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How Former Navy SEAL David Rutherford Built Froglogic to Defeat the Negative Insurgency
Written by: Dillon Kivo The Enemy You Cannot See David Rutherford has spent the last twenty years studying a single question. What enables human beings to succeed or fail under pressure? The answer, in his experience, is not grit. It is not a mindset. It is something quieter and more dangerous.
Business
Entrepreneur
Brooklyn-Based Chronograph Raises $140 Million in Growth Round Led by Sixth Street, Launches Private Credit Platform
Chronograph, the Brooklyn-headquartered portfolio monitoring and analytics platform serving institutional private capital investors, confirmed a strategic minority growth equity round of more than $140 million on Tuesday, June 16. Sixth Street Growth, the dedicated growth investing arm of Sixth Street, led the round. All existing investors — Summit Partners, Carlyle AlpInvest,
Mike Hayes: The SEAL Commander Paying Off Mortgages for Gold Star Families
Written by: Dillon Kivo The Man Who Listens First In a lower Manhattan conference room, a man who once commanded a 2,000-person task force in Afghanistan and later helped close one of the largest software acquisitions in American history listens before he speaks. The habit shows up everywhere Mike Hayes has
The Real Reason New York Taxis Turned Yellow
The yellow taxi reads, almost anywhere in the world, as shorthand for New York. Yet the color was neither original to the city’s cabs nor adopted for the reason most often repeated. The widely shared “fun fact” that a 1967 law made New York taxis yellow because a University of Chicago
The $41 Billion Funding Boom That Side Hustlers Will Never See
Venture capital is flooding into early-stage startups at a pace not seen in years. Early-stage funding hit $41.3 billion in Q1 2026, a 41 percent jump from the same period in 2025. The numbers paint a picture of an investment climate eager to back new ideas. At the same time, one
Brooklyn-Based Chronograph Raises $140 Million in Growth Round Led by Sixth Street, Launches Private Credit Platform
Chronograph, the Brooklyn-headquartered portfolio monitoring and analytics platform serving institutional private capital investors, confirmed a strategic minority growth equity round of more than $140 million on Tuesday, June 16. Sixth
Mike Hayes: The SEAL Commander Paying Off Mortgages for Gold Star Families
Written by: Dillon Kivo The Man Who Listens First In a lower Manhattan conference room, a man who once commanded a 2,000-person task force in Afghanistan and later helped close
The Real Reason New York Taxis Turned Yellow
The yellow taxi reads, almost anywhere in the world, as shorthand for New York. Yet the color was neither original to the city’s cabs nor adopted for the reason most
The $41 Billion Funding Boom That Side Hustlers Will Never See
Venture capital is flooding into early-stage startups at a pace not seen in years. Early-stage funding hit $41.3 billion in Q1 2026, a 41 percent jump from the same period
Technology
New York Senate Passes Five-Year Moratorium On AI Chatbot Toys For Children
New York’s state Senate has voted to put a class of products on hold before most parents have heard of them. On June 1, senators passed a bill placing a five-year moratorium on the manufacture, distribution, and sale of AI-powered chatbot toys aimed at
MTA Seeks AI Track-Intrusion Detection for the NYC Subway
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is making another attempt at one of the harder problems in subway safety: knowing, in real time, when something or someone is about to end up on the tracks. A contract notice the authority posted in April invites vendors to
Anthropic Releases Claude Opus 4.8 With Cheaper Fast Mode and Honesty Upgrades
Anthropic shipped Claude Opus 4.8 on May 28, 2026, the newest revision of its flagship publicly available model and its second Opus upgrade in under two months. The release holds the same price as Opus 4.7 while adding a faster low-cost processing tier, a
Canvas Hack Disrupts 9,000 Schools Worldwide as ShinyHunters Demands Ransom
A cyberattack on Canvas, the learning management system used by more than 30 million students and teachers globally, disrupted classroom access at thousands of schools and universities on Thursday, May 7, 2026, after the hacking group ShinyHunters breached parent company Instructure for a second
Lifestyle
New York City Faces Persistent Air Quality Challenges as Ozone Advisories Extend Into Summer 2026
New York City continues to grapple with recurring air quality problems despite years of measurable progress on particulate pollution. The
New York POWER Checks 2026: $1 Billion in Utility Rebates Heading to 8 Million Residents This Fall
After months of watching Con Edison bills climb past the pain threshold, New Yorkers are getting something back in the mail this autumn. State lawmakers
NYC Activates Heat Emergency Plan as Unseasonably Hot Temperatures Hit the Five Boroughs
New York City entered an early-season heat event this week as Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani and New York City Emergency Management (NYCEM) activated the city’s
Smorgasburg Is Heading to Central Park This May — and It’s Bringing the City With It
Sixteen seasons in, Smorgasburg has always known how to make an entrance. Now it is making its most deliberate one yet — straight into Central
Mamdani Administration Launches $4.5M Green Jobs Pilot With The Doe Fund
New York City marked Earth Day 2026 with a workforce program that ties climate resilience directly to economic mobility. On April 22, Mayor Zohran Kwame
World
Entertainment
Norway vs. Senegal at MetLife Stadium Puts World Cup Spotlight Back On New York Tonight
The 2026 FIFA World Cup returns to the New York metropolitan area Monday night when Norway and Senegal meet at MetLife Stadium, the East Rutherford venue rebranded “New York New
Paris Saint-Germain Pop-Up Opens at Union Square June 17–21 as World Cup Fuels NYC Brand Activations
Paris Saint-Germain plants its global brand campaign in Union Square this week, opening “Ici C’est Paris – La Maison New York” from June 17 through June 21. The free, registration-based
Knicks Championship Streets: Mamdani Co-Names Manhattan Blocks for 2026 NBA Champs
New York City is honoring its 2026 NBA champion Knicks by temporarily co-naming Manhattan streets after every player on the roster. Mayor Zohran Mamdani and NYC Department of Transportation Commissioner Mike Flynn announced the tribute on June 29, 2026, installing blue-and-orange signs along Sixth and Seventh Avenues that pair each player’s
NYC Opens 50+ Free Outdoor Pools for Summer 2026, Marking 90 Years of the Public Pool System That Reshaped Urban Recreation
What Is New About New York City’s 2026 Outdoor Pool Season? New York City opened more than 50 free outdoor pools across the five boroughs on Saturday, June 27, launching
NYC Pride March 2026: How the City’s 57th Annual Procession Past the Stonewall Inn Became a Test of Resilience
A Weekend of Marches, Festivals, and Cultural Programming Arrives as Heritage of Pride Navigates a Shifting Sponsorship Landscape The 57th annual NYC Pride March steps off at noon on Sunday,
Education
NYC Opens 2-K Child Care Applications June 2 in Five Districts
New York City began accepting applications for free child care for two-year-olds on June 2, opening the first enrollment window for a program the Mamdani administration has positioned as the
Updates on NYC 3K and the New 2-Care Childcare Program
The promise of free preschool for every three-year-old in New York City is a major goal for the current administration, but new records show that the city is struggling to
U.S. Announces $2 Billion Humanitarian Aid Package To Fight Hunger And Disease In 2026
The United States government has unveiled a $2 billion humanitarian assistance package for 2026 aimed at helping tens of millions of people confronting severe hunger and disease across multiple crisis-hit
Tim Walz Says He Will Not Seek Third Term as Minnesota Governor
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz announced Monday that he will not run for a third term in the 2026 gubernatorial election, ending months of speculation about his political future and reshaping
