An “alarming number” of Airbnb’s “lack basic safety protections,” including smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, fire extinguishers, and first aid kits, according to a report.
A 67-year-old New York woman has “won” the right to stay in a late friend’s rent-controlled apartment in Long Island — because he adopted her at age 58.
Danny Glover was shouted down at a rally for Airbnb hosts Tuesday in the New York state Capitol when activists working on behalf of a union for hotel workers infiltrated the event and began heckling the 71-year-old actor.
Top-tier venture capitalist Peter Thiel is ditching the intolerance of Silicon Valley and moving himself and his personal investment arm to Los Angeles for better business opportunities.
AirBnB has promised to invest $100,000 in advertising for rentals available in countries which have reportedly been called shithole countries” by Trump.
Silicon Valley’s Peter Thiel has finally cut ties with the Y Combinator investor fund, a year after being called a Silicon Valley traitor for his $1.25 million campaign contribution to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.
During her annual State of the City address on Thursday, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf called on her constituents to open their doors and residences to the city’s homeless, as union workers picketed against her for her administration’s handling of the city’s rampant housing problem.
Spiking rents after the Wine Country fires could help Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom’s housing policies build support for his campaign for California governor.
Wine Country firefighters are gearing up for a 14-degree temperature spike over the next 72 hours that could triple wind gust speeds to 60-mile an hour and drive a new firestorm.
An Airbnb guest is accused of sexual assault for allegedly lying naked in a bed with his host’s 7-year-old daughter.
A charity invited four refugees to stay at President Trump’s childhood home in Queens, New York, for the weekend in a publicity stunt to pressure Trump and other world leaders to admit more refugees.
Vice Media raised $450 million of pre-IPO capital at a $5.7 billion valuation from the same private equity firm that has interests in Airbnb and Spotify and owns the CAA talent agency.
San Francisco could lose over 50 percent of Airbnb hosts following a lawsuit settlement which will make them register with the city.
Apple, Google, Microsoft, Netflix, Spotify, and Uber are missing from a group of 58 tech companies now signed onto an amicus brief protesting President Donald Trump’s travel delay executive order on immigration.
The tens of millions of Americans watching Super Bowl LI Sunday night were treated to a politically-charged advertisement from home-sharing company Airbnb, which launched its #WeAccept ad campaign with a 30-second spot highlighting diversity.
Super Bowl LI on Sunday night was as close to a politics-free experience as a football fan could have hoped for, with even halftime performer Lady Gaga eschewing political talk in favor of high-energy showmanship — but several big-name brands couldn’t help but include overt political messaging in their Big Game advertising.
Ride-sharing company Lyft and online residential lodging company AirBnB have decided to protest President Trump’s executive order on refugees.
Thanks to about 35 percent more units coming on the market in 2017 than on average over the last 20-year period, investors are offering free rent concessions to move empty apartments.
Over half of the people who made it onto Forbes’ list of “America’s Richest Entrepreneurs Under 40,” released in early December, live in California’s Bay Area.
Some formerly “inclusive” Washington D.C. homeowners are expressing concern about renting their homes to supporters of Donald Trump who are planning a trip for the inauguration.
American actor Ashton Kutcher was assailed by a protester during an Airbnb event who complained that the company lets West Bank settlers list their homes for rent through its website.
Online vacation rental giant Airbnb acted quickly to ban a vendor after it came to light that she was refusing service to Israeli customers.
Silicon Valley has been suffering a tech IPO drought, but the dam may have broken after data software company Talend, Inc. jumped 42 percent on its first day of trading. Talend raised $94.5 million in its July 29 initial public
Boat enthusiasts can now get their motor running without the full-time hassle of owning, thanks to a new maritime take on the Airbnb model: Boatbound.
A spate of sudden, dramatic rent increases has hit San Francisco, with one North Beach resident saying he recently received a notice from his landlord that his rent was increasing from $1,800 to $8,000 per month.
President Barack Obama will appear at Stanford University in Silicon Valley on Friday to be keynote speaker at the 2016 Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES), which will highlight his commitment to building bridges to Muslim-majority countries around the world. Obama has
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is taking on the companies that make up the “gig economy” — though they provide the jobs, and services, that are increasingly popular among the young, “progressive” Americans who are the core of Warren’s support.
On Thursday, Arizona’s Republican governor, Doug Ducey signed a bill that prohibits cities and local municipalities from banning short-term rentals like Airbnb and HomeAway.
Berlin has begun restricting private property rentals through Airbnb and similar online platforms, threatening hefty fines in a controversial move meant to keep housing affordable for locals. The German capital fears that the growing trend of people letting out apartments
A majority of Americans would prefer to stay at Donald Trump’s house, rather than any other presidential candidate remaining in the 2016 race.
With the explosive growth of the “sharing economy,” entrepreneurial start-ups are mining businesses opportunities within the expanding “ethospheres” created Airbnb and Uber.
Although President Obama on arrival in communist Cuba said he was “confident” the U.S. embargo would end and the two nations would normalize trade, the only immediate opportunity seems to be Airbnb, which is already offering thousands of rentals.
The city of Santa Monica, California, which was nicknamed “The People’s Republic of Santa Monica” as far back as the early 1980s, has launched an attack on Airbnb and VRBO, using the Santa Monica City Council’s ban on short-term rentals issued in May 2015.
A British Airbnb host refused to rent an apartment to an Israeli traveller on the basis that Israelis don’t respect “basic human rights.” Tel Aviv photographer Ben Kelmer reserved a £60-a-night apartment for a week in March through the online company,
Beyoncé really is like everybody else. She stayed at an Airbnb when she performed at the Super Bowl. A $10,000-per-night Airbnb.
