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A search for places to stay in New York City via Airbnb returns plenty of results, despite the practice of short-term rentals being found to be illegal under city and state law.
Airbnb Stays Are Illegal In New York, Court Rules
()People who use Airbnb, the web company that pairs travelers with residents who rent out their homes on a short-term basis, are breaking New York City's laws, according to an administrative law judge. The vacation rental business was found to run afoul of the city's occupancy code.
Tweets Capture 'Shock And Awe' At Tornado's Deadly Power
Witnesses tweet their reactions to the massive tornado in Oklahoma.
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If Your Shrink Is A Bot, How Do You Respond?()
May 20, 2013 A computer-simulated woman named Ellie is designed to talk to people who are struggling emotionally and take their measure — 30 times per second. Researchers hope their technology, which reads a person's body language and inflections, will yield diagnostic clues for clinical therapists.
Around the Nation
Seeing The (Northern) Light: A Temporary Arctic Retirement ()
May 20, 2013 WBURInspired by a TED talk, Winston Chen quit his software job and moved from Boston to a tiny Norwegian island with his wife and kids. He spent the year enjoying the outdoors with his family and writing an iPhone app, something he would never have done without his self-imposed sabbatical.
Parallels
Young Kenyans Build Mobile Apps For Local Use()
May 19, 2013 College students and recent graduates crammed the top floor of a tech hub in Nairobi for a competition built around the theme "Solutions for the Next Billion Mobile Users." Africa has more than 600 million mobile phone users (approximately 11 percent of the global total) – and the number is growing.
All Tech Considered
Can Losing Weight In Your 'Second Life' Help In Your First?()
May 19, 2013 A new study from the University of Kansas Medical Center shows that the online game Second Life helped some people lose weight — and keep it off — in real life.
The Two-Way
Book News: Amazon May Be Called Before Parliament Over Taxes ()
May 17, 2013 Also: AARP and The Nation join a growing list of ebook publishers; Hilary Mantel on Jane Austen; Anne Applebaum on Sheryl Sandberg.
All Tech Considered
Google's Privacy Shift Powers New Customized Maps()
May 16, 2013 The new Google Maps features tailor-made results based on users' habits and search histories. The features were made possible by the revisions Google made to its privacy policies last year, a change that removed most of the barriers between its various services.
The Two-Way
Twitter Users Risk Damnation, Saudi Religious Police Say()
May 16, 2013 Sheikh Abdul Latif Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh said anyone using social media sites — and especially Twitter — "has lost this world and his afterlife." Many Saudis have turned to social media sites for news and to discuss issues they might otherwise not be able to bring up.
The Two-Way
Book News: Amazon's Tiny Tax Payment Draws Fresh Scrutiny()
May 16, 2013 Also: Afaa Michael Weaver on being a black poet abroad; ebook sales jumped 44 percent last year; Cormac McCarthy's beach body.
All Tech Considered
A New 'Smart Rifle' Decides When To Shoot And Rarely Misses()
May 15, 2013 A new rifle goes on sale on Wednesday, and it's not like any other. It uses lasers and computers to make shooters very accurate. A startup gun company in Texas developed the TrackingPoint rifle, which is so effective that some in the shooting community say it should not be sold to the public.
The Record
Google Launches A Streaming Music Service()
May 15, 2013 On Wednesday the company launched All Access, a paid subscription service that will put it in direct competition with Spotify and Pandora.
