The Download: Retrofitting cities, and Alexa mimics the dead
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How to retrofit a city The scars and…
The future of urban housing is energy-efficient refrigerators
The scars and pockmarks of the aging apartments and housing units under the purview of the New York City Housing Authority don’t immediately communicate the idea of innovation. The largest…
Monkeypox vaccines offered to gay and bisexual men in New York, Canada and U.K.
Men who have sex with men are now eligible for monkeypox vaccines in New York City, Canada, and England.Read More
TIME x The Sandbox To Open A Metaverse Version Of Times Square!
The global media brand TIME and The Sandbox are working together to create a metaverse Times Square. The partnership will see the iconic landmark recreated inside The Sandbox called TIME…
How to Find a Good Apartment in a Bad Housing Market, According to Reddit
The rental market is out of control. Viral tweets are making their rounds, showing hopeful renters lining up outside of vacant apartments in New York City, and you probably know someone…
Jury accepts insanity defense of driver in deadly 2017 Times Square rampage
The man who drove his car down a crowded sidewalk in New York City’s Times Square five years ago, killing a woman and injuring 22 others, was found to be…
James Rado Dies: ‘Hair’ Co-Creator & Star Of Broadway’s Groundbreaking Rock Musical Was 90
James Rado, who along with his friend and writing partner Gerome Ragni created Broadway’s seminal Age of Aquarius musical Hair, died peacefully Tuesday evening of cardio respiratory arrest in New…
4 Things You Should Know About ISIS – But Don’t
In 2009, when Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi walked away from a United States detention camp in Iraq, he warned his former captors: “I’ll see you guys in New York.”Just five years…
TIME x The Sandbox To build ‘TIME Square’ In The Metaverse
The Sandbox today announced a partnership with TIMEPieces, the NFT community initiative from TIME, to build a ‘TIME Square’ in the metaverse. Notably, this is TIME’s first-ever destination in the…
Six hospitalized after NYC yellow cab jumps curb in Manhattan
Six people were injured Monday afternoon after a cab jumped a curb and struck a cyclist and multiple pedestrians in New York City…Read More