Rentals

NZXT Goes Full Rent-A-Center by Launching Subscription PC Service

NZXT's Flex Subscription service lets you rent a PC, but is it cheaper than simply buying a PC?

Gadgets Sherri L Smith Aug 2

In Effort to Curb Party Houses, Airbnb Is Barring Some Rentals for Users Under 25

In order to stop enterprising young people from using rented Airbnb properties to throw absolute ragers in their region, the company has announced new booking rules for some people under 25. Going forward, users younger than 25 will not be able to book entire houses in their area if the user has fewer than three…

Tech News Catie Keck Jul 2

NYC Regulators Sue Airbnb Software Partner Guesty, Accusing It of Illegal Business Model

The New York City government has been battling short-term rental service Airbnb, which has been blamed for an explosion in illegal hotels that have helped drive housing scarcity and rising rent in the city, for years. Now it’s suing Guesty, an Airbnb preferred software partner that the city believes has a business model structured around…

Tech News Tom McKay Mar 2

Airbnb Will Help NYC Track Down Illegal Rentals, and Other Cities Could Be Next

Airbnb and New York City have a long and contentious history. On the one hand, Airbnb wants everything to be hunky dory in its biggest market. On the other, New York City’s stringent short-term rental laws effectively make many Airbnbs rentals illegal in the city. New Yorkers are also caught up in the mix—affordable housing…

Tech News Victoria Song May 24

Chicago Police Bust Alleged Car2Go Theft Ring, With Up to 100 Vehicles Believed Stolen

Thieves have stolen an astonishing number of Car2Go vehicles in the city of Chicago, Motherboard reported on Wednesday, with up to 100 cars reported missing. According to the Verge, the Chicago Police Department said in a statement that 16 people have been detained for questioning. Car2Go, a Smart car and Mercedes-Benz rental service and app…

Privacy & Security Tom McKay Apr 17

Israeli Government Says It Will Punish Airbnb for Removing Listings in West Bank Settlements [Updated]

Hospitality giant Airbnb has begun removing about 200 listings for rentals in Israeli settlements in the West Bank, Haaretz reported on Monday, with Israeli officials immediately denouncing the company and warning of potential measures to restrict its operations in Israel. In a blog post announcing the listing removals, Airbnb said that it was backing off…

Tech News Tom McKay Nov 20

Lumoid, Best Buy’s Supposed Gear Rental Partner, Shuts Down

Lumoid, a four-year-old San Francisco startup which was reportedly partnering with Best Buy to offer try-before-you-buy rental services on products like cameras, audio gear, and fitness trackers, has gone out of business. Per Recode, company CEO Aarthi Ramamurthy posted to Facebook thanking team members and announcing that “Over the last 4 months, we gradually wound…

Gadgets Tom McKay Dec 10

Report: New York Police Are Cracking Down on Small-Scale Airbnb Rentals

According to a new report in Quartz, New York City authorities are deploying a number of tactics designed to go after large-scale Airbnb operations to crack down on people just using the service normally, citing violations of building and zoning codes. Quartz wrote that after New York passed “some of the toughest restrictions on short-term…

Tech News Tom McKay Oct 1

Best Buy Now Lets You Rent and Try Gadgets Before You Buy Them From Amazon

As the mortar of brick and mortar businesses slowly crumbles, retailers are scrambling to come up with a reason why you should use them instead of companies like Amazon and… well, pretty much just Amazon. Best Buy’s solution? Be more like Blockbuster Video. https://gizmodo.com/how-to-buy-second-hand-tech-without-getting-ripped-off-1795084512 Best Buy has managed to do just fine in the current…

Tech News Rhett Jones Jun 12

Leaked Documents Reveal the Hotel Lobby’s Aggressive Plan to Undermine Airbnb

Airbnb can be an awesome service for frugal travelers, and it feels especially great to use when the only other option is staying at an overpriced boutique hotel in the same city. But the incumbent hotel lobby is hoping to highlight some of the weaknesses of the “short-term rental” service, including how it negatively impacts…

Tech News Michael Nunez Apr 17

Looks Like Airbnb Manipulated Its Own Data To Appear Less Evil

Airbnb decided to voluntarily release data in December to show just how much of a boon to the local economy the service can be. The problem: Airbnb apparently tampered with the data before they released it. According to Inside Airbnb, a blog dedicated to home rental company, Airbnb “ensured a flattering picture by carrying out…

Tech News Michael Nunez Feb 11

The 11 Shittiest Airbnbs Still Available for the Super Bowl

So you’re heading to Frisco to experience the glorious splendor of Super Bowl City, but you waited too long to find a place to stay and now all the hotels are booked! Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered, bro. We scoured the internet to find the best the sharing economy has to offer. Rentals are…

