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Inside SF’s Most Competitive ‘Hacker House,’ Where Workers Will Eat, Sleep and Breathe Tech

Inside SF’s Most Competitive ‘Hacker House,’ Where Workers Will Eat, Sleep and Breathe Tech

By Liz Lindqwister
Jan. 23, 2023 • 8:00am • 4m
San Francisco’s Next Gold Rush Is Already Here, and You’ve Been Using it for Years

San Francisco’s Next Gold Rush Is Already Here, and You’ve Been Using it for Years

By Liz Lindqwister
Jan. 23, 2023 • 7:00am • 8m
Google Axes 12,000 Jobs As Big Tech Layoffs Continue

Google Axes 12,000 Jobs As Big Tech Layoffs Continue

By Annie Gaus
Jan. 20, 2023 • 7:39am • 1m
Twitter Hit With Lawsuits Over Hack That Exposed Personal Data

Twitter Hit With Lawsuits Over Hack That Exposed Personal Data

By Annie Gaus
Jan. 18, 2023 • 2:30pm • 2m
Return of the ‘Glasshole’: What to Know About Apple and Google’s Augmented Reality Headsets

Return of the ‘Glasshole’: What to Know About Apple and Google’s Augmented Reality Headsets

By Nick Veronin
Jan. 18, 2023 • 12:38pm • 2m
Twitter HQ Memorabilia Rakes in $150K Amid Online Bidding War

Twitter HQ Memorabilia Rakes in $150K Amid Online Bidding War

By Matthew Kupfer
Jan. 18, 2023 • 11:53am • 2m
Big Tech Has Cut 91,000 Jobs. These Companies Made the Most Layoffs

Big Tech Has Cut 91,000 Jobs. These Companies Made the Most Layoffs

By Maryann Jones Thompson
Jan. 18, 2023 • 10:37pm • 1m
Microsoft Announces Massive Layoffs, Amazon’s Big Cuts Commence as Tech Bloodbath Continues

Microsoft Announces Massive Layoffs, Amazon’s Big Cuts Commence as Tech Bloodbath Continues

By The Standard Staff
Jan. 18, 2023 • 10:58pm • 2m
Elon Musk Called ‘Off His Rocker,’ ‘Arrogant’ at First Day of Tesla Trial

Elon Musk Called ‘Off His Rocker,’ ‘Arrogant’ at First Day of Tesla Trial

By Annie Gaus
Jan. 17, 2023 • 5:30pm • 2m
We Bid on Furniture From Twitter HQ so You Don’t Have To

We Bid on Furniture From Twitter HQ so You Don’t Have To

By Matthew Kupfer
Jan. 17, 2023 • 2:02pm • 3m
What Is ‘Cerebral Valley’? San Francisco’s Nerdiest New Neighborhood

What Is ‘Cerebral Valley’? San Francisco’s Nerdiest New Neighborhood

By Liz Lindqwister
Jan. 13, 2023 • 6:00am • 6m
How a Fake Doctor Tricked Pundits by Fueling Covid Outrage on Twitter

How a Fake Doctor Tricked Pundits by Fueling Covid Outrage on Twitter

By Matthew Kupfer
Jan. 13, 2023 • 5:00am • 6m
California Bills Could Ban TikTok From State-Owned Devices

California Bills Could Ban TikTok From State-Owned Devices

By Mike Ege
Jan. 12, 2023 • 11:57am • 2m
Ex-Twitter Employees Lawyer Up as Paltry Severance Agreements Roll In

Ex-Twitter Employees Lawyer Up as Paltry Severance Agreements Roll In

By Matthew Kupfer
Jan. 12, 2023 • 8:00am • 6m
Your AI-Generated Chats Are About To Get Better—for a Price

Your AI-Generated Chats Are About To Get Better—for a Price

By Christina Campodonico
Jan. 11, 2023 • 1:00pm • 1m
Twitter Slapped With Another Lawsuit Over Unpaid Bills

Twitter Slapped With Another Lawsuit Over Unpaid Bills

By Annie Gaus
Jan. 10, 2023 • 7:15pm • 1m
Salesforce Axes 752 Employees in San Francisco

Salesforce Axes 752 Employees in San Francisco

By Annie Gaus
Jan. 10, 2023 • 4:05pm • 1m
Controversial AI ‘Robo-Lawyer’ Heads to Court Next Month in Traffic Cases

Controversial AI ‘Robo-Lawyer’ Heads to Court Next Month in Traffic Cases

By Kevin Truong
Jan. 10, 2023 • 11:55am • 3m
Coinbase Cuts 950 Jobs as CEO Warns of ‘Contagion’

Coinbase Cuts 950 Jobs as CEO Warns of ‘Contagion’

By Annie Gaus
Jan. 10, 2023 • 10:10am • 1m
Layoffs Decimated SF Last Year. What’s Next for 2023?

