San Jose released its first draft of uniform standards for large data centers on Friday, requiring facilities drawing 20 megawatts or more to run on 100% clean power, stop using drinking water in open…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 2383 on Sept. 21, requiring electricity rate structures for qualifying data centers that prevent their added power-supply costs from being shifted to other custo…
LinkedIn's Hiring Assistant (LIHA) lets hiring teams review 80 percent fewer profiles while improving candidate acceptance rates by 66 percent, according to Prashanthi Padmanabhan, Vice President of L…
California's economy grew at a 3.7% annual pace in the first quarter of 2026, the second-fastest among U.S. states, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. The growth was driven by the info…
Tyler Mestery, a machine learning intern on Cisco's CTO team, spent his first two weeks visiting Cisco offices from Milpitas to San Francisco, turning his internship into an immersive crash course in …
A new Director of Engineering at a 30-person AI startup in the Bay Area with 20 senior/staff engineers using AI tools like Claude Code is tasked by the CTO to improve velocity and productivity while b…
The AI boom is straining family dynamics, particularly in the Bay Area, where many men work in AI while their partners feel neglected and overwhelmed by the technology's dominance in their lives. One …
Tesla has expanded its Bay Area ride-hailing service to include pickups and drop-offs at San Francisco International Airport (SFO), effective July 21, 2026. The service uses Model Y vehicles with Full…
A summer in San Francisco reveals the Bay Area as a microcosm of a post-capitalist dystopia, where the AI-driven intelligence explosion is creating a widening schism between tech beneficiaries and tho…
California captured 70% of all U.S. venture capital funding in the year ended June, with Bay Area companies receiving $411 billion of the $589 billion total, primarily to fund artificial intelligence …
The Bay Area captured 51.5% of all AI venture dollars and 53.2% of all B2B dollars from July 2025 through June 2026, according to Carta's Startup Ecosystem Leaderboard, which tracked $124 billion inve…
A post argues that most effective altruists (EAs) should avoid living in high-cost-of-living areas like the Bay Area or London, citing significant savings on housing that can be redirected to donation…
Brentwood councilmembers Faye Maloney and Jovita Mendoza are seeking an ordinance to ban new data centers in the city, citing concerns over resource use, environmental impacts, and limited industrial …
A philosopher argues that functional decision theory (FDT), favored by the Rationalist community, is both underspecified and implausible, making it definitely wrong. The author notes that almost no ac…
The National Weather Service issued a beach hazards statement for Bay Area shorelines, including Point Reyes National Seashore and San Francisco Peninsula Coast, effective until Wednesday July 1 at 5 …
Fireworks during Fourth of July celebrations cause fear and panic in pets and wildlife, leading to lost animals and injuries. Marin Humane advises keeping pets indoors, ensuring they have identificati…
Sene Malepeai, 29, avoided jail and a criminal conviction after completing a diversion program for her role in a robbery crew that targeted Asian women in the Bay Area. She pleaded guilty to wire frau…
A Hacker News user proposes that the hardest part of adult friendship is scheduling a second meeting, not making initial contact. They suggest an AI mediator that helps people in the same city turn on…
The Clorox Building, a landmark Oakland office tower, has been foreclosed after its owners, KKR and TMG Partners, returned the property to lender Heitman Capital Management. The foreclosure, valued at…
Emergency veterinarians in Marin County report a dramatic spike in dogs suffering from suspected mushroom poisonings, with over 10 cases treated in three weeks. The death cap mushroom (Amanita phalloi…