Some people are very hard to please when it comes to gifts (we all know one or two of those, let’s face it). That’s where gift cards come to the rescue. As long as you know what brands they love to shop at or where they love to eat, you’re golden. No need to pick … Read more
Airbnb Chief Financial Officer Dave Stephenson will transition into a newly created chief business officer role at the company. Airbnb Chief Financial Officer Dave Stephenson, who helped guide the company through Covid-19 tumult and an initial public offering, will transition into a newly created chief business officer role, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said in a … Read more
The traditional way to make a cellphone call is for your handset to ping whichever base station you’re closest to, with your voice and the voice of the person you’re speaking to flying through the air via radio waves. However, there might be times when the signal between your phone and the base station is … Read more
Tyrese Gibson is being sued for allegedly damaging an Airbnb rental by making “excessive alterations” … but he’s on video saying the changes he made aren’t a big deal. The property manager, Tracy Wolf, tells TMZ … Tyrese signed a 6-month lease for a 5-bedroom estate in Woodland Hills for $20,000 per month starting in … Read more
Howdy, folks, and welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s newsletter that recaps the major tech industry happenings over the past week (or so). Microsoft’s Ignite conference, where the tech giant pitched its vision of a “copilot”-powered future, flooded the channels midweek. But there was plenty of note besides. In this edition of WiR, we … Read more
Image: 20th Century Studios In the same way that video games get turned into movies (or TV shows!) these days, the reverse is true. It doesn’t happen quite as often, but a number of movies have jumped over to games in some capacity, and they’re usually pretty famous or long-running franchises. Star Wars is the … Read more
Over 15 years ago, the original The Strangers movie became a cult classic horror film for its atmosphere and simple premise of a couple being terrorized by a trio of masked invaders. While it eventually got a sequel in 2018’s The Strangers: Prey at Night, Lionsgate wants the gap between installments to be considerably shorter—hence, … Read more
The death of Dianne Feinstein, one of America’s longest serving, most trailblazing female politicians, has set off a race to fill her seat in the U.S. Senate. While it’s not entirely clear who the long-term heir to Feinstein’s seat will be, Governor Gavin Newsom has appointed a longtime political ally, Laphonza Butler, as an interim … Read more
Any huge fans of “Shrek” will have the opportunity to live like an ogre for a couple of nights … because his iconic swamp home has been recreated IRL, and it’s going live on Airbnb. The moss-covered home is located in the hills of the Scottish Highlands and is a picture-perfect replica of the one … Read more
Picture: Airbnb From the itemizing: “Welcome to my Kendom! Whereas Barbie is away, she has handed over the keys to her Malibu DreamHouse this summer season and my room could possibly be yours for the night time. I’ve added just a few touches to deliver some much-needed Kenergy to the newly renovated and iconic Malibu … Read more