Monthly Archives: December 2016

Airbnb hosts need licenses now.Image:  Sarah Babineau/stocksnap Faced with pressure from cities around the world, Airbnb is cracking down on hosts who don’t seem to live in the properties they rent. The company will limit the number of nights a host in London or Amsterdam can rent a property through its short-term rental site. To […]

More than two thirds of burglars choose to enter a home through a door, either front or back one. This may come as a surprise, since doors are usually made of solid material, unlike windows, but it just shows what your most vulnerable access point is. Naturally, improving the level of security provided by your […]

Donald Trump is already getting some Christmas jeer.  Florida atheist and First Amendment activist Chaz Stevens has made the president-elect the subject of his “Distresstivus” Pole, placed next to a Nativity scene on city property in Deerfield Beach. That’s his version of a Festivus pole, the centerpiece of the secular holiday celebrated on Seinfeld known for its […]

More backlash for our President-elect Donald Trump! On November 25, two male suspects were seen on surveillance video walking down a street in Philadelphia where one of them spray-painted “F*ck Trump” on a building. The estimated damage ranges from $3K-$10K, and authorities released the video on YouTube for any leads. Related:

Image: HGTV We all know someone that caught the Fixer Upper fever. Randomly yelling “shiplap,” calling all children “kiddos” and distressing perfectly good furniture are all telltale signs that someone has caught the remodeling fever. Not that you can blame them the empire built by Chip and Joanna Gaines lifted up by their popular HGTV […]

A fire that ripped through an Oakland, California, warehouse during a dance party has left at least nine people dead, though officials said Saturday they are still searching the structure and the death toll could be as high as 40. The fire started around 11:30 p.m. Friday in a warehouse three miles outside downtown Oakland […]

Trump advisers point to Chinas measured reaction but experts say Beijing leaders will be privately enraged and unnerved Donald Trumps controversial decision to hold a 10-minute phone call with Taiwans president, Tsai Ing-wen, was caused by the billionaires lack of foreign policy experience, a mouthpiece for the Chinese government has claimed. In would elicit a […]

Twitter and Instagram have been flooded with images after wild weather brings insane kaleidoscope of colour to the river citys skies A supercell of storms that hit Brisbane late on Saturday night and caused widespread But from below it looked like this: Which made for exceptionally good Instagram fodder.

Five US tech giants have harvested our data. This treasure must be shared among the people who provide it Of all the big firms in Silicon Valley, Amazon had the most to lose from Donald Trumps presidency. And lose it did, albeit briefly, its share price dropping 5% shortly after the election. During the campaign, […]

Oakland, California (CNN)At least 33 people have been confirmed dead, including teenagers and a deputy’s son, in a massive blaze that gutted a converted warehouse over the weekend during an electronic dance party. The death toll is expected to rise as crews search the wreckage of the two-story building, which burst into flames late Friday […]