In a video reminiscent of a Mr. Robot ad, the New York City Economic Development Corp. recently unveiled a new program titled Cyber NYC which seeks to protect the City and its businesses from cyber terrorism, amongst other things.

Cyber NYC is a $100 million public-private investment to make New York City a global leader in cyber innovation and to catalyze 10,000 jobs. […] A suite of strategic investments to grow New York City’s cybersecurity workforce, help companies drive innovation, and build networks and community spaces. […] Cyber threats have created a strong demand for more service providers, technology experts, and workers. Major private sector companies are now investing in this need.

Learn more about the program at Cyber-NYC.com

Search-giant and our digital overlords Google recently analyzed their search data on the site for misspellings broken down by state, publishing a data visualization of the top misspelled word in each one. With some rather embarrassing entries on the list (looking at you Arizona/New Hampshire and "diarrhea", or Arkansas and "leprechaun"), New York's word is quite tame and pleasant. Apparently, we New Yorkers don't know how to spell beautiful properly, a fate we also share with Colorado, the only other state to have that word as well.

This great vintage photograph shows the World Trade Center's Twin Towers under construction in 1970. Snapped by an unknown photographer from across the Hudson River in New Jersey, the photo shows how the towers were built immediately adjacent to the river and the West Side Highway. A few years after this photo was taken, excavated dirt from the tower's construction would be used to landfill the neighborhood of Battery Park City, and the buildings would end up "moving" a few blocks inland.