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A war of words between Airbnb and New York, its largest market, has escalated with the first fine issued by the city in what is expected to be a crackdown on “hosts”. Tatiana Cames, a host who advertised “shabby chic” apartments in Brooklyn to tourists and business travelers, was fined $5,000. Penalties will escalate if…
Unicorns and venture capital go hand in horn. Or so the story goes. Have a billion dollar idea, raise a little bit of money, show a little traction, raise a lot more money. Rinse and repeat. You can’t compete with out it! They say. You can’t scale without it! They say. Weaponized balance sheets have…
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick has voiced out his thoughts about President Donald Trump’s immigration ban in an email to his employees. More U.S. President Donald Trump’s immigration ban is affecting Uber drivers, so co-founder and CEO Travis Kalanick is reaching out to those affected and is promising them with financial support trough pro bono compensation….
Constantly looking for people to punish doesn’t square with a commitment to liberty. Everything went to hell over the weekend for the immigrants and refugees who had been legally approved to live and travel in the United States but were then caught up in President Donald Trump’s terrible executive order banning them from returning back…
You’d almost think Uber had cosigned Donald Trump’s “Muslim ban.” The outrage is palpable, the headlines ubiquitous. Esquire: “Here’s Why All Your Friends Are Deleting Their Uber Accounts.” The Huffington Post: “People Are Deleting Uber for Undermining Strike Against Muslim Ban.” Vox: “Why People Are Deleting Uber From Their Phones After Trump’s Executive Order.” Those…
Protestors rally during at John F. Kennedy International Airport. Stephanie Keith / Getty Images ID: 10418555 Hundreds of people tweeted they are deleting their Uber accounts Saturday amid accusations the company took part in taxi cab strike-breaking in New York during a protests against President Trump’s refugee ban. Cabbies affiliated with the New York Taxi…
Russia is threatening the “liberal international order”: Biden went after Putin directly, and said he’s using “every tool” in his power to whittle away at Europe and undermine Western democracies. Biden also warned that he expects Russia to meddle in the many European elections being held later this year. “The top 1% is not carrying…
If you involve yourself with Airbnb in any way, you’re killing us all. Thanks. via Why Airbnb Is Terrible – Cracked Explains – YouTube.
< ?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″????> Anthony Rushton, Telemetry CEO. Bloomberg/YouTube Telemetry, an adtech outfit that specialized in detecting fraudulent traffic and was once tipped to be worth $486m plus a possible IPO, has closed its operations The Drum has learned – a development that took place in the immediate aftermath of the recent Methbot revelations. Industry…
We started There Is Only R over the summer as our in-house publication about all things VR/AR/MR. (“There is no VR/AR/MR, there is only R”.) It has multiple functions for us: it allows us to talk to innovators in the industry, it helps us educate ourselves about what’s happening, it provides us with a platform to express…