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Rich Barton Departs as Zillow CEO, Passing Reins to Top Deputy
07 Aug

Rich Barton Departs as Zillow CEO, Passing Reins to Top Deputy

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Zillow Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Rich Barton is stepping down from the top job at the home listings company for the second time — with his latest tenure defined by a ill-fated attempt to reinvent the company, and more recently, his efforts to grow the business despite a historically sluggish housing market. Jeremy Wacksman, a longtime Zillow executive who was chief operating officer, was named to the position, according to a statement Wednesday. Barton will become co-executive chair, a title he will share with co-founder Lloyd Frink. Source link lol
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Airbnb Gives Soft Outlook on ‘Signs of Slowing Demand’ From US
07 Aug

Airbnb Gives Soft Outlook on ‘Signs of Slowing Demand’ From US

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Airbnb Inc. shares plunged by the most ever after the company issued yet another disappointing outlook and warned of slowing demand from US vacationers.Bookings rose 8.7% in the second quarter to 125.1 million, falling well below analysts’ estimates. And Airbnb saidBloomberg Terminal it expects “sequential moderation” of growth in bookings in the third quarter, too, signaling that results will disappoint analysts who had projected an 11% gain amid the peak summer travel season. Source link lol
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Disney Tops Views With First Streaming Profit; Parks Disappoint
07 Aug

Disney Tops Views With First Streaming Profit; Parks Disappoint

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Walt Disney Co. gave a mixed picture as it reported third-quarter results on Wednesday, with weakness at its famed theme parks offsetting its first-ever profit in streaming. Disney’s US theme parks, which were buffeted by rising costs and tepid demand, missed Wall Street estimates for sales and profit. The company said its Disneyland Paris park suffered from a reduction in summer travel due to the Olympics, and noted some “cyclical softening in China.” Source link lol
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We Asked AI to Take Us On a Tour of Our Cities. It Was Chaos
19 Jul

We Asked AI to Take Us On a Tour of Our Cities. It Was Chaos

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With high hopes of finding some hidden gems in our home cities and $100 (£77) each burning a hole in our pockets, we—Natasha Bernal in London and Amanda Hoover in New York—asked AI to plan out the perfect day.We decided to use Littlefoot, an AI-powered local discovery chatbot that can generate experiences in 161 cities around the world. It was created by Bigfoot, a startup founded by former Airbnb executives Alex Ward, James Robinson, and Shane Lykins that purports to enmesh the minds of all the publicly available AI chatbots, including ChatGPT, Claude, Llama, Anthropic, and Perplexity, in addition to…
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Welcome to WIRED Travel
26 Jun

Welcome to WIRED Travel

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Hello, and welcome to WIRED Travel, WIRED’s new destination for coverage of all things transportation, aviation, vacation, and more. Of course, innovations in travel technology, from next-generation electric vehicles to fuel-sipping, climate-friendly aircraft, are all mainstays of WIRED’s coverage already. But we’re excited to pull it all together in one place and have the opportunity to bring you even more.WIRED Travel will introduce you to companies moving beyond fossil fuels and people embracing the “slow travel” movement. We’ll bring you up-to-date, practical tips and tricks to get where you’re going, like the best apps for solo travel and the gear…
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Airbnb’s Olympics Push Could Help it Win Over Paris
18 Jun

Airbnb’s Olympics Push Could Help it Win Over Paris

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Short-term rentals can function as a quick release valve for a city expecting an influx of visitors, increasing capacity for a short time nearly instantly. In fact, despite the usual hype around the Olympic Games, there are still many places to stay in Paris this summer.A search on Airbnb for a two-person stay during the first weekend of the games returned more than 1,000 results, with many charging less than $200 a night. A search for hotel rooms on Expedia only turned up about 20 hotels offering similarly low rates. Hotel prices for the dates of the Olympics have actually…
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Logitech Keys-To-Go 2 review: A super slim travel companion for almost any gadget
18 Jun

Logitech Keys-To-Go 2 review: A super slim travel companion for almost any gadget

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When I’m traveling, a portable mouse is a must. However, I’ve never really felt the same way about keyboards, because most portable options are still too big or are saddled with some major compromises in the name of lightness. But with the Keys-To-Go 2, Logitech has managed to create a super sleek typing accessory that disappears into your bag and can be paired with almost any device you can think of.Design and featuresThose who like traveling light can always opt for something like an or , which can be paired with their own dedicated detachable keyboards. The issue is that…
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We Stood on Both Sides of the New York–Dublin Portal and It Was Glorious
24 May

We Stood on Both Sides of the New York–Dublin Portal and It Was Glorious

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Amanda: I got to the Portal in Manhattan’s Flatiron District a little before 11 am New York time, and found that there’s now a fence keeping people several feet away from it (but the same isn’t happening in Dublin). This is part of the new security the organizers have implemented: If someone steps on the Portal or blocks the camera, the livestream will blur for both sides, organizers say. For the next hour, a steady stream of people stopped by the Portal, with usually about 30 there at any time. They waved, they smiled, they danced YMCA and the Macarena…
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