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When Anti‑Tech Rage Turns Into Actual Violence, We All Lose

Sam Altman's home has now been attacked twice.

April 14, 2026

Peak SF: A Dog Riding Solo in a Waymo at Castro & Market

If you needed a single image to sum up San Francisco in 2026, here it is: a dog, alone, chilling in the back of a Waymo…

CastroApril 13, 2026

When Your Ex Uses ChatGPT to Spiral — And OpenAI Shrugs

Here's a sentence nobody expected to read in a legal filing: a San Francisco woman is asking a judge to cut off her…

April 13, 2026

Two SF Startups Want to Catch the Next Pandemic Before It Catches You

Here's a sentence you probably never thought you'd read outside of a sci-fi novel: two San Francisco tech firms say…

April 13, 2026

Sam Altman Gets Attacked, Then Asks Washington to Regulate His Competition

A man allegedly firebombed Sam Altman's San Francisco home because he feared AI would destroy humanity.

April 12, 2026

Deskmate Maps SF's Work‑Friendly Cafés, Wifi Ratings and All

A San Francisco remote worker got tired of the café roulette — you know the game.

April 11, 2026

DC Wants to Regulate AI. San Francisco Already Built It.

Here's the uncomfortable truth Washington doesn't want to hear: by the time Congress finishes drafting an AI regulation…

April 11, 2026

When Anti‑Tech Rage Turns Physical, Everyone Should Be Worried

Someone attacked Sam Altman's home. Let that sink in for a second. Whatever your feelings about OpenAI's CEO — and San…

April 11, 2026

The Free Speech Champions Who Couldn't Handle Free Speech

There's a certain kind of irony so thick you could spread it on sourdough, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation just…

April 9, 2026

San Francisco's AI Hype Machine Is Exhausting Everyone — Even the Engineers

There's a particular kind of fatigue that sets in when you can't drive down 101 without being assaulted by seventeen…

April 9, 2026

Amazon's One Medical: Move Fast, Break Healthcare, Fire the Whistleblower

Here's a fun corporate playbook: acquire a healthcare company, cut costs to the bone, and when a doctor raises safety…

April 9, 2026

SF Blue Tech Happy Hour: Where Ocean Innovation Meets Open Bar

San Francisco is hosting a Blue Tech Happy Hour — a networking event bringing together entrepreneurs, engineers, and…

April 9, 2026

Another Tech Networking Event? Startup Valley Wants You to Press the Flesh

Startup Valley is hosting a tech networking event here in San Francisco, and look — we're not going to pretend this is…

April 8, 2026

Deepfaking Sam Altman: When AI's Biggest Cheerleader Becomes Its Best Case Study

There's a certain poetic irony when the CEO of OpenAI — the man who arguably did more than anyone to put generative AI…

April 8, 2026

Tesla's Cybercabs Spotted on 280 — And Nobody Asked for a Two‑Seater Taxi

A pair of Tesla Cybercabs were spotted cruising Highway 280 this week, outfitted with sensor rigs and turning heads —…

April 8, 2026

One Developer Built a Real‑Time Fog Tracker and It's the Most Bay Area Thing Ever

If you've ever driven from the Mission to Ocean Beach and felt personally betrayed by the weather, someone finally…

April 7, 2026

The Emperor Has No Code: Sam Altman's Technical Cred Takes a Hit

In a twist that will surprise approximately no one who's been paying attention, reports are emerging that OpenAI CEO…

April 7, 2026

Oracle Dumps 500+ Silicon Valley Workers — But Can You Blame Them?

Oracle just handed pink slips to more than 500 workers across Silicon Valley, part of a broader wave of over 700…

April 7, 2026

The AI Land Grab: SF's Biggest Players Ranked by How Much Office Space They're Hoarding

Forget market caps and funding rounds for a second.

April 7, 2026

Waymo's New Ride Just Dropped — And It Actually Makes Sense

Love them or hate them, the Waymo robotaxis aren't going anywhere — except, well, everywhere.

April 7, 2026

Anthropic Keeps Gobbling Up SF Office Space — and We're Cautiously Here for It

Anthropic, the AI safety company behind Claude, just leased two more office spaces in San Francisco, continuing a trend…

April 6, 2026

Move Over, Chatbots: SF's Next Real Estate Gold Rush Has Arms and Legs

San Francisco's AI-fueled commercial real estate revival just entered a new phase — and this one comes with actuators.

April 6, 2026

That Giant Airship Over the Bay Isn't a Fever Dream — It's the Future (Maybe)

If you looked up over the San Francisco Bay recently and thought you'd accidentally time-traveled to 1935, relax —…

April 5, 2026

That Giant Blimp Over the Bay Is Real, and It's Spectacular

If you looked up this week and thought you'd time-traveled to 1937 — relax.

April 4, 2026