4 Payment Gateway Selection Criteria Lunovil Limited Applies for Global Digital Platforms
The common assumption is that choosing a payment gateway comes down to comparing transaction fees, since fees are the numbers that show up on every provider's pricing page and are the easiest to compare side ... more
Turning Stone hotel earns AAA Four Diamond designation
The Crescent at Turning Stone in Verona has earned a AAA Four Diamond designation, joining a group of hotels recognized for upscale amenities and service. AAA announced the designation Monday as part of its latest ... more
Three Ithaca startups named finalists in $3 million Grow-NY competition
Three Ithaca startups developing technologies aimed at fighting agricultural frost, improving food testing and replacing plastic-based packaging coatings are among 20 companies selected to compete for $3 million through New York's Grow-NY food and agriculture ... more
CONNECTIONS: Why is it so hard to avoid burnout? (podcast)
On a recent episode of WXXI's Connections with Evan Dawson, science writer Elizabeth Svoboda joined the program to discuss why so many people struggle to balance packed schedules, endless to-do lists and the need to ... more
Binance Has No EU License, but Its European Business Isn’t Gone
Binance has been locked out of the European Union's crypto market on paper for almost two months, although in reality millions of its European users remain on the platform. Under the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets ... more
Meshy AI: The AI 3D Model Generation Platform That Transforming Creative Workflows
Creative projects requiring 3D models are time consuming and expensive. Developing 3D models needs specialized tools and professionals. Teams are forced to spend weeks perfecting a single digital asset, affecting both the timeline and budget ... more
How to Transfer Terabytes Across Global Offices Without Restarting Failed Jobs
Moving 20 TB between two buildings on one campus is a storage problem. Moving it between Singapore, Frankfurt and Los Angeles is a network problem, and far less forgiving. Latency, packet loss, contention and unattended ... more
Construction starts on 53 affordable apartments in Port Jefferson
Construction has begun on a $38 million mixed-use development that will add 53 affordable apartments near the Long Island Rail Road station in Port Jefferson. The Perry & Main project will replace two vacant properties ... more
Harvest season fills the Finger Lakes calendar. The event flyer that actually gets kept
Summer ends, the Finger Lakes calendar does not. October brings harvest events across the region, and the Seneca Lake Wine Trail has confirmed its November Deck the Halls weekend for November 20 to 22, 2026, ... more
Ithaca businesses split over just-cause employment proposal
Ithaca business owners are divided over a proposal that would require just-cause employment protections in the city, according to WENY. New York generally follows at-will employment rules, but Ithaca would join New York City as ... more
Riley asks PSC to force NYSEG disclosures after billing errors
U.S. Rep. Josh Riley is asking state regulators to compel NYSEG to disclose how many customers were affected by billing errors tied to incorrect temperature data and how much they were charged. NYSEG has acknowledged ... more
World Cup generated estimated $3.5 billion for New York-New Jersey region
The 2026 FIFA World Cup generated an estimated $3.5 billion in economic activity across New York and New Jersey, according to a state-commissioned report released by Gov. Kathy Hochul. The Tourism Economics study estimated $1.9 ... more
Is Coursiv legit? Reviews and the complaints – here’s the truth
Type "is Coursiv legit" into a search box and you're really asking two things at once: does this product actually work? Fair questions. Before writing this review, we pulled everything into US App Store reviews, ... more
New York warns consumers as AI investment scams surge
New York officials are warning consumers about increasingly sophisticated investment scams that use artificial intelligence, fake trading platforms and online relationships to steal money. The state Division of Consumer Protection cited Federal Trade Commission data ... more
Fooditive seeks Finger Lakes partners after Grow-NY finalist selection
Dutch biotechnology company Fooditive plans to use its place in the 2026 Grow-NY competition to pursue manufacturing partnerships across Upstate New York and expand its ingredient technology in the United States. The Rotterdam-based company was ... more
Tenney releases 2026 tax plan for families, farms and small businesses
U.S. Rep. Claudia Tenney released a 2026 tax plan Wednesday outlining priorities she said would lower taxes, expand savings and investment opportunities, and support families, seniors, farms and small businesses across New York's 24th Congressional ... more
CHIPS law drives billions in Upstate New York investment four years later
Four years after the CHIPS and Science Act became law, semiconductor projects tied to the legislation are advancing across Upstate New York, including Micron's planned $100 billion complex in Central New York and a $50 ... more
Cornell study finds bubble signs in some AI stocks
The artificial intelligence sector as a whole is not in a financial bubble, but some individual companies show patterns consistent with speculative overvaluation, according to new Cornell research. Researchers Martin Wells and Abir Sarkar developed ... more
USDA to buy $20 million in Concord grape juice
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will purchase $20 million in surplus Concord grape juice for federal nutrition programs, providing a new market for Western New York growers after a major processor canceled contracts. The Section ... more
