Airbnb is piloting new anti-party technology in the U.S. and Canada in its ongoing efforts to fend off users who are looking to book a house to throw large, unapproved gatherings.
The vacation rental company tells Fast Company the new tech is aimed at identifying “potentially high-risk reservations.” Airbnb will be looking at factors like a user’s
With the recent passage of the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, the U.S. has made the most ambitious push in science-driven innovation in the 75 years since the days of Vannevar Bush’s
I’m standing in a kitchenette at a Google office in Mountain View, California, observing a robot at work. It’s staring at items on a counter: bubbly water, a bag of whole-grain chips, an energy drink, a protein bar. After what seems like forever, it extends its arm, grabs the chips, rolls a few yards away, and drops the bag in front of a Google employee. “I am done,” it declares.
This snack delivery, which the bot performed during a recent press briefing, mi
There are two paradigms when it comes to technology and innovation, says Albert Saniger, founder and CEO of the fintech company Nate. “The paradigm that we have been living in is what can machines do for us? The paradigm that I want to be living in moving forward is what should machines be doing for us?”
Satellites owned by private companies have played an unexpectedly important role in the war in Ukraine. For example, in early August 2022, images from the private satellite company Planet Labs showed that a recent attack on a Russian military base in Crimea caused more damage than Russia had suggested in public reports. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Walmart is ready to enter the streaming wars yet again. This time in partnership with Paramount.
The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday the retail giant has reached a deal with Paramount Global to offer its streamer, Paramount+, to subscribers of Walmart’s service Walmart+. The news comes
Silicon Valley woke up to what seemed like a practical joke: Controversial commercial real estate entrepreneur Adam Neumann received $350 million from a16z for a residential real estate startup, Flow. The WeWork founder was the subject of serious criticism, due to gross mismanagement, harboring a toxic work culture, and shady antics that included buying the trad
Nattie’s metaverse romance began with anonymous texting. At first “C” would admit only to living in a nearby town. Nattie eventually learned “Clem” was a man with a solitary office job like hers. For Nattie “lived, as it were, in two worlds”–the world of office tedium and an online world where “she did not lack social intercourse.”
Texting drew them closer: “annoyances became lighter because she told him, and
Listy is a free and simple app for making lists of your favorite things. It automatically includes related images, like book or album covers, and you can create shareable visual lists with the free app on Mac, iOS, or Android. It’s a handy way to quickly share recommendations with friends.
You can list your favorite albums, books, movies, TV shows, video games, sites, apps, wines, beers, or social posts. Y
Most people will never get to step foot aboard the International Space Station. But a traveling virtual reality exhibit is giving visitors some understanding of what life is like on the orbiting research facility.
Called The Infinite, the exhibit invites attendees to don Meta Quest 2 headsets and stroll through a facsimile of the ISS, with the ability to explore a transparent virtual m