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Short-term rentals can function as a quick release valve for a city expecting an influx of visitors, increasing capacity for a short time nearly instantly. In fact, despite the usual hype around the Olympic Games, there are still many…

Turning to a friend or coworker can make tricky problems easier to tackle. Now it looks like having AI chatbots team up with each other can make them more effective.I’ve been playing this week with AutoGen, an open source software framework…

The white colonial revival church with its high steeple adds an idyllic architectural touch to the affluent town of Huntington, a Long Island suburb of New York City. But a sign grabs the eye from the road: “Coworking space,” it says. “Kind…

It feels foolish to expect a lot from Hades II. Supergiant Games' first Greek-mythology-inspired roguelike was so delightfully weird it seemed unbeatable. It wasn't. After several hours spent playing the game, which was released in Early…

When it came time to make Metaphor: ReFantazio, developer Atlus had a guiding principle: make a video game that was a culmination of all the beloved RPGs the company had made before it. “We decided to challenge the fantasy genre,” director…

Airbnb will soon ban hosts from watching their guests with indoor security cameras, as the company is reversing course on its surveillance policies.As of April 30, hosts around the world must remove indoor cameras and disclose other outdoor…

Christmas is in full swing in New York City; lines snake through Midtown as tourists oggle department store windows and the Rockefeller Center tree, and the Union Square Holiday Market is bustling with vendors and shoppers. All the while,…

Like Minecraft, players must brave these depths for precious materials, and, like Minecraft, they must contend with vicious enemies. Down here are poisoned versions of Hynoxes and Lynels, and other nasty new things not to be…

I love tension rods. No, really. I rent my apartment, so I’m always weary of doing anything too invasive or permanent to it, so screwing rods into the wall to hold up my curtains is out of the question to me. And tension rods are the…

I was once this close to buying an entirely new refrigerator when ours stopped working. As I remember it, we had a power outage during a storm, and everything except the fridge came back online just fine. We couldn’t find anything obviously…