Airbnb's party crackdown has blocked more than 100,000 bookings
www.mashable.com Sorry, Gen Z. Airbnb is holding the line on its under-25s house ban, even as America emerges from lockdown — and more people are being blocked than we knew. Airbnb says its anti-party safety system has blocked more than 100,000 “suspicious” bookings since launching in the U.S. last July.
Multiple Miami-area buildings have been evacuated since the condo collapse
www.cnn.com Multiple Miami-area buildings have been evacuated since the condo collapse… Read More
Tom Blomfield takes first board post at Generation Home, after leaving Monzo and Angel investing
www.techcrunch.com Following on from mid-June when first-time buyer mortgage lending startup Generation Home raised a $30.4m Series A round and a £300m loan facility from NatWest, it’s now adding to its board. … Read More
"Chances to find somebody alive are close to zero," rescue unit official says
www.cnn.com "Chances to find somebody alive are close to zero," rescue unit official says… Read More
Hear top VCs Albert Wegner, Jenny Rooke, and Shilpi Kumar talk green bets at the Extreme Tech Challenge finals
www.techcrunch.com This year, TechCrunch is proudly hosting the Extreme Tech Challenge Global Finals on July 22. The event is among the world’s largest purpose-driven startup competitions that are aiming to solve global challenges based on the United Nations’ 17 sustainability goals. … Read More
How to record the screen on your iPod, iPhone, or iPad
www.mashable.com The ability to record your iPhone’s screen is super-useful built-in functionality that Apple introduced with iOS 11. Anyone with an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch running this iOS or later can quickly and easily make a recording of what’s happening on their device’s screen — with or without sound
Obviously AI, a no code startup for data analysts, increases its seed round to $4.7M
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13 memorable moments when people stood up for the least powerful among us in 2021 (so far)
www.mashable.com If 2020 was the year of activism, then 2021 seems to be following in its footsteps. While many of last year’s protests took place online given the pandemic, the dam broke over the summer as people took to the streets, many in face masks, to call out police violence
CNN traces Taiwan's military past as Beijing warns island to 'prepare for war'
www.cnn.com As Beijing steps up its military propaganda and warns Taiwan to “prepare for war,” experts say the bigger threat to the island and western democracies is the large-scale cyberattacks that could potentially paralyze physical infrastructure and business simultaneously. CNN’s Will Ripley visits old military installations in Kinmen, Taiwan, and
SoftBank buys perpetual Yahoo trademark license for $1.6 billion
www.techcrunch.com As firework volleys launched out of New York City harbor last night, a very different celebration was likely taking place just a few blocks down the street at Verizon’s official headquarters in Midtown. … Read More
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Upon migration to Medina, the direction of the Qibla continued to be Jerusalem, although it was then physically impossible for one to also face the Ka’ba, as Medina is north of Makkah.
