New York articles

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  New York's first sci-fi bookstore opens its doors, wants to save forgotten novels from cosmic oblivion

  By Paul Miller on August 13, 2012 12:54 pm + 62 comments

  Thursday night I rode my bike from Manhattan to DUMBO, a small Brooklyn neighborhood next to the Continue reading…

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  'DVD Dead Drop' delivers digital art one disc at a time

  By Aaron Souppouris on August 13, 2012 05:09 am + 7 comments

  Artist Aram Bartholl is embedding a DVD burner into the wall of the Museum of the Moving Image, New Continue reading…

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  Twitter gives user's data to NYPD following threatening tweets

  By Andrew Webster on August 8, 2012 03:04 pm + 22 comments

  Twitter has agreed to hand over a user's account information to the New York Police Department Continue reading…

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  Mars rover landing to be screened in Times Square

  By Louis Goddard on August 1, 2012 08:29 am + 26 comments

  The expected landing of NASA's Curiosity rover on the surface of Mars next Monday will be shown live Continue reading…

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  Google Maps now shows service alerts for the New York City Subway

  By Dante D'Orazio on July 31, 2012 08:55 am + 5 comments

  The New York City subway system is quite an engineering feat with its 24-hour-per-day operation, 468 Continue reading…

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  NASA Space Shuttle Enterprise aboard the USS Intrepid in pictures

  By Dante D'Orazio on July 18, 2012 08:59 pm + 78 comments

  The Space Shuttle Enterprise is on the closing leg of its journey to its final resting place. For Continue reading…

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  New York's Metro-North Railroad to test smartphone-based ticketing system next month

  By Andrew Webster on July 11, 2012 05:16 pm + 22 comments

  The Metropolitan Transportation Authority in New York has announced that it will soon be testing a Continue reading…

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  Uber adding low-cost hybrid cars to its luxury fleet

  By Aaron Souppouris on July 3, 2012 06:54 am + 2 comments

  Uber, the app that lets you hire a luxury cab from your phone, is adding hybrid cars that will cost Continue reading…

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  Racial harmony and rocket-powered monorails: New York's 1962 mayor predicts 2012

  By Adi Robertson on June 22, 2012 01:24 pm + 12 comments

  In 1962, the city of New York had just opened the Philharmonic Hall, the first part of Manhattan's Continue reading…

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  Complimentary airport iPads help you kill time while waiting for your flight

  By Andrew Webster on June 7, 2012 01:37 pm + 28 comments

  The next time you're waiting for a plane in New York, Toronto, or Minneapolis, you might just be Continue reading…