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A bipartisan coalition in Congress introduced a bill this week that would ban TikTok in the United States if its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, doesn’t divest itself from the app. The bill’s sponsors framed the legislation as critical to ensuring that America’s biggest adversary can’t control one of its most dominant tech platforms.Now, TikTok is using that dominance to fight back, sending push notifications to its users asking them to call Congress and oppose the bill. “This legislation will trample the First…

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. There are plenty of amazing hotels in Los Angeles, but, for most visitors, we think Airbnb is the way to go. The sprawling city is brimming with unique abodes — from rustic beach shacks to lavish mansions in the hills — that let you experience the city more like a local (because LA can be tricky as a tourist). The Best Airbnbs in Los Angeles If you’re planning…

Welcome to the TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s inspired by the daily TechCrunch+ column where it gets its name. Want it in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here. Not long ago, I wondered whether startups could help solve the U.S. housing crisis. Now there’s a new name in town: Airbnb spinout Samara, which just secured fresh funding. As for Dig, it got acquired not long after I started digging into its category: data security posture management. — Anna The…

The music was blaring, the bar was overflowing, and the air was thick with weed smoke. Armed security holding long guns kept watch. It was a Saturday night in February, and around 300 people were partying hard at a near-5,000 square-foot Airbnb in rural Ohio. Then the cops arrived.As the Tuscarawas County Sheriff's deputies rolled in, revelers locked the doors. Fights broke out, police records show. Someone threw a can of Red Bull at an officer. People fled. In the chaos, one partygoer refused to cooperate and allegedly…

New York City has passed one of the strictest laws against short-term rentals in the country but has agreed to delay implementing it until September. The law, known as Local Law 18, would require Airbnb hosts to register for an operating license. Apple's Vision Pro Seems Powerful, But Who Is It For? | Future TechThe regulation was passed in January 2022 and imposes fines on any New York hosts without an operating license who allowed renters to stay for less than 30 days. The law was set to go into effect next month, but …

Short-term rental platform, Airbnb has filed a lawsuit against New York City over a new law. This new law, called a "de facto ban," is against short-term rentals and is set to go into effect in July. The company says that this law will limit the number of people who can host rentals in the city. According to the filing (spotted by Reuters), Airbnb’s annual net revenue in New York City in 2022 was $85 million. A previous law which went into effect in 2021 prompted 29,000 hosts to leave the short-term rental market in the…

When Precious Price bought her first home four years ago in Atlanta while working as a marketing consultant, she took advantage of her frequent business trips by renting out her house on Airbnb during her absences.“I knew I wanted to use that as a rental or investment property,” she said. “I began doing that, and it was honestly very lucrative.”For Price, 27, and other young entrepreneurs of color, online short-term rental platforms like Airbnb and Vrbo represented a path to building wealth on their own terms. With an…

Bouncing back from Covid-19, Airbnb in 2022 saw a 70% growth in overnight bookings in India, one of its biggest markets, CEO Brian Chesky told us in an exclusive chat. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.Also in this letter:■ TCS to build its own ChatGPT alternative■ UPI merchant payments to hit $1 trillion by FY26: report■ ETtech Done DealsETtech Interview | India to be one of our biggest growth markets this decade: Airbnb CEO In 2022, Airbnb's revenue grew 40% year-on-year to $8.4 billion and net…

Tenants at 20 apartment complexes across Denver are now sharing their amenities with out-of-town guests, as building management is allowing residents to rent out their units as Airbnbs. Vacation rental company Airbnb has partnered with building owners in almost 40 cities “to make it easier for renters to find apartments that let them host part-time,” according to its website. Renters can earn money by hosting Airbnb guests in their units, with the frequency and guest rules varying by building and locality. At a time when…

Portugal’s government passed a package of new laws and regulations on Thursday aimed at combatting the country’s housing crisis. Among the changes: No more short-term rental licenses are to be granted in the nation’s urban centers—meaning no more new city Airbnbs.Portugal has also ended its “golden visa” program, which granted non-European Union residents EU passports in exchange for investing more than €350,000 in real estate in certain areas. Often, through “golden visas,” property developers would flip buildings into…