Day: November 3, 2019

Airbnb Tries New Screening System for ‘High-Risk Reservations’ After ‘Party House’ Fatalities

“The CEO of Airbnb has announced that the company will be banning ‘party houses’ and doubling down on getting rid ‘of abusive host and guest conduct’ in direct response to the deadly shooting that broke out during a Halloween party held at an Airbnb rental in Orinda, California,” reports BuzzFeed News: On Thursday, renters of…


Holy smokes this NASA Mars Curiosity rover image is haunting – CNET

Those aren’t clouds in the distance. …read more Source:: CNet


Airbnb bans ‘house parties’ after Halloween shooting leaves five dead – CNET

House was reportedly rented as a one-night escape from nearby wildfire smoke. …read more Source:: CNet


Will Amazon Poach CS Profs Needed To Produce CS Grads Promised For Amazon HQ2?

Long-time Slashdot reader theodp writes: To make good on the proposal that snagged it a share of the Amazon HQ2 prize last year, the State of Virginia pledged to produce an additional 25K-35K grads annually with computer science or closely related degrees. And while university leaders in the Greater Washington DC area appear to be…


Eth0 Autumn 2019: Tiny Camp, Creative Badge

The Dutch organisation eth0 has run a series of informal small camps over the years, never with an attendance too far into three figures, and without pre-planned events or entertainment. What happens is at the instigation of the attendees, and the result is a weekend of much closer socialising and working together on projects than…


Chrome Tries APIs That Allow Changing A User’s Files, Receiving SMS Verification Texts

“Web pages have never been able to directly access your computer’s (or phone’s) file system, unless there was a plugin like Java or ActiveX involved somewhere,” reports Android Police. The new Native File System API in Chrome 78 changes that… Here’s how the API works: A web page can bring up a file picker dialog,…


A Verizon salesman told me the Google Pixel 4 is for angry people

Google’s new phone has an interesting market. At least according to a fascinating Verizon store specialist. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Intercontinental Radio Communications With The Help Of Fly Fishing Reels

All of us have experience in trying to explain to a confused store assistant exactly what type of kitchen implement you’re looking for, and why it is a perfectly suitable part for your autonomous flying lawn mower. Or in the case of [MM0OPX] trying to find fly fishing reels that are suitable for his Adjustiwave…


2020 Chrysler Pacifica is the modern minivan benchmark – Roadshow

Chrysler offers the only hybrid-powered minivan in America. …read more Source:: CNet


70% of Americans Dislike Daylight Savings Time

An anonymous reader quotes a Yahoo News 360 report on Americans who hate Daylight Savings Time: A push to end the semiannual clock shift, which has been shown to correlate with negative health and productivity outcomes, is gaining steam throughout the country. Most of the momentum is behind a movement to make daylight saving time…