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  • It's been a year since New York City began enforcing its near-ban on short-term rentals, including Airbnbs.
  • While the number of short-term rentals has plummeted, the effect on the housing market is unclear.
  • Airbnb says the ban is too broad and hasn't made housing any more affordable.

New York City's ban on most short-term rentals was supposed to make


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X is not a gatekeeper platform and therefore not beholden to the Digital Markets Act strict list of regulations.

But the reason why X isn't one of the seven Big Tech companies that are required to comply with certain fair business practices might sting Elon Musk's ego a bit.

This announcement came from the European Commission in a press release on Wednesday morning. X doesn't qualify as a



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Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is just around the corner, with a release date of October 25, and Microsoft has temporarily removed the $1 Xbox Game Pass 14-day trial from stores —‚ again. Some gamers may remember that Microsoft pulled a similar stunt last year just before Starfield’s release. Essentially, this keeps players from trying out a big new release like Black Ops 6 without paying for a full



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We loved living close to Washington, DC.
  • My husband and I loved living in a two-bedroom, two-bathroom condo near Washington, DC.
  • When we retired, we wanted space for retirement hobbies and grandkids.
  • To afford a larger house, we headed further from DC to the suburbs of Maryland.

For 17 years, my husband and I lived in a two-bedroom, two-bathroom condominium in North Arlington



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Are you one of the many American consumers who have to ration your internet usage due to your service provider's broadband data caps? The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has heard from consumers just like you and are now going to investigate these data caps.

On Wednesday, the FCC announced that it was opening a formal inquiry into the "impacts of internet services usage limits and fees."



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Apple’s new iPad Mini might be hogging the spotlight, but it’s not the only great tablet on the market. If you’re looking for a slate outside of Apple’s ecosystem, the original OnePlus Pad is a terrific Android tablet that OnePlus is selling for $359.99 (



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Hosting a property on Airbnb is no longer a simple process. Customers can be finicky, ideal pricing can change on a dime, markets can become flooded and earnings can be difficult to track. The platform’s trying to simplify matters by introducing the Co-Host Network, which allows hosts to hire other hosts to manage properties.

Here’s how it works. Property owners can peruse the network for other



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Satellite images and onboard footage show how the race to build and fortify artificial islands in the South China Sea is nudging America and China closer to conflict.

It's been 10 years since the first large islands first started to appear, but now, some are fully operational military bases with 3,000-meter runways, weapons systems, and deepwater harbors.

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