• After he was diagnosed with Stage-4 metastatic carcinoma, Dogster founder Ted Rheingold, who was a member of SFist's first writing staff (he broke his arm at our first and only staff softball game against Wired!) and a Potrero Hill resident, started a blog on Medium to detail his life in the wake of the illness. You should read it, it's really good. Ted died yesterday, survived by his wife Molly Ditmore and daughter Mabel. He was my friend -- and friend to so so many more -- a thoughtful, funny, smart kind man that made everything he touched better. "He will be missed" is an understatement.
  • Elon Musk continues to insist that artificial intelligence may spark World War III, not, say, an erratically tweeting world leader. [CNet]
  • Quentin Kopp's still chugging along at age 89. [SF Chronicle]
  • The [London Review of Books] takes a deep look at how Facebook might be making people stupider.
  • Mission businesses thrill to prospect of police foot patrols. [Mission Local]
  • Inside the business of "influencer teachers," courted by Silicon Valley to bring their products to the classroom. [New York Times]
  • San Francisco's emergency crews were reportedly "taken off guard" by the demands placed on them by the heat wave. [NBC Bay Area]
  • Uber and Lyft's refusal to release data having negative impact on SF planning. [SF Examiner]
  • How Google's new cameras are helping them map the world. [Wired]
  • Survivor of SF's Sept. 4, 1977 Golden Dragon Restaurant massacre speaks. [ABC 7]
  • Google's API for scoring toxicity in online discussions is not so great. [Engadget]