combined market cap of the roughly 10,400 worldwide cryptocurrencies has crossed the…
IPS goes above and (Vision) Beyond with AR glasses
By GREGORY ZELLER // A decade-old technology has been re-tasked for a decidedly 21st Century mission. Or maybe 23rd Century: beaming doctors from one location to another, allowing a remote…
Oceanside hospital approved for national cancer trials
By GREGORY ZELLER // A Long Island hospital has earned key National Cancer Institute approvals, opening the doors to two frontline clinical trials. Oceanside’s Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital, the…
In real-time health platform, a billion points of data
By GREGORY ZELLER // New York’s largest healthcare provider is contributing to a national program that will save lives with digital data. Billed as “the world’s first health system-led data…
New teachers gain inside track with inner-city training
By GREGORY ZELLER // An Adelphi University teacher-training program with an eye on inner-city schools is recruiting its first cohort. The university’s College of Education and Health Sciences is partnering…
Northwell, Aegis share intelligence in new AI venture
By TERRY LYNAM // Most industry observers agree that artificial intelligence has unimaginable potential to revolutionize medical care – but making AI work in an incredibly complex real-world environment is…