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
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
The girls are crabbing
The Crabby Baddies and other young, net-savvy women across the city are getting hooked on crustaceans
Sam Altman has a lot of feelings. And a lawsuit by Elon Musk. But mostly a lot of feelings
Plus, Canva is accused of anti-Palestine censorship
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
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
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
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









