Sam Altman, CEO of SF’s OpenAI reportedly weds, possibly in Hawaii
Sam Altman, left, and Oliver Mulherin attend A Year In TIME at The Plaza Hotel on Dec. 12, 2023, in New York City. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for TIME Sam Altman, the …
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Bay Area men’s ashes will now float in space with presidential hairs
The new rocket, United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur, lifts off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Jan. 8, 2024, for its maiden voyage, carrying Astrobotic’s …
40 reasons why it’s the best time to live in SF right now
It’s a great time to live in San Francisco. Yes, the city has its struggles, from inequality and the ongoing drug crisis to government bureaucracy that can be almost comically …
SF gaming giant lays off 1,800 workers, a fourth of staff
FILE: A worker installs the logo at Unity Software’s booth one day before the China Digital Entertainment Expo & Conference at Shanghai New International Expo Center on Aug. 1, 2019. …
Calif. tech company VideoAmp lays off more workers after raising $150M
VideoAmp is headquartered in a suite at 12121 Bluff Creek Drive in Los Angeles. The ad tech company is laying off 20% of staff, according to a spokesperson. Courtesy of Google …
Parents selling videos of their kids for $50 in Google-backed study
A Google sign in front of an office at Google headquarters on Dec. 19, 2023, in Mountain View, Calif. The company poured resources into artificial intelligence research in 2023. Justin Sullivan/Getty …
Jeffrey Epstein list interest crashed Bay Area nonprofit’s site
FILE: Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell attend an event on March 15, 2005, in New York City. Court records were released Wednesday from a 2015 lawsuit. Patrick McMullan via Getty Image …
California man accused of nationwide ‘bait and switch’ Airbnb scam
FILE — In this photo illustration, a woman’s silhouette holds a smartphone, with the Airbnb logo in the background. SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty A California man has been arrested in connection with …
Tesla hackers weigh in on Netflix’s ‘Leave the World Behind’
Mahershala Ali, Myha’la Herrold, Julia Roberts and Ethan Hawke, left to right, star in Netflix’s “Leave the World Behind.” The movie centers around the families’ responses to surreal, apocalyptic events. …
SF’s Substack execs shrug at accusation they profit from Nazis
Chris Best, CEO of Substack, during Day 2 of Collision 2022 in Toronto. Best and his co-founders Jairaj Sethi and Hamish McKenzie are holding firm against complaints from popular publishers. …