Airbnb is finally drawing a line on checkout chores. For stays booked on or after Nov 20, hosts generally can't require guests to strip beds, take trash offsite, or wash and put away dishes, and hosts can't fine guests either. Requests that break the policy get flagged. Our take: overdue. Guests were paying a cleaning fee and then doing the cleaner's job. The thing to watch now is whether cleaning fees or nightly rates quietly creep up to cover it. Would you still load the dishwasher on your way out, or is that on the host now? #Airbnb #ShortTermRentals #Travel Tips via X appreciated if this hit.

Diana Shnaider takes the opening set 7-5 off Alex Eala in Ningbo after 51 minutes. Eala broke back to 5-5, then got broken again right away, and Shnaider served it out. Some context on Eala: before 2026 she had 15 tour-level wins in her whole career. Monday's 6-3, 6-1 win over Diane Parry was her 34th this season, and their first-ever meeting now decides a WTA 500 quarterfinal spot. Can the world No. 20 flip this from a set down against the No. 6 seed? #NingboOpen #AlexEala #WTA Tips via X appreciated if this hit.

Meta says its Muse AI agent has passed 10M users, and the shopping numbers are the real story. Zuckerberg said about 25% of people who set Muse up now use it daily, and over a quarter of engaged users shopping through the agent averaged purchases above $200. Plaid told Meta it hasn't seen activity like that on its connector from any other service. The bet: Muse eventually earns more per user than Facebook and Instagram do today, mostly from a cut of commerce. Would you let an AI agent spend $200 of your money without checking the cart first? #Meta #AIAgents #Muse Tips via X appreciated if this hit.

Barclays is cutting about 5,000 jobs, roughly 5% of its workforce, and AI is right there in the reason. About 60% of the cuts land in support functions, and developers are in that group. This came the same morning Barclays reported Q3 pre-tax profit up 12% to £2.3B. So this is a profitable bank trimming staff, not one fighting to survive. Profitable bank, fewer coders, AI cited. Is this the playbook every big bank runs in 2027? #Barclays #AI #Banking Tips via X appreciated if this hit.

Turning off "viewing data" on your smart TV may not do much. Northeastern researchers ran 5,943 tests on 12 TVs from 10 brands. Samsung Tizen and Vizio TVs kept sending traffic to their content-recognition servers after users opted out. On Vizio, that traffic showed up in 100% of opted-out tests, even with the TV idle. The data is encrypted, so nobody outside can prove what's in it, but Vizio already paid the FTC $2.2M in 2017 over tracking without consent. The researchers' own fix is blunt: take the TV off Wi-Fi and stream through a separate box. Would you actually unplug your smart TV from the internet? #SmartTV #Privacy #TechNews Tips via X appreciated if this hit.

GTA V and Red Dead Redemption 2 both leave PlayStation Plus Extra on November 17, two days before GTA VI launches on November 19. They're 2 of 11 games exiting that day. Sony's in-console notice about GTA V even includes a GTA VI pre-order button. GTA V has sold roughly 230 million copies across three console generations, so anyone still playing it through Extra is about as targeted an audience as Rockstar could ask for. Clearing the shelf for the sequel, or just the usual rotation? Are you finishing GTA V or RDR2 before the 17th? #GTA6 #PlayStation #PSPlus Tips via X appreciated if this hit.

A24 is putting a Halloween horror movie in theaters on January 29. Slayground is Jeremy Saulnier's next film after Rebel Ridge, and his last two features (Hold the Dark and Rebel Ridge) both went to Netflix. Its working title was literally "October." A24's trailer post has passed 1.9M views in under two days. The trailer sets Cory Michael Smith as the survivor of a haunted-attraction massacre who becomes the prime suspect, with Imogen Poots, Sophie Wilde and Chase Sui Wonders also in the cast. Skipping spooky season for a slow January slot is a bet that horror can own a quiet month. Would you see a Halloween movie in January? #Slayground #A24 #JeremySaulnier Tips via X appreciated if this hit.

Manifest's spin-off is moving the mystery from New York to Denver. Arrivals: A New Manifest Mystery is listed to film in Vancouver from Jan. 19 to June 9, 2027, with Jeff Rake back as co-creator and the original show's casting duo running casting. No original cast is confirmed. A shoot that wraps in June makes a 2028 premiere more realistic than late 2027. Would you watch a Manifest show without the Stone family? #Manifest #ArrivalsNetflix #Netflix Tips via X appreciated if this hit.

Kessler didn't just go 12-for-12. He did it in a 127-105 rout where the Lakers led by as many as 35 over a Warriors team missing Butler, Porzingis, Podziemski and Moody. Luka added 28 in three quarters, including a half-court bank at the halftime buzzer, and sat the entire fourth. Reaves had 23 and went 10-for-10 at the line. Curry got 23 in just 21 minutes. Opening night of the post-LeBron Lakers, and the new center looks like the story. Is Luka-to-Kessler a real problem for the West, or one perfect night against a short-handed team? #LakeShow #WalkerKessler #NBA Tips via X appreciated if this hit.

Cyberpunk 2077 Update 2.5 hits PC, Mac, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S today, and the biggest change isn't dual-wielding. It's cross-platform mods through mod.io, browsable right from the in-game menu on PS5, Xbox and Switch 2. Consoles also finally get an FOV slider. The catch: no achievements or trophies on a modded console save. Nearly six years after a launch so rough Sony pulled it from the PlayStation Store, CD Projekt is still shipping free content: a prequel quest to Edgerunners 2, a Double Trouble perk for dual pistols, Glamdoc cyberware skins and DLSS 4.5 support. Would you give up trophies for mods? #Cyberpunk2077 #Edgerunners2 #PCGaming Tips via X appreciated if this hit.

Clippers 121, Kings 96. Their first season opener without Kawhi Leonard since 2019, and they never trailed once. Darius Garland had 30. Brook Lopez put up 17 and 11 off the bench. Rookie Keaton Wagler went 15-5-5. The bench won 53-34. Same night, Kawhi scored 23 in Toronto's win over Chicago. Is Garland a real No. 1 option, or did the Kings just make it look easy? #Clippers #NBA #ClipperNation Tips via X appreciated if this hit.

Patriots at Bears tonight on Thursday Night Football is the best game of Week 7. Both teams are 4-2. Drake Maye over his last three games: an NFL-best 10 TD passes and just 1 INT, after throwing a league-high 6 picks in the first three weeks. Caleb Williams leads the league at a 72.5% completion rate, up from 58.1% last season. The catch: Chicago has forced 42 takeaways since the start of last season, most in the NFL. The only time these 2024 draft classmates met, New England won 19-3. Does the Bears defense bring back the turnover-prone Maye, or do the Patriots make it four straight? #NEvsCHI #TNF #Bears Tips via X appreciated if this hit.

Air Canada just pulled five U.S. routes from its 2027 schedule, citing "commercial reasons": Toronto Billy Bishop to Boston Toronto Pearson to Charleston Vancouver to Nashville Vancouver to Raleigh-Durham Montreal to Seattle Charleston loses its only Air Canada route, which only started in March 2024. The other four cities stay reachable through other Canadian hubs, so this reads like trimming thin point-to-point flying, not a pullback from the U.S. Would you take a connection through Toronto or Montreal, or does losing the nonstop kill the trip for you? #AirCanada #Travel #Aviation Tips via X appreciated if this hit.

Ty Jerome just scored a career-high 45 on 17-of-25 shooting and stole opening night from two top-3 picks. Grizzlies 123, Jazz 103. No. 3 pick Cameron Boozer went 2-of-15 from the field but still grabbed 11 rebounds with 5 assists in 33 minutes. No. 2 pick Darryn Peterson had 9 for Utah. Shooting slumps come and go. Rebounding and passing usually stick. Whose debut would you rather have, Boozer's 7/11/5 or Peterson's 9 points? #GrizzNation #TyJerome #NBA Tips via X appreciated if this hit.

Bono on U2 ticket prices, from the NYT's The Interview podcast: the band takes some of the best seats in the house and makes them among the most affordable, and has "no problem separating rich people from their money" on the premium ones. His words: "rich people have feelings, too." For context, the average ticket for the top 100 tours went from $96.17 in 2019 to $132.62 in 2025 per Pollstar, up about 38%. U2's Sphere run started at $140 with 60% of tickets under $300. Is tiered pricing like this actually fairer than dynamic pricing, or just a nicer word for it? #U2 #Bono #ConcertTickets Tips via X appreciated if this hit.

Zion Williamson went 1 of 4 from three all of last season. In tonight's opener vs the Pacers he was 2 of 2 from deep by halftime, with a game-high 15 first-half points. New coach Jamahl Mosley has said he loves that Zion is letting it fly, and on the other side Tyrese Haliburton played his first game that counts in 486 days. Is the Zion three real this year, or one hot half? #Pelicans #ZionWilliamson #NBA Tips via X appreciated if this hit.

Kings at Clippers tips at 10:30 ET, and both California teams open with a lot to prove. The Clippers start life after Kawhi with Darius Garland running the offense, and Steve Ballmer barred from his baseline seat all season as part of the league's punishment. Sacramento went 22-60 last year and has missed the playoffs in 19 of the last 20 seasons, so Sabonis, LaVine and Murray all coming back healthy is the whole story. LA went from 6-21 to the play-in last season. Which of these two finishes higher this time? #LightTheBeam #ClipperNation #NBA Tips via X appreciated if this hit.

Warriors at Lakers tips at 10 ET on ESPN, and it's the Luka Doncic era opener with no LeBron on the roster. Openers haven't been kind to LA: 2 wins in the last 10, and only one in LeBron's eight years (2024). Golden State is missing Butler, Moody, Podziemski and Porzingis, but still beat the Lakers twice this preseason. Curry is expected to play through right ankle soreness. Who takes opening night, Luka or Steph? #Lakers #DubNation #NBA Tips via X appreciated if this hit.

Ja Morant debuts for Portland tonight vs the Suns, and he's starting next to Damian Lillard, per Chris Haynes. Jrue Holiday and Scoot Henderson come off the bench. Morant started 325 of 327 games in Memphis, but last season was his worst: 20 games, 41.0% from the field, 23.5% from three. This preseason he shot 56.7%. Does a Morant-Lillard backcourt hold up on defense? #RipCity #JaMorant #NBA Tips via X appreciated if this hit.

Kawhi Leonard is playing his first regular-season game back in a Raptors jersey tonight vs the Bulls. The last time he suited up for Toronto in a game that counted was Game 6 of the 2019 Finals: title clinched, Finals MVP, then gone to the Clippers. His own line in the return video: "it wasn't luck the first time." He turned 35 in June and is now next to a young roster. Real East contender, or one last run? #Raptors #KawhiLeonard #NBA Tips via X appreciated if this hit.