The average starter home in New York City has shrunk to the size of four parking spots

Modern Spaces The cost of an average starter home in New York City ranges from $ 400,000 to $ 800,000, according to StreetEasy.  Starter homes in NYC have shrunk by 9% in the last three years, the real estate marketplace found. The median square footage for a Manhattan home is now equal to that of […]

Google Home can now use Nest speakers to detect your presence

Google Home no longer needs to lean solely on smart home devices like thermostats to know whether or not you're around. Home's optional presence sensing feature can now use interactions with Nest speakers and smart displays to help detect activity in your abode, letting it perform automated actions. If you talk to your Nest Audio […]

Apollo update transforms the iPhone 14 Pro’s Dynamic Island into a home for ‘Pixel Pals’

The iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max may have only arrived yesterday but developers are already dreaming up fun and interesting use cases for Apple’s new Dynamic Island interface. Take Apollo creator Christian Selig, for instance. On Friday, he updated his Reddit client to implement support for “Pixel Pals.” The feature adds a Tamagotchi-like critter […]

Macau is home to 41 casinos, and every single one of them is up for a license renewal that could change the future of Asia’s Las Vegas

Aerial view of Macau city leungchopan / Getty Images All 41 of Macau's casinos are up for license renewals, due September 14. At pre-pandemic levels, Macau's $ 36 billion gaming revenue accounted for 70-80% of the annual GDP. The extension of the operating license from June to December cost each casino $ 5.7 million. With […]

Rep. Pramila Jayapal says Trump’s rhetoric is fueling the rise in threats to Congress members after an armed man showed up to her home and shouted ‘go back to India, I’m going to kill you’

Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wa.) at her home on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, in Seattle, Wash Jovelle Tamayo/ forThe Washington Post via Getty Images Rep. Pramila Jayapal says former President Trump's rhetoric encourages violence against Congress members. Jayapal released voicemails on Thursday that included threats to "go back to India." Capitol Police data shows that threats […]

Mysterious blasts at a base in Crimea were missile strikes meant to bring the war closer to home for Russians, Ukrainian military chief says

An infrared overview of Saki Airbase showing the extent of fire after attack, in Novofedorivka, Crimea, on August 10, 2022. Maxar Technologies/Handout via REUTERS Questions have been swirling about explosions at a Russian base in Crimea since early August. Russia called them accidents, while others suggested Ukrainian special forces may have been involved. Ukrainian military […]

White House documents seized from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home included secret information about a foreign government’s nuclear defense capabilities, The Washington Post reports

This image contained in a court filing by the Department of Justice on Aug. 30, 2022, and redacted by in part by the FBI, shows a photo of documents seized during the Aug. 8 search by the FBI of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. Department of Justice via AP Before the FBI […]

Bed Bath & Beyond CFO identified as man who fell to his death from home on 18th floor of NYC Tribeca tower

A Bed Bath & Beyond store. Michael Santiago/Getty Images A man who died after falling from a building in Manhattan was identified by police as Gustavo Arnal. The Bed Bath & Beyond CFO fell from the 18th floor on Friday, the NYPD confirmed to Insider.  The retailer recently announced plans to close 150 stores and […]