Layoffs Decimated SF Last Year. What’s Next for 2023?

By Liz Lindqwister
Jan. 06, 2023 • 11:46am • 3m
Stitch Fix Lays Off 6% of Its Workers, CEO Steps Down

Stitch Fix Lays Off 6% of Its Workers, CEO Steps Down

By Liz Lindqwister
Jan. 05, 2023 • 5:30pm • 1m
Twitter Sued for Failing To Pay Rent at San Francisco Office

Twitter Sued for Failing To Pay Rent at San Francisco Office

By Annie Gaus
Jan. 01, 2023 • 9:22am • 1m
Massive Worldwide Disruption to Twitter Appears Resolved After a Few Hours

Massive Worldwide Disruption to Twitter Appears Resolved After a Few Hours

By Peter-Astrid Kane
Dec. 28, 2022 • 6:23pm • 1m
AI Goes to School: Bay Area Teachers Brace for Bot-Generated Homework

AI Goes to School: Bay Area Teachers Brace for Bot-Generated Homework

By Ida Mojadad
Dec. 22, 2022 • 5:06pm • 3m
Is Musk’s Twitter Becoming a Cesspool of Disinformation?

Is Musk’s Twitter Becoming a Cesspool of Disinformation?

By Matthew Kupfer
Dec. 22, 2022 • 2:00pm • 5m
I Tried To Visit OpenAI’s Office. Hilarity Ensued

I Tried To Visit OpenAI’s Office. Hilarity Ensued

By Matthew Kupfer
Dec. 20, 2022 • 1:30pm • 5m
These Doctors Pushed Masking, Covid Lockdowns on Twitter. Turns Out, They Don’t Exist

These Doctors Pushed Masking, Covid Lockdowns on Twitter. Turns Out, They Don’t Exist

By Matthew Kupfer
Jan. 17, 2023 • 7:02pm • 6m
‘Is it Doggy Coin or Dogey Coin?’: House Hearing on FTX Collapse Kicks Off in Hilarious Fashion

‘Is it Doggy Coin or Dogey Coin?’: House Hearing on FTX Collapse Kicks Off in Hilarious Fashion

By Liz Lindqwister
Dec. 13, 2022 • 11:25am • 1m
Sam Bankman-Fried: FTX Founder Hit With Slew of Charges Including Fraud, Money Laundering

Sam Bankman-Fried: FTX Founder Hit With Slew of Charges Including Fraud, Money Laundering

By Liz Lindqwister
Dec. 13, 2022 • 10:07am • 4m
Sam Bankman-Fried Arrested in the Bahamas

Sam Bankman-Fried Arrested in the Bahamas

By Liz Lindqwister
Dec. 12, 2022 • 4:20pm • 1m
FTX Fallout, Imposters, Lawsuits and a Presidential Probe: Stanford Rocked by Scandals

FTX Fallout, Imposters, Lawsuits and a Presidential Probe: Stanford Rocked by Scandals

By Liz Lindqwister
Dec. 11, 2022 • 5:00am • 5m
A San Francisco Law Firm Is Leading the Charge Against AI

A San Francisco Law Firm Is Leading the Charge Against AI

By Olivia Cruz Mayeda
Dec. 09, 2022 • 5:00pm • 2m
SF Investigators Found Beds at Twitter HQ. Here’s What Happens Next

SF Investigators Found Beds at Twitter HQ. Here’s What Happens Next

By Sarah Wright
Dec. 08, 2022 • 10:06am • 2m
Ukrainian Tech Company in SF Raising Money for War Effort Ambulances

Ukrainian Tech Company in SF Raising Money for War Effort Ambulances

By Kevin V. Nguyen
Dec. 07, 2022 • 10:42am • 1m
We Asked an AI To Write a Typical SF Story. Here’s What it Came Up With

We Asked an AI To Write a Typical SF Story. Here’s What it Came Up With

By Matthew Kupfer
Dec. 03, 2022 • 10:00am • 3m
Did Meta Staff Take Bribes To Put Porn Stars on a Terrorism Blacklist? 

Did Meta Staff Take Bribes To Put Porn Stars on a Terrorism Blacklist? 

