Month: October 2014
An urban explorer infiltrated Grand Central from the Tiffany clock to the roof to high above the entire building. (Photo: @dark.cyanide) […]
Today marks the second anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, the category 1 storm that walloped New York City on October 29, 2012, transforming sections of the most advanced metropolis on the planet into a semi-third world country and causing lots of headaches. There were blackouts, gas shortages, ruined homes, shuttered schools, garbage pile-ups, otherwordly sand mounds, […]
Walking down the street or writing on the Internet shouldn’t be some radical, defiant act, but unfortunately it can be for women and LGBTQ people, who are disproportionately harassed both on the street and in cyberspace (#GamerGate, what?). That’s what a powerful video by nonprofit Hollaback!, an anti-street harassment initiative, demonstrated on Tuesday, documenting the […]
I know that Law & Order: SVU is highly addictive, but you may want to switch up your Netflix rotation because it’s also making you paranoid. A new study by Chapman University has found that the more true crime television Americans watch, “higher their levels of fear” over terrorist attacks, cybersecurity issues, personal safety, and […]
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) have come down with serious regulatory decisions that will impact every Bitcoin-related business from exchanges like Coinbase, payment processors like BitPay, to even the Reddit tip bot you got Dogecoins from. FinCEN’s two rulings say that despite trying to pass virtual […]
It’s no secret that the targeting of subway performers has only increased since Police Commissioner William Bratton was appointed, and underscored the city’s need to enforce the “Broken Windows” policy. Among the many performers, though, is 5-year-old Nasir Malave, a talented dancer who roams the trains with his older brother, Marc, dancing to make money. […]
Are New York and Paris the same city? That may sound like a crazy question, but have you ever seen them in the same room together? I didn’t think so. Videographer MATEL, apparently thought that was mighty suspicious, so he put together a video of all the ways that New York and Paris reflect and […]
On Tuesday night, the crowd that showed up for NASA’s highly anticipated rocket launch in Virginia got an expensive fireworks show instead. Thankfully, no one was injured in the unmanned rocket, which was intended to transport cargo to the International Space Station. Orbital Science’s Antares Rocket exploded a mere seconds after is launch, deepening criticism […]
Nurses and other medical professionals at Bellevue hospital are reporting many instances of the public mistreating or discriminating against them out of fear of being contaminated by the Ebola virus. After Dr. Craig Spencer was taken to Bellevue and confirmed to be first NYC case of Ebola, many people have had irrational fears of infection […]
The same urban explorer who recently snuck into the 13-foot-wide Tiffany clock at Grand Central Terminal posted some new photos of the storied building. Instagrammer @dark.cyanide and his accomplice, @dirtydav1, accessed the catwalks used mostly by workers high above the main concourse — and they didn’t stop there. “How often do you get a chance […]
