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Air rights--the ability to sell the invisible real estate hovering above your property--have become a big New York City issue in recent years as property values have skyrocketed. A new report recommends easing the city's...

Gamers never welcome rule changes, unless those rule changes are for the better. If a company says that it won't ban accounts for playing a game early and then changes …

As much of the world migrates its movie needs from optical disks to hard drives, a team of chemists from Spain found a new use for a regular old Blu-Ray player. They turned it into a cheap but functional medical device t...

Our favorite vampire-slaying TV show & Joss Whedon production premiered today in 1997. Ah, good ol' Sunnydale: Come for the food, stay for the dismemberment. To celebrate, the Buffy Rewatch 2k14 begins tonight! Starting ...

Just days after it sought protection in Japan, once popular Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox has been forced to file for bankruptcy in the US in the hope of climbing out of the huge hole it's found itself in. Still reeling from ...

Alderaan isn't the only planet to fall victim to the "Death Star", astronomers claim, though the vast O-type stars actually across the galaxy destroying young planets before they've had time …

Ever since you read about Chris McKinlay gaming OK Cupid to find love , you may've wondered if you could do the same the thing. This video gives you some of the math basics which could allow you to perform better on dati...

Getty Images announced a big change recently that opened up its image library to a huge number of users at no cost. There were a few major strings attached to …

In September 2013, we got our hands on some new accessories Microsoft introduced for its second-generation Surface slates, among them being the battery-toting Power Cover, promising to extend one's Surface …

The team of Japanese scientists who published a study trumpeted as a groundbreaking advancement in stem cell biology are now asking that it be retracted.

It's no secret that New Yorkers love to complain -- the city's '311' non-emergency line serves as a hotbed for grievances on everything from burnt out streetlights to wildlife on the loose. Now thanks to a new project ca...

A new movie about Chicago; an unbelievable road diet in Buenos Aires creates 100 blocks of pedestrian space; and a tour of the vibrant city of Accra. Plus, another idea for solving San Francisco's housing crisis, and eve...

Edward Snowden owes some of his successful NSA leaks to weak internal supervision -- the agency simply couldn't detect any suspicious data transfers. Would-be leakers may not be so lucky in the future, though. AP sources...

As part of a project called "Shapes of Cities," London-based designer Yoni Alter takes a handful of iconic buildings from various metropolitan areas and silhouettes their shapes in a range of colors, overlapping the form...

This week Apple has released the newest bit of software update to their Apple TV hardware, complete with newly enhanced cleaning abilities. While iOS 7.1 - also released this week …

Kotaku Eight Things You Might Not Know About The N64 | Deadspin 31 Buddy-Cop Clichés On True Detective | Jezebel Miracle Vodka Saves Puppy From Poisoning | io9 There is a scientific reason why it always rains on weekend...

Smartwatches are a dime a dozen these days, so if you're making one and want to get noticed, you'd better have an enticing hook. And, in the case of the HeadWatch, it literally has a hook -- one that anchors the main bod...

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has defended his actions during a SXSW appearance, insisting that "I'd do it again" and throwing down the gauntlet to internet users to protect their privacy …

If you've ever walked around in a hilly city, you've probably done your share of avoiding uphill paths. Hills have a way of carving dividing lines into a city. In Pamplona, Spain, two neighborhoods separated by elevation...

Competitive gaming depends heavily on live streaming to build its audience these days, and it's about to get a big boost through a new partnership between Capcom and Twitch. The two are launching the Capcom Pro Tour, a y...

Alongside the release of iOS 7.1, Apple TV also received a software update today. Most notable among the changes? An easier method for hiding those channels that you don't watch. Before now, you had to take a trip to the...

This accident could have been a total disaster, but fortunately it just ended with one ruined Cessna airplane, a ripped parachute, and no victims. MyFox Tampa Bay got these incredible photos of the mid-air collision betw...