Google ditches plans for $15 billion in Bay Area development
FILE – In this Sept. 24, 2019, file photo a sign is shown on a Google building at their campus in Mountain View. Google just ended its agreement with Lendlease …
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Bay Area company alleges Chinese partners stole trade secrets
The Robert F. Peckham U.S. Courthouse and Federal Building in San Jose, Calif., on April 21, 2023. The courthouse is home to a branch of United States District Court’s Northern …
Catalytic converter theft seems to be plummeting in California
Luis Benitez installs one of four new catalytic converters onto a Chevrolet Silverado at Johnny Franklin’s Muffler on July 11, 2022, in San Rafael, Calif. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images For about …
SF CEO changes one word in subject line of 2nd layoff letter of year
Splunk is headquartered at 270 Brannan Street in San Francisco, California. The firm, which has agreed to an acquisition by Cisco, just announced a second round of layoffs in 2023. Courtesy …
Bay Area firm sues old Chinese partners, alleges ‘criminal syndicate’
The Robert F. Peckham U.S. Courthouse and Federal Building in San Jose, Calif., on April 21, 2023. The courthouse is home to a branch of United States District Court’s Northern …
Two massive offices in SF are going from one tech firm to another
Uber is leasing the two connected offices at 1455 and 1515 Third St. in San Francisco’s Mission Bay to OpenAI. Courtesy of Google Streetview Ride-hailing giant Uber has leased 486,600 …
Bay Area tech CEO worth $35 billion says ‘suffering’ wasn’t worth it
FILE: Jensen Huang, co-founder and CEO of Nvidia, speaks during a press conference in Taipei on May 30, 2023. Sam Yeh/AFP via Getty Images Even obscene wealth isn’t enough to justify the horrors …
Cruise pauses entire driverless fleet after Calif. suspended permits
A Chevrolet Cruise autonomous vehicle with a driver moves through an intersection on June 8, 2023 in San Francisco. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Cruise is pausing its entire driverless fleet in …
SF tech company Flexport has hundreds more layoffs after week of drama
FILE: Ryan Petersen, CEO of Flexport, talks at a conference in Toronto, Canada, on June 23, 2022. Harry Murphy/Sportsfile/Getty Images San Francisco-based Flexport is having a tough year financially, and the drama …
Calif. tech giant Qualcomm lays off 1,250 workers, 194 in Bay Area
FILE: The Qualcomm logo sits in front of one of the chip company’s locations in Santa Clara, Calif. Andrej Sokolow/Picture Alliance/Getty Images Qualcomm, the tech giant known best for its dominance …