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The sneaky way fast food restaurants are getting you to order and spend more revealed
Fast food chains are getting you to order more food — and you probably don't even realize it.
One missed call: Maya Wiley’s plan to turn phone booths into Wi-Fi hotspots failed miserably
A new report reveals that Maya Wiley's deal deliver "universal broadband access" and convert old telephone booths into free Wi-Fi hotspots fell far short of its goal.
A Marriott hotels pilot is using automated kiosks to check in guests
Desk clerks are poised to become the latest coronavirus casualty at some Marriott hotels. The world's biggest hotel chain said it is testing automated kiosks equipped with touch screens that...
De Blasio's tech czar rips Google-linked group for WiFi kiosks delays
City Hall's new tech czar threatened Tuesday to take the Google-linked consortium supplying the Big Apple's free WiFi kiosks to court over massive installation delays and its failure to pay...
Man busted for hurling bricks at dozens of city WiFi kiosks
Police arrested a deranged man who bashed dozens of WiFi kiosks around Manhattan with bricks and blunt objects during a week-long vandalism spree.
Cops searching for man who hurled bricks at dozens of city WiFi kiosks
An unhinged man went on week-long brick-throwing spree in Manhattan, targeting dozens of WiFi kiosks in the borough, police said. The madman threw bricks and other blunt objects at 42...
Facebook opening Bryant Park pop-up to teach users about privacy
Sorry about sharing your Facebook data. How about a cup of hot chocolate? Mark Zuckerberg’s social network plans to open a pop-up kiosk on Dec. 13 in Midtown Manhattan, where...
NYC's Wi-Fi kiosks are playing a creepy Mister Softee jingle
A spooky, slowed-down version of the Mister Softee ice cream jingle blasted from Wi-Fi kiosks in Manhattan — giving passersby something to really scream for. The haunting tune began mysteriously...
NYC's free public Wi-Fi kiosks aren't making much money
Early financial returns on the city’s free public WiFi kiosks have been so underwhelming that the de Blasio administration plans to let the tech consortium running the system to defer...
Look who's begging the robots to take our jobs
Robots are coming for more Americans’ jobs — and you can blame the Fight for $15 fanatics. Wendy’s is now moving to install self-service kiosks in 1,000 of its restaurants...
The shuttering of those internet kiosks is another tale of two cities
As Mayor Bill de Blasio enters his 34th month at City Hall, New York remains a tale of two cities. The denizens of the “1 percent,” cocooned in their shadow-casting...
Internet kiosks latest victim of city's impotence on the homeless
Free web surfing is being disabled at the hundreds of LinkNYC kiosks across the city, and will be at the thousands more planned around town. Count it as one more...