By Kevin Truong
Dec. 02, 2022 • 4:04pm • 2m
Salesforce Is Pushing Sales Employees Back to the Office as Tech Slumps

Salesforce Is Pushing Sales Employees Back to the Office as Tech Slumps

By Kevin Truong
Dec. 01, 2022 • 4:04pm • 3m
Cruise’s Robotaxi Revolution Is Hitting the Gas in San Francisco

Cruise’s Robotaxi Revolution Is Hitting the Gas in San Francisco

By Kevin Truong
Dec. 01, 2022 • 2:35pm • 5m
Crypto Bank Kraken Cuts Nearly a Third of Staff as Market Cools

Crypto Bank Kraken Cuts Nearly a Third of Staff as Market Cools

By Sarah Wright
Nov. 30, 2022 • 9:59am • 1m
Watch: The Extraordinary Saga of Sam Bankman-Fried and the Collapse of FTX

Watch: The Extraordinary Saga of Sam Bankman-Fried and the Collapse of FTX

By Jesse Rogala
Nov. 23, 2022 • 5:50pm • 1m
Another Casualty of Twitter Chaos? Local Nonprofits Depending on the Company

Another Casualty of Twitter Chaos? Local Nonprofits Depending on the Company

By Kevin Truong
Nov. 19, 2022 • 10:00am • 4m
‘Energy Healer’ Tech Couple Say They Flew to SF on Private Jet to Help Elon Musk

‘Energy Healer’ Tech Couple Say They Flew to SF on Private Jet to Help Elon Musk

By Joe Burn, Camille Cohen
Nov. 18, 2022 • 5:05pm • 3m
Is San Francisco on Track for Another Dot-Com Bust?

Is San Francisco on Track for Another Dot-Com Bust?

By Liz Lindqwister
Nov. 18, 2022 • 7:00am • 4m
Twitter Teeters As Employees Quit En Masse

Twitter Teeters As Employees Quit En Masse

By Annie Gaus
Nov. 18, 2022 • 6:50am • 3m
Amazon To Cut 263 Jobs in Sunnyvale Amid Mass Layoff Rumors

Amazon To Cut 263 Jobs in Sunnyvale Amid Mass Layoff Rumors

By Annie Gaus
Nov. 15, 2022 • 2:13pm • 1m
Asana To Lay Off 97 Employees in San Francisco

Asana To Lay Off 97 Employees in San Francisco

By Annie Gaus
Nov. 15, 2022 • 1:55pm • 1m
Musk Orders Twitter Employees Back to the Office, Citing ‘Dire’ Economic Outlook

Musk Orders Twitter Employees Back to the Office, Citing ‘Dire’ Economic Outlook

By Sarah Wright
Nov. 10, 2022 • 10:23am • 2m
Feds Cite ‘Deep Concern’ With Twitter as Privacy Executives Flee

Feds Cite ‘Deep Concern’ With Twitter as Privacy Executives Flee

By Annie Gaus
Nov. 10, 2022 • 11:50am • 1m
Tech Scaled Too Quickly—and Now the Bay Area Is Paying the Price

Tech Scaled Too Quickly—and Now the Bay Area Is Paying the Price

By Kevin Truong
Nov. 10, 2022 • 6:00am • 4m
‘Proof Elon an idiot’: Man Trolls Musk With Projected Messages on Twitter HQ, and He Wants Your Help

‘Proof Elon an idiot’: Man Trolls Musk With Projected Messages on Twitter HQ, and He Wants Your Help

By Joe Burn
Nov. 09, 2022 • 8:07pm • 2m
Musk’s Twitter Buyout Could Be ‘Looked At’ as National Security Risk, Says Biden

Musk’s Twitter Buyout Could Be ‘Looked At’ as National Security Risk, Says Biden

By Annie Gaus
Nov. 09, 2022 • 5:04pm • 2m
Meta Plans Mass Layoffs as Tech Bloodbath Continues

Meta Plans Mass Layoffs as Tech Bloodbath Continues

By Annie Gaus
Nov. 07, 2022 • 5:00am • 2m
Twitter Pulls Back on $8-a-Month Verified Subscription Service Amid Election Concerns

Twitter Pulls Back on $8-a-Month Verified Subscription Service Amid Election Concerns

By Julie Zigoris
Nov. 07, 2022 • 10:18am • 2m
Twitter’s Mass Layoffs Could Open Up a New Can of Worms for Elon Musk

Twitter’s Mass Layoffs Could Open Up a New Can of Worms for Elon Musk

By Kevin Truong
Nov. 04, 2022 • 11:37am • 3m
Tweeps Wanted: City Hall Looks to Hire Laid-Off Twitter Employees