Tech News Alissa Walker Feb 5

Airbnb’s New Compact Pledges to Play Nicer With Cities But Doesn’t Go Far Enough

It’s been an interesting couple of weeks for Airbnb. The startup spent $8 million to defeat Proposition F in San Francisco, which would have imposed stricter regulations for the company. Days later, a horrifying story about two deaths in Airbnb rentals raised concerns that the defeated regulations were badly needed and overdue. In today’s New…

Tech News Alissa Walker Nov 12

You Can Rent Disney Movies on YouTube Now

From classics like Alice in Wonderland to the Pixar hits and Pirates movies of today, Disney will eventually put up a lion’s share of its movies for rent on the digital boob tube, YouTube. There are only a handful of Disney movies on YouTube right now but hundreds more will join the rental list in…

Movies Casey Chan Nov 23

Renting a Movie from Redbox Will Cost More Than a Dollar

Redbox, the easiest way to rent a movie for a buck a day, is getting a price hike. And it’s a 20% increase! Which makes the price of a Redbox DVD rental a more inconvenient $1.20. Bye, bye dollar days. It’s something to do with debit card fees. Blu-rays ($1.50) and video games ($2) will…

Tech News Casey Chan Oct 28

You Can Rent Movies on Facebook Now

Man, things just are not looking good for Netflix: Universal is experimenting with movie rentals on Facebook. First foray? The Big Lebowski, which you can rent for 30 Facebook credits—that’s $3—right now from the film’s fan page. Sorry about your business, Reed Hastings. It really tied the room together.[ZDnet] UPDATE Giz commenters are smart! tonyn84,…

Social Media Joe Brown Aug 19

Apple Arrives at Grand Central

Is there nowhere Apple will not expand its line of silvery wood-accented retail stores? Glass cubes in Manhattan. Multi-story facades on Boylston in Boston. And now, piling on New York again, Apple is set to descend on Grand Central. The $800,000/year rent is a smidge higher than what the previous tenant, restaurant Mtrazur, was paying…

Tech News Jack Loftus Jul 23

Mainstream Movie Rentals Are Coming to YouTube…Legally

YouTube might currently be chock full of unauthorized movies, but now they’ve struck a deal with major Hollywood studios to bring new, legal movies to their site as well. They’ve had a movie rental system in place since January, but the selection to this point has been largely of the never-heard-of-it variety. No word on…

Movies Adrian Covert Apr 26

The Age of $30 Movie Rentals Is Upon Us

Following through on what probably started as an epic round of double dog daring, four major studios—Warner Bros., Sony, Universal and 20th Century Fox—have agreed that charging $30 for streaming movie rentals is a pretty great business model. Not current-run movies, either! “Home Premiere,” as it’s being called, only includes movies that are up to…

Movies Brian Barrett Mar 31

28 Days Later: Blockbuster Now Waits With Netflix

You know Blockbuster’s incredibly smug ad campaign about how they get new releases 28 days before Netflix? NOT ANYMORE! You see, in a cost-cutting move, they just agreed to deals with Warners, Fox and Universal to delay new release offerings. https://gizmodo.com/bankrupt-blockbuster-spending-millions-on-national-ad-c-5694980 Fast Company says movies from the three studios comprise nearly half of new release…

Tech News Adrian Covert Dec 17

Rentals

NZXT Goes Full Rent-A-Center by Launching Subscription PC Service

In Effort to Curb Party Houses, Airbnb Is Barring Some Rentals for Users Under 25

NYC Regulators Sue Airbnb Software Partner Guesty, Accusing It of Illegal Business Model

Airbnb Will Help NYC Track Down Illegal Rentals, and Other Cities Could Be Next

Chicago Police Bust Alleged Car2Go Theft Ring, With Up to 100 Vehicles Believed Stolen

Israeli Government Says It Will Punish Airbnb for Removing Listings in West Bank Settlements [Updated]

Lumoid, Best Buy’s Supposed Gear Rental Partner, Shuts Down

Report: New York Police Are Cracking Down on Small-Scale Airbnb Rentals

Best Buy Now Lets You Rent and Try Gadgets Before You Buy Them From Amazon

Leaked Documents Reveal the Hotel Lobby’s Aggressive Plan to Undermine Airbnb

Looks Like Airbnb Manipulated Its Own Data To Appear Less Evil

The 11 Shittiest Airbnbs Still Available for the Super Bowl

Airbnb’s New Compact Pledges to Play Nicer With Cities But Doesn’t Go Far Enough

You Can Rent Disney Movies on YouTube Now

Renting a Movie from Redbox Will Cost More Than a Dollar

You Can Rent Movies on Facebook Now

Apple Arrives at Grand Central

Mainstream Movie Rentals Are Coming to YouTube…Legally

The Age of $30 Movie Rentals Is Upon Us

28 Days Later: Blockbuster Now Waits With Netflix

‘Good Omens’ Season 3 Is Still Just One Episode, Despite Being Called That

Steam Gaming Has Arrived on Apple Vision Pro, and It’s Unexpectedly Glorious

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The Spymaster’s Guide to the Secret Agencies of ‘Star Trek’

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