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Dynamic Kubernetes Cluster Scaling at Airbnb | by David Morrison | The Airbnb Tech Blog
10 min read · May 23, 2022 Authors: Evan Sheng, David Morrison An important part of running Airbnb’s infrastructure is ensuring our cloud spending automatically scales with demand, both up and down. Our traffic fluctuates heavily every day, and our cloud footprint should scale dynamically to support this. To support this scaling, Airbnb utilizes Kubernetes, …
Seven Ontario residents fined for breaking pandemic rules at Airbnb party in Cantley
Article content Seven people from Ontario will be fined $1,550 each for breaking Quebec’s COVID-19 rules by gathering at an Airbnb in Cantley, according to police. Police received a complaint about a residence on Hogan Street, according to a release from the MRC des Collines-de-l’Outaouais. One of the seven people had rented the place on …
Tech IPO Bonanza Yields Riches for Venture-Capital Firms
More than $157 billion has been raised as of Thursday, according to data provider Dealogic—over a third of that in the past 11 weeks—and the number of listings is the largest since the final hurrah of the dot-com boom in 2000. The soaring public offerings are showering returns on some of the biggest names in …
Airbnb IPO and Live Stock Market Updates
Here’s what you need to know: Brian Chesky, the chief executive of Airbnb, which is set to begin trading on the Nasdaq on Thursday.Credit…Jessica Chou for The New York Times Airbnb set a higher price range for its initial public offering on Monday, increasing its potential valuation to almost $42 billion, a move that sets …
Man arrested after victim shot in back while breaking up Airbnb party in Pendleton
A man was arrested a month after another man was shot in the back while trying to break up an unauthorized Airbnb party in Pendleton, according to court documents.Byron Prather, 46, was arrested on Wednesday. Cincinnati police said someone rented an apartment on Broadway Street through Airbnb on Aug. 16 and threw a party.Neighbors said …
Man shot breaking up Airbnb party relearning to walk, shares recovery progress
A man who was shot while trying to break up an unauthorized Airbnb party in Pendleton has shared his recovery progress with WLWT.Since that shooting last month, he is relearning to walk and recovering with a bullet still in his back.Cincinnati police said charges in the case are now pending.Stephen Knight, 32, said he never …
3 charged after cops break up 700-person Airbnb Mansion Party
> JACKSON — Three people have been charged with violating the governor’s executive order limiting gatherings after police spent hours breaking up a mansion party in Jackson Township that grew to over 700 people Sunday night and clogged neighborhood streets with traffic, authorities said. Police said they started receiving …
The Technology 202: Airbnb is reeling from the coronavirus fallout
(Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty Images) Ctrl + N Airbnb was expected to be the hottest tech IPO of the year. Instead, the coronavirus pandemic has upended its business. The Wall Street Journal reported last night that Airbnb’s recent $1 billion funding round came with stringent terms. The company is paying more than 10 percent interest on the …
Minister condemns Airbnb hosts offering ‘Covid-19 retreats’ | Technology
Airbnb hosts have been accused of irresponsible and dangerous behaviour for advertising properties in Britain as “Covid-19 retreats”. Laws brought in to combat the spread of coronavirus state that holiday accommodation should only be provided to key workers needing to self-isolate. But BBC News found that some properties were being advertised as places to self-isolate …
The technology companies being hammered by coronavirus travel bans
Whether it is in retail, entertainment, hospitality or banking, technology companies have been the disruptive force of the 21st century. Instead of shopping in stores, people are buying online. Instead of going to the cinema and eating in restaurants, they’re choosing to stay in with Netflix and a takeaway from Deliveroo. But, now, for many …
