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20 Nov

Join Us for the WIRED Big Interview Event

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WIRED's Big Interview has long been the definitive source for in-depth conversations with the executives, scientists, political leaders, and creators shaping the rapidly shifting future. Now, for the first time, we're bringing that series to the stage. You won't want to miss it.Join us live December 3 in San Francisco for a full day of in-depth interviews with an extraordinary lineup of guests.We’ll be joined by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, Bluesky CEO Jay Graber, Signal Foundation president Meredith Whittaker, and many more luminaries from the worlds of technology, entertainment, business, science, and beyond.What Is It?The…

01 Nov

What an ‘Airbnbopoly’ Game Says About Silicon Valley’s Standoff With Lina Khan

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Four years ago, one of Vice President Kamala Harris’ top donors—the billionaire cofounder of LinkedIn Reid Hoffman—celebrated the IPO of Airbnb, a company he was heavily invested in, by fashioning Monopoly boards where the game’s “jail” space is replaced by “government regulation.”Since Harris became the Democratic presidential nominee, many billionaire tech investors have come out of the woodwork to support her campaign. While they often tout Harris as a business-friendly politician, they’ve been vocal in their dislike of Federal Trade Commission chair Lina Khan’s antitrust agenda. Hoffman is one of the most influential donors in that group. He has donated…

17 Oct

Airbnb now lets hosts hire other hosts to manage properties

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Hosting a property on Airbnb is no longer a simple process. Customers can be finicky, ideal pricing can change on a dime, markets can become flooded and earnings can be difficult to track. The platform’s trying to simplify matters by , which allows hosts to hire other hosts to manage properties.Here’s how it works. Property owners can peruse the network for other hosts and scoop them up into a loving embrace of hospitality. The hired hosts can help with just about anything, including setting up listings, selecting prices and availability, cleaning, maintenance and guest management. It’s a disruption of the…

05 Sep

New York Cracked Down on Airbnb One Year Ago. NYC Housing Is Still a Mess

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It’s been one year since New York enacted a law that barred most whole-apartment rentals for short-term stays on platforms like Airbnb. Since then, the number of stays under 30 days has plummeted in the city, but Airbnb is raising questions about whether the lawmakers’ stated goals—lowering rents and opening up apartments for full-time residents—have been achieved.Airbnb fought New York’s Local Law 18 in court, calling it a “de facto ban” on the platform, but failed to block it. Now, the company is asking New York to reconsider. In a recent post, the company called the outcomes of the law…

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…