Why secrecy as a service is the new real estate must-have for the super rich
Agents say they’re increasingly helping homebuyers mask their identities.
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Aspiring tech workers grapple with fewer openings, more competition
As AI makes entry-level jobs scarce, young workers are getting creative to get noticed.
‘He’s exploiting them’: Celebrated SF gallerist accused of stiffing artists, collectors
Jonathan Carver Moore has enjoyed a meteoric rise in San Francisco’s art world for championing Black and queer artists. Now, more than a dozen are claiming unpaid debts.
Meta trial over child safety begins. It could change social media
The high-profile lawsuit from four states, including California, will put Instagram and Facebook’s handling of young users in the spotlight.
A Waymo could soon take you to Sea Ranch
California approves the company’s expanded service area, which includes the East Bay and Sonoma County.
Uber drivers won a 12-year fight to unionize. Robots have already taken the wheel
Rideshare drivers just had the single biggest unionization effort in U.S. history, but robotaxis are weakening their most powerful weapon.
Even starter homes in SF are selling for double the asking price
At least two homes in the city’s southwestern neighborhoods, both listed at around $1 million, sold for more than twice the asking price this summer.
His AI boss fired his human coworker. He’s not worried
Andon Market’s AI manager “Luna” fired its first employee in the “high-tech meets slow life” boutique.
‘We gave them hell’: The people who fought Google buses remember battles won and lost
Thirteen years ago, their protests against SF’s tech buses made headlines. Now they warn that the AI boom is making things even worse.
The mysterious case of Glen Park’s most polite thieves
In one instance, a miscreant neatly stacked the papers in a car that’d been rifled through.