Joshua Bote

Joshua Bote is an associate editor for Gazetteer SF, focusing on the nexus of culture, trends, and digital phenomena within San Francisco.
Previously, he covered technology for The San Francisco Standard and SFGate. He’s also served as a trending news reporter at USA Today, and as a music writer at NPR. His work has been published in places like New York Magazine, Billboard, and Paste.
The robotaxis are scared
Waymo and Zoox are still not operating in certain parts of the city after this weekend’s protests, a sign that discontent around AVs is growing
‘You can’t outsource taste’
Inside the subreddit where 12,000 of the city’s most tasteful bitches gather
BART knows their new fare gates aren’t working
Trouble using your Clipper? Tap again. See agent. Have patience.
Tune-Yards’ love letter to the Bay
The celebrated Oakland duo play Berkeley and Menlo Park in June
A modest proposal for the Nintendo store
The new San Francisco flagship store is already attracting visitors, but here’s a better way to catch ‘em all
Scale AI gets hit with another labor lawsuit on the same day U.S. Department of Labor dropped investigation into firm
The $14 billion AI training firm headquartered in SF has been hit with a multitude of labor lawsuits in the past year
For the weekend, a funk mix from modern greats
The very talented collective Ghost-Note is performing at Mill Valley Music Festival this weekend
College student’s job interview goes TikTok-viral as ‘creepy’ AI interviewer goes haywire
The AI interviewer, named 'Alex,' is made by San Francisco startup Apriora
Amid ‘a lot of unknown,’ a tech philanthropist comes through for San Francisco arts
One recipient of the grant hopes that it pushes more tech patrons to invest in local arts
Partying with the AI music generators
At a launch party thrown by Riffusion, industry players and techies alike see an AI-heavy vision of the future of music — for better or worse