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June 23, 2021
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Rebecca Burns
Like Airbnb, but for Flophouses
A Georgia start-up aims to become the Airbnb for temporary shared housing. It calls it a solution to the housing crisis. Former tenants tell a different story.
February 17, 2021
The Soapbox
John Knefel
Don’t Let Amazon and Airbnb Get Their Tentacles in Vaccine Distribution
The tech giants are offering their services to the Biden administration. They can’t be trusted.
October 29, 2020
Magazine
Kate Wagner
Will Airbnb Do to Small Towns What It Did to New York and Barcelona?
The company’s big-city “experiences” were crippled by the pandemic. Now it’s looking to capitalize on the urban flight to rural retreats.
January 11, 2019
Kyle Chayka
The Exhausting Minimalism of
Tidying Up
Three new makeover shows hover on the border of entertainment and economic survivalism.
May 31, 2018
Julianne Tveten
Silicon Valley’s “Flexibility” Fetish
How one seemingly benign concept has been used as cover for all kinds of self-serving proposals.
October 24, 2016
Jacob Silverman
Why Friday’s Massive Internet Outage Was So Scary
Hackers have turned our cheap electronic devices against us. And at this rate, it's only going to get worse.
September 8, 2016
Lovia Gyarkye
Will smaller profile pictures eliminate racism on Airbnb?
September 3, 2015
Navneet Alang
We'll Never Have a Tech Utopia
August 19, 2014
Noam Scheiber
Uber Just Hired Obama's Most Ruthless Political Genius
David Plouffe has a lot in common with his new company's fanatical CEO
August 14, 2014
Noam Scheiber
Silicon Valley Is Ruining "Sharing" for Everybody
The marketing lie behind companies like Airbnb and Lyft
July 21, 2014
The New Republic Staff
This Dinner Party Explains How Engineers And Lobbyists See The World Differently
POLITICO’s Mike Allen sheds light on the evolving relationship between the valley and the swamp
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