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'Botometer' That Musk Used to Make Counterclaim About Twitter Spambots Once Deemed Musk Himself a Likely Bot

Well, the fun hasn't stopped in Delaware's Chancery Court this week, with Elon Musk filing a fraud countersuit against Twitter, Twitter delaying its unsealing so they could respond and redact things.

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17 Best SF Property Management Companies in 2022

Among other things, San Francisco is known for its incredible architecture. With all of our beautiful and iconic buildings comes landlords in need of relocation services and property managers. This need has only

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PG&E Reports Profits Declined by 10%, Which Likely Means They’ll Just Jack Up Your Bills Again

Yes, your PG&E bills are higher. And they’re probably going to go up even more, because PG&E needs to bury power lines and pay off manslaughter victims’ families, and the investors would rather you pay for that instead of them.

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Twitter Is Slashing Its Office Footprint, Canceling Plans for Oakland Office

Twitter announced plans Wednesday to downsize its office holdings in multiple cities, including at its San Francisco headquarters, and the company is canceling plans for a downtown Oakland office announced last year.

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Zuckerberg Reportedly Getting Increasingly Snippy and ‘Intense’ In Pivot to Metaverse, Amidst Declining Profits

Some new leaks of palace intrigue from Facebook (now Meta) show that Mark Zuckerberg is becoming increasingly demanding to work for as the company pivots its focus to the Metaverse, which by the way, still does not actually exist.

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Mark Zuckerberg Has Sold His Dolores Heights Home After 10 Years

The neighbors must be thrilled that the Chan-Zuckerbergs have unloaded their Dolores Heights area home for a reported $31 million, but Google Maps has blurred the residence, because Big Tech does respect certain people’s privacy.

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Amazon Buying Up SF-Based One Medical for a Reported $3.9 Billion

Those One Medical offices that have popped up around town over the last ten years are actually a national chain, and Amazon just bought up that SF-based chain for nearly $4 billion.

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11 Best San Francisco Dog Walkers & Pet Walking Services of 2022

It's no secret that San Franciscans love dogs. You might not know this, but SF was even named the top dog-friendly city by Veterinary Practice News a few years back. In fact, there's

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Business Group Proposes Nebulous 'Reimagining’ of Downtown SF By ‘Reclaiming Street Space’

Would more street closings and beautