Tech Culture Reporter

Rya Jetha

How San Francisco became the ultimate ‘996 City’

Business

Culture

The city’s “Great Lock In” means grinding for at least 12 hours, six days a week, and making sure everyone knows about it. 

AI startup lures engineers with a puzzle promising a wild night out — in Berlin

News

A Nob Hill billboard has lured 10,000 coders into solving a challenge for the chance to rave at techno nightclub Berghain. 

Business Editor

Kevin Truong

Burning Man is for the olds. Just ask the AI kids 

The festival is older, wealthier, and (gasp!) less cool among the younger San Francisco set. 

Business Reporter

Kevin V. Nguyen

Keeping Figma weird: Inside tech’s design darling after a blockbuster IPO

The company’s “maker” culture birthed some of its most game-changing products. But with a stock price hanging over everyone’s head, will the work still feel like play?

Culture Reporter 

Zara Stone

AI vibe-coders try to resurrect SF’s civic hacking scene

Using AI tools and riding a wave of Lurie-era optimism, a crew of civic hackers want to fix San Francisco.

Startups

How San Francisco became the ultimate ‘996 City’

AI startup lures engineers with a puzzle promising a wild night out — in Berlin

Burning Man is for the olds. Just ask the AI kids

Keeping Figma weird: Inside tech’s design darling after a blockbuster IPO

AI vibe-coders try to resurrect SF’s civic hacking scene