Americans spent more than $144.8 billion on fishing and hunting in 2022 alone, according to a survey by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Guided hunting and fishing excursions are a substantial part of that industry, but they’ve largely remained offline. Bookings are done over the phone and paid for by physical checks or cash. … Read more
Airbnb hosts may have good reasons to want to install security cameras inside properties they rent out—they’ve been used to catch theft, or vandalism, or even just non-compliance with rental rules. But concerns about privacy violations have pushed the property rental company Airbnb to ban all indoor security cameras in all of its listings worldwide. … Read more
Airbnb will soon ban hosts from watching their guests with indoor security cameras, as the company is reversing course on its surveillance policies. As of April 30, hosts around the world must remove indoor cameras and disclose other outdoor monitoring tech to guests before they book. Airbnb previously allowed hosts to install security cameras in … Read more
Image: Maria Diaz / ZDNET Airbnb has updated its policy on security cameras to include a ban on all indoor cameras across all its listings, even in common areas. This change will go into effect on April 30 to give hosts time to comply with the new rule. Also: Everything you need for smart home … Read more
More than 95 percent of the group’s members say they have no intention of becoming long-term landlords, says Lindsay. Instead, he argues, they are now faced with rising housing costs and no immediate way to offset them. The law “has yielded some unintentional effects that are harming smaller homeowners,” Lindsay says. Amid the uncertainties, there … Read more
Image: Lionsgate Every horror movie has The Moment: where you see the main characters do something that both kicks off the plot and is often also an extremely boneheaded move. Usually, it involves a door and someone making the choice to open it or go in there, which they should never, ever do. So it … Read more
The Supreme Court is hearing two cases on Monday that could set new precedents around free speech on social media platforms. The cases challenge two similar laws from Florida and Texas, respectively, which aim to reduce “Silicon Valley censorship” on social media, much like Elon Musk has done at X in the last year. Twitter … Read more
A legal battle rife with allegations of scandal and blackmail has erupted from what began as a routine Airbnb rental dispute. Shawn Mackey’s stay at “A Little Bit More Country,” a quaint Airbnb property in Memphis, led to a chain of events that would unravel into a complex legal confrontation. In September 2022, Mackey rented … Read more
Airbnb is slowly killing the cleaning fee as it aims for more transparent pricing. Since early last year, when the company started showing guests all-inclusive pricing when booking a property, almost 300,000 listings have removed or lowered cleaning fees, Airbnb said in its earnings report today. Now, nearly 40% of active listings no longer charge … Read more
Illustration by Elham Ataeiazar Daryn Carr is no stranger to side hustles. After his mom died from Covid in 2020, he used funds from her pension to pay off some bills and buy a car. With the remaining money, he invested in crypto and started an ATM business. One day in 2022, while scrolling through … Read more