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Airbnb Sues Hometown San Francisco to Block Rental Rules – Bloomberg
Airbnb Inc., the second-most highly valued San Francisco-based startup, sued its hometown over claims the city’s rental restrictions violate protections for internet companies and its free-speech rights. The company is hoping to avoid thousands of dollars in daily fines it could face when a new San Francisco law takes full effect next month. The law,…
Trump-Inspired Anti-Semitism Prompts Fear, Police Reports…and a Gun Purchase – WNYC
I arrived at naptime at Bethany Mandel’s 2nd floor apartment in Central New Jersey. Evidence of her two children under 3 — toys, toys and more toys — was everywhere. She’s a full-time mom and writer who works from home. And so amid the kiddie detritus is her laptop, open, on the couch. But that’s not…
The howl against democracy | Coffee House
There’s a delicious irony to Remainers’ branding of Leave voters as confused individuals who have simply made a desperate howling noise, whose anti-EU vote was a ‘howl of anger’ (Tim Farron) or a ‘howl of frustration’ (JK Rowling). Which is that if anyone’s been howling in recent days, it’s them, the top dogs of the…
Obama bans solitary confinement for juveniles in federal prisons – The Washington Post
President Obama has issued executive orders to ban the use of solitary confinement for juveniles in federal prisons. Here is what you need to know about the new rules. (Victoria M. Walker/The Washington Post) President Obama on Monday announced a ban on solitary confinement for juvenile offenders in the federal prison system, saying the practice…
North American Leaders Meet With Brexit and Trump Clouding Ties – Bloomberg Politics
The shadow of Brexit and rising protectionist sentiment loom large as U.S. President Barack Obama meets his North American counterparts to bolster the world’s largest trading bloc. Obama, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto hold the so-called Three Amigos summit Wednesday in Ottawa, with fallout from the U.K.’s vote last week…
Secretive Alphabet division aims to fix public transit in US by shifting control to Google | Technology | The Guardian
Sidewalk Labs, a secretive subsidiary of Alphabet, wants to radically overhaul public parking and transportation in American cities, emails and documents obtained by the Guardian reveal. Its high-tech services, which it calls “new superpowers to extend access and mobility”, could make it easier to drive and park in cities and create hybrid public/private transit options…
Artificial Intelligence’s White Guy Problem – The New York Times
Photo Credit Bianca Bagnarelli ACCORDING to some prominent voices in the tech world, artificial intelligence presents a looming existential threat to humanity: Warnings by luminaries like Elon Musk and Nick Bostrom about “the singularity” — when machines become smarter than humans — have attracted millions of dollars and spawned a multitude of conferences. But this…
How Britain Could Exit ‘Brexit’ – NYTimes.com
The Interpreter By MAX FISHER WASHINGTON — In the days since Britons voted to leave the European Union, the so-called “Brexit” referendum has created such severe turmoil that public attention is increasingly focused on an extreme option: Can they get out of it? Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday that he considered the referendum…
Introducing Cheering: Celebrate, together. — Twitch Blog
Introducing Cheering: Celebrate, together. When we watch Twitch, we feel surrounded by people who understand something that many just don’t. And when amazing things happen on stream, there’s no one else we’d rather celebrate with. The moments we share on Twitch, and the streamers who create them, are the glue that binds us together. So…