Tweeps Wanted: City Hall Looks to Hire Laid-Off Twitter Employees

By Annie Gaus
Nov. 03, 2022 • 5:00am • 2m
Musk to Cut Twitter Staff By Half, End Remote Work Policy: Report

Musk to Cut Twitter Staff By Half, End Remote Work Policy: Report

By Annie Gaus
Nov. 02, 2022 • 7:12pm • 1m
A New Climate Grant Means Free E-Bikes for San Francisco Delivery Workers

A New Climate Grant Means Free E-Bikes for San Francisco Delivery Workers

By Kevin Truong
Nov. 02, 2022 • 3:17pm • 3m
Musk Floats $8-Per-Month Twitter Subscription as Top Tweeters Revolt

Musk Floats $8-Per-Month Twitter Subscription as Top Tweeters Revolt

By Annie Gaus
Nov. 01, 2022 • 11:57am • 3m
Elon Musk Summarily Fires Top Twitter Execs After Closing Buyout Deal

Elon Musk Summarily Fires Top Twitter Execs After Closing Buyout Deal

By Annie Gaus
Oct. 27, 2022 • 6:45pm • 1m
Elon Musk Pivots From Twitter Troll to ‘Chief Twit’

Elon Musk Pivots From Twitter Troll to ‘Chief Twit’

By Kevin Truong
Oct. 27, 2022 • 12:30pm • 2m
Lionel Messi Makes a Play in Tech, Launching SF-Based Investment Firm

Lionel Messi Makes a Play in Tech, Launching SF-Based Investment Firm

By Kevin V. Nguyen
Oct. 24, 2022 • 2:05pm • 2m
As Twitter Goes, So Goes a Revival of the Neighborhood It Helped Transform

As Twitter Goes, So Goes a Revival of the Neighborhood It Helped Transform

By Kevin Truong
Oct. 24, 2022 • 5:00am • 9m
Ukraine Tech Delegation Finds Its Way to SF During the War

Ukraine Tech Delegation Finds Its Way to SF During the War

By Kevin V. Nguyen
Oct. 21, 2022 • 2:29pm • 6m
Elon Musk Plans to Slash Twitter Staff by 75%: Report

Elon Musk Plans to Slash Twitter Staff by 75%: Report

By Kevin Truong
Oct. 20, 2022 • 4:05pm • 2m
‘I Am Not Retired,’ Says Serena Williams at First Appearance Since U.S. Open Farewell

‘I Am Not Retired,’ Says Serena Williams at First Appearance Since U.S. Open Farewell

By Kevin V. Nguyen
Oct. 19, 2022 • 2:42pm • 3m
Kevin Hart, Comedy Superstar, Assumes the Role of Startup Guru  

Kevin Hart, Comedy Superstar, Assumes the Role of Startup Guru  

By Kevin Truong
Oct. 19, 2022 • 1:45pm • 3m
Striking Facebook Janitors Settle Contract, but More Uncertainty Looms

Striking Facebook Janitors Settle Contract, but More Uncertainty Looms

By Chris Roberts
Oct. 10, 2022 • 8:28pm • 3m
In Reversal, Elon Musk Agrees To Buy Twitter for $44 Billion

In Reversal, Elon Musk Agrees To Buy Twitter for $44 Billion

By Annie Gaus
Oct. 04, 2022 • 1:00pm • 2m
City Attorney David Chiu Has a Social Media Policy. Should Other SF Politicians Follow Suit?

City Attorney David Chiu Has a Social Media Policy. Should Other SF Politicians Follow Suit?

By Mike Ege
Oct. 04, 2022 • 9:00am • 2m
San Francisco, Birthplace of Ride-Hailing, Becomes the Center of Its Decline 

San Francisco, Birthplace of Ride-Hailing, Becomes the Center of Its Decline 

By Kevin Truong, Annie Gaus
Aug. 30, 2022 • 5:00am • 7m
Meta’s New ChatBot Is a Political Neophyte Obsessed With Kimberly Guilfoyle

Meta’s New ChatBot Is a Political Neophyte Obsessed With Kimberly Guilfoyle

By Josh Koehn
Aug. 09, 2022 • 11:44am • 5m
Lost Inmates, Missing Charges, Warrant Snafus: New SF Computer Network Fumbles Into Place

Lost Inmates, Missing Charges, Warrant Snafus: New SF Computer Network Fumbles Into Place

By Jonah Owen Lamb
Jul. 01, 2022 • 6:07pm • 4m