New York Governor ‘Amazon Cuomo’ is furious over canceled HQ2

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There is likely no one more distraught over Amazon’s decision to cancel its plans to build a second headquarters in Long Island City, Queens than New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.

“Amazon chose to come to New York because we are the capital of the world and the best place to do business,” said Governor Cuomo in a statement after Amazon’s announcement on Thursday. “However, a small group [of] politicians put their own narrow political interests above their community.”

Governor Cuomo was instrumental in bringing Amazon’s HQ2 to the city. The governor helped secure a deal with Amazon, which saw the company receiving a total of $3 billion tax incentives.  Read more…

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Apple fixes FaceTime eavesdrop bug, with software update incoming

Three days after Apple pulled its new Group FaceTime feature offline after users found they could eavesdrop on people before accepting a call, the company says it’s fixed the bug on its end. “We have fixed the Group FaceTime security bug on Apple’s servers and we will issue a software update to re-enable the feature […]

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‘Sex and the City’s Cynthia Nixon announced a run for New York governor and I can see clearly now, the rain is gone

Sex and the City star Cynthia Nixon announced her candidacy for New York governor today, in a historic milestone for gays who love TV and hate current governor Andrew Cuomo. 
Rumors of the actress’ run had been circulating for weeks. Then, Nixon…

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