The rise of the sharing economy has wrested control from large companies and put some of that control in the hands of individual sellers and consumers. Perhaps the best example of this is ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- It's a new scam, experts are calling pure "Evil Genius." The scammer preys on would-be guests to the popular on-line rental service - Airbnb. But before you fall for the cyber scam ...

A Longboat AirBnB guest threatened to leave a negative review if money wasn’t sent by the property manager. This and other ...

Big tech sharing economy platforms like Airbnb and Uber are marketed as trustworthy, but a new book by a South African media scholar argues that they are highly vulnerable to scammers who spread ...

Let's face it: Most vacationers still choose Airbnb for their short-term stays. A survey by Skift showed that while the top three short-term booking platforms took the lion's share of the market in ...