Airbnb Hosts Are Furious They Can No Longer Make Guests Do Their Chores Wired By: Caroline Haskins 21 October 2026 at 22:57 Some hosts are threatening to strike, while others are plotting ways around Airbnb’s new restrictions. Guests, meanwhile, are celebrating.
Maybe Chatbots Shouldn’t Get to Say ‘I’ or ‘Me’ Wired By: Steven Levy 16 October 2026 at 16:00 MIT professor Sherry Turkle warns that people have become dangerously enmeshed with chatbots.
I’m Still Convinced the iPod Was the Perfect Gadget Wired By: Steven Levy 9 October 2026 at 16:00 Apple’s original music player got many things right. Chief among them: It didn’t connect to the internet.
Tristan Harris’ Tech Nonprofit Is Laying Off Most Staff and Going ‘Founder-Led’ Wired By: Paresh Dave 8 October 2026 at 10:30 The Center for Humane Technology helped spark a movement against excessive screen time, but internal tensions over its direction and strategy have simmered for years, sources tell WIRED.