Fri. 11/16 - How Much Money Does Airbnb Make?




Techmeme Ride Home show

Summary: <p><strong><em>Airbnb opens the kimono, a disc-less Xbox, Facebook pushes back on controversy, SpaceX gets a key go-ahead, and the weekend longreads suggestions.</em></strong></p><p><strong>Sponsors:</strong></p><ul> <li><a href="https://hcii.cmu.edu/ride" target="_blank"><strong>hcii.cmu.edu/ride</strong></a></li> <li><a href="http://tiny.website/" target="_blank"><strong>Tiny.website</strong></a></li> </ul><p><br></p><p>Links:</p><ul> <li> <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/16/airbnb-booked-more-than-1-billion-in-third-quarter-revenue.html" target="_blank">Airbnb booked more than $1 billion in third quarter revenue</a> (CNBC)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.thurrott.com/xbox/192184/microsofts-building-a-disc-less-xbox-one-for-release-in-2019" target="_blank">Microsoft’s Building a Disc-Less Xbox One for Release in 2019</a> (Thurrott.com)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-morale-takes-a-tumble-along-with-stock-price-1542200400?utm_campaign=The%20Interface&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Revue%20newsletter" target="_blank">Facebook Morale Takes a Tumble Along With Stock Price</a> (WSJ)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/15/technology/jobs-facebook-computer-science-students.html" target="_blank">‘I Don’t Really Want to Work for Facebook.’ So Say Some Computer Science Students. </a>(NYTimes)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/16/18098286/vovox-security-breach-two-factor-authentication-2fa-codes-exposed" target="_blank">Major SMS security lapse is a reminder to use authenticator apps instead</a> (The Verge)</li> </ul><p><br></p><p>The Betterment Weekend Longreads:</p><ul> <li> <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/karl-friston-free-energy-principle-artificial-intelligence/" target="_blank">THE GENIUS NEUROSCIENTIST WHO MIGHT HOLD THE KEY TO TRUE AI</a> (Wired)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/15/magazine/autonomous-robots-weapons.html" target="_blank">Are Killer Robots the Future of War? Parsing the Facts on Autonomous Weapons</a> (NYTimes Magazine)</li> <li> <a href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/a3mgxb/the-internet-has-a-huge-cc-problem-and-developers-dont-want-to-deal-with-it" target="_blank">The Internet Has a Huge C/C++ Problem and Developers Don't Want to Deal With It</a> (Motherboard)</li> <li> <a href="https://firstround.com/review/how-superhuman-built-an-engine-to-find-product-market-fit/" target="_blank">How Superhuman Built an Engine to Find Product/Market Fit</a> (First Round Review)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/black-start-power-grid-darpa-plum-island/" target="_blank">THE HAIL MARY PLAN TO RESTART A HACKED US ELECTRIC GRID</a> (Wired)</li> <li> <a href="https://mashable.com/feature/space-camp/?fbclid=IwAR1kLBHs330FaHafcc3Gb8qyfOwkf6H8W-nF9UrkkNi3ZZP7uo7bNKI-cvU#pHXafX03saq5" target="_blank">Space Camp grows up</a> (Mashable)</li> </ul> <a href="https://anchor.fm/s/34f8474/podcast/sponsor/acugia/url/https%3A%2F%2Fflipboard.com%2F">https://flipboard.com/</a>