Tech
Why do these Castro gay bars have TSA-style face scanners?
A handful of neighborhood bars have installed facial recognition devices that collect and share customers’ names, addresses, genders, and indiscretions with each other
June 10, 2026
‘Nerdy escorts’ are selling intimacy-as-a-service to AI founders
Plus, in the tasteslop era, we’re keeping our eyes peeled for bad tech streetwear
June 8, 2026
A Stop AI activist is standing trial after blockading OpenAI HQ last year
Wynd Kaufmyn is prepared to serve time if it helps spread the group’s warnings about the dangers of artificial intelligence
June 1, 2026
All hail the Tillyverse
Plus, Anthropic’s looming IPO and Trump’s terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad concert
June 1, 2026
Can you actually buy a house with Anthropic stock? Probably not
‘You can’t just say, I’ll sell my house for a thousand almonds, or, in this case, a thousand shares of OpenAI or Anthropic’
May 29, 2026
Waymo’s double parking problem is our double parking problem
AVs have figured out that blocking traffic is no big deal. Wonder where they learned that
May 29, 2026
