In his final ad of the New York City mayoral race, Andrew Cuomo opens on a dour note: “Life in New York is tough right now." Then comes a dig at Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee who the former ...

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Under the current rules, a body-mass-index (BMI) score of 18.5 to 25 is healthy, 25 to 29 is overweight, and 30 or above counts as obese - the point at which the risk of serious illness soars.

Former President Barack Obama endorsed former Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger in Virginia’s governor race, releasing a pair of ads attacking Republicans. The contest between Spanberger, a former ...

For the first time possibly ever, there is not a single ad to be seen in Grand Central Terminal. “Humans of New York,” Brandon Stanton‘s popular social media art series of photographs of people he’s ...

How does a 22 year old get this kind of money? He spent more on a domain name than I've made in my career so far. You know, some kind of machine to do simple, repetitive tasks around the house could ...

“AI doesn’t care,” a vandal scrawled on a New York subway ad promoting a wearable AI pendant called Friend, which was designed to monitor a user’s everyday conversations and serve as a companion “who ...

Last month, AI startup Friend launched an eyebrow-raising advertising campaign in the New York City subway, which drew a striking amount of hatred. The largely white billboards left a convenient ...

An ad campaign for a wearable A.I. companion has blanketed New York City, starting conversations and inspiring vandalism. An ad campaign for a wearable A.I. companion has blanketed New York City, ...

Subway riders are finding themselves face-to-face with thousands of cryptic white posters bearing the word “Friend.” Some ads define “Friend”: “Someone who listens, responds, and supports you.” Others ...

One could argue that there are varying levels to the randomness. For example, Kevin Hart’s Verizon commercial may feel slightly more elevated and acceptable than, say, LeBron James’ Royal Kingdom ad. ...

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