Cydney Hayes
Adrian Daub knows what tech wants from politics: ‘Control without responsibility’
The author of ‘What Tech Calls Governing’ on DOGE, AI, and our chances of pushing back
Founders from Down Under
Hyped up by AI and their own big ambitions, waves of charmingly-accented Australians are making a splash in San Francisco
How will we spend all that AI money?
Plus, Horsies — the ultimate arbiter of SF cool — declares AI lame
Modern Relics closed after being ransacked in burglary
Jewelry store owner Alix Blüh recalls discovering the damage earlier this month: ‘Broken glass everywhere… Just everything destroyed.’
Anti-surveillance protestors flock to Chris Larsen’s house
Plus, TikTok’s newest aesthetic is the anti-AI girlie
The internet hates the new Instagram logo. What do professional designers think?
Four graphics experts critique the mega-platform’s ‘cleaner and more modern’ wordmark
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
‘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
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
