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Cydney Hayes

Cydney Hayes is a business and tech reporter for Gazetteer SF. She has previously written about tech, culture, music, and media for The Drift, Architectural Digest, Baltimore, Entertainment Weekly, and elsewhere. She also writes a Substack newsletter called OPENWORLD. Subscribe at openw0rld.substack.com.

The aestheticization of government secrets

Plus, in shocking news, new college grads don’t like the technology that’s ruining their futures

May 11, 2026

New troubles at Mercor: Infighting, ‘face time slavery,’ and ‘inhumane working conditions’

Former staffers offer a look inside the human data startup, where the hours are brutal, employees say they’re getting stiffed, and the CEO is a 23-year-old billionaire who wants to be Elon Musk

May 5, 2026

The Anthropic cult discourse continues

Plus, the ABGmaxxing event was a flop

May 4, 2026

The girls are crabbing

The Crabby Baddies and other young, net-savvy women across the city are getting hooked on crustaceans

April 28, 2026

Sam Altman wants to sell you these sneakers for $160, plus tax and biometric data

World x Future Basics now offer Cyto XLiftoffs at World’s Union Square eye-collection center

April 23, 2026

Reading Palantir: Why the defense tech giant’s manifesto may signal panic inside the company

The war tech firm is suffering from a lethal combo of stock price superinflation and midterms anxiety

April 22, 2026

TBPN, MIA; MTS, G2G

Plus, is Palantir’s manifesto a cry for help?

April 20, 2026

Dean Preston’s PUML is punching up

The former District 5 Supervisor is collecting progressive media talent like Infinity Stones to push the city’s narrative leftward

April 20, 2026

Rick Perlstein thinks right-wing voices on Substack are ‘a gift’

The preeminent historian of American conservatism was spotted on a bestsellers leaderboard behind Andrew Tate. He’s not too broken up about it

April 16, 2026