Breather to offer private, quiet spaces for rent in New York City, San Francisco next
Can't get any peace or quiet in your day? Breather has some rooms reserved just for you. It's offering quiet work spaces for rent in New York City.
New York City extends indoor smoking ban to include e-cigarettes
Definitely a nuisance to anyone in NYC that's attempting to quit smoking by using an e-cigarette, smoking those devices indoors is no longer an option.
NYC tests thermal cameras, motion sensors to decrease subway deaths
Looking to detect people that have fallen on the subway track, NYC is testing four systems that includes technology such as lasers and thermal imaging.
Banksy – or someone pretending to be the artist – has officially hit the social Web
It's hard to know what to make of Banksy's new Instagram account.
Don’t live in NYC? Visit the 9/11 Memorial through Google Street View
Even if you don't live in NYC, you can still reflect on September 11 at the 9/11 Memorial, thanks to Google Street View.
New low for Instagram stupidity as rapper tips cops in record-breaking gun bust
A Brooklyn-based rapper's stupidity led cops to the largest gun haul in New York's history. What'd you think would happen if you posted ads for guns online?
New York’s secret underground tunnel is an audiovisual reminder that stories live forever
Open to pedestrians for the first time in centuries, the Voice Tunnel lets visitors record their voices and watch as light renderings sped down the chamber.
Seriously, has Anthony Weiner not heard of Snapchat?
Anthony Weiner is not inspiring voter confidence with his bone-headed impulse to sex-message people online.
Empire State Building lit up New York City with a July 4th light show
For those who weren't able to watch fireworks over New York's Hudson River, the Empire State Building gave crowds its own light show to clamor over.
Would you swim in New York City’s East River? +POOL promises to at least filter the water
The East River is notorious for historical pollution but a Kickstarter project vows to create a pool that cleans while letting people recreationally swim.
Strolling between the rain drops inside MoMA’s Rain Room
Museum of Modern Art's Rain Room exhibit lets visitors seemingly walk through the rain without ever getting wet. It is as magical as it sounds.
Using Airbnb is now a crime in New York City
An Airbnb host lost his case in New York for renting his apartment through the service. Is this the end for Airbnb in the five boroughs?
The New Museum recreates 1993 New York by taking over the city’s pay phones
A New York City art exhibit is transforming public payphones into time machines to transport visitors back to 1993.
The world’s original camera, now a giant, functioning art installation in New York City
Think your film camera is old? Check out this New York City art installation of a camera obscura, an imaging technology that dates back to ancient times.
How New York City is giving payphones a 21st century revamp
The City of New York wants to reinvent the payphone, with design ideas involving kinetic energy, air quality sensors, solar panels, and augmented reality.
NYC mayor wants to give electric car drivers a place to park
Electric cars could be welcomed in historically car-unfriendly New York, if Mayor Bloomberg's proposal for 10,000 new charging stations comes to fruition.
Brooklyn artist makes 3D portraits using DNA from your unwanted trash
A Brooklyn artist has swept up hair, chewing gum, and cigarette butts from New York City to garner enough data to create 3D portraits of these DNA owners.
