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coronavirus parties Airbnb bans house parties during coronavirus, and files preliminary paperwork for public stock offering Xeni Jardin
Bend Last Blockbuster Video store to be rented on Airbnb for $4/night Rusty Blazenhoff
lazy capitalists AirBNB asks for handouts to help support lazy landlords Thom Dunn
no bookings Entrepreneurs are seeing mini-empires of Airbnb properties collapse Mark Frauenfelder
airbnb "I Stayed At The Cheapest Airbnb In NYC," just $30/night David Pescovitz
shray goel Airbnb's easily gamed reputation system and poor customer service allow scammers to thrive Cory Doctorow
Shitty urban planning This-City's-Makin'-A-Comeback Bingo Card Thom Dunn
eviction Owner of Phoenix apartment building serves eviction notices to every tenant so he can turn their homes into unlicensed hotel rooms Cory Doctorow
Bunderful Spend a "bunderful" night in the Wienermobile through Airbnb Rusty Blazenhoff
port scanners Airbnb guest uses network sniffer to find hidden webcam, Airbnb finds no wrongdoing Cory Doctorow
airbnb Regulating Airbnb drives down local rents (as well as house prices) Cory Doctorow
surveillance tourism Dystopia watch: Guide to spotting hidden cameras in your Airbnb Cory Doctorow
ridesharing Relying on a ridesharing gig to make money ain't what it used to be Seamus Bellamy
NPYD Drunk NYPD cop shouted racial slurs at family after breaking into their home thinking it was his AirBnB Rob Beschizza
ghost hotels After Airbnb hosts converted New York's available housing stock to unlicensed hotel rooms, rents soared Cory Doctorow
Zweckentfremdungsverbotsgesetz Berlin regulates Airbnb and safely deflates its housing bubble while returning 8,000 rentals to the market Cory Doctorow