Cydney Hayes
Corgi kills short-lived website that ranked its female employees
The ‘demeaning’ website was spun up by a local founder with no relationship to the company
August 13, 2026
‘Members of the LGBTQ+ community have legitimate reasons to be sensitive about privacy’
After backlash, Badlands and Toad Hall management is ‘pausing’ surveillance of patrons in San Francisco but continues to employ it in Portland and Sacramento
August 11, 2026
Bay Area artists commit to avoiding venues employing surveillance technology
Tune-Yards, Deerhoof, and others are among more than 300 artists who’ve signed a pledge organized by local digital rights activists
August 7, 2026
The new AI billboard locals actually like
Plus, OpenAI did a brand trip for influencers
August 3, 2026
Yalies raised $17 million this summer in Nob Hill hacker house
For a group of fresh-faced entrepreneurs, securing VC funding was probably easier than finding white clam pizza
July 30, 2026
For the Hacker Herren, every day is Oktoberfest
Hoisting a pint with members of the nationwide beer-guzzling men’s club as they train for Munich
July 30, 2026
Substack adds AI detection tool to its platform
The feature will help make sure the platform doesn’t ‘turn into LinkedIn,’ per CEO Chris Best
July 21, 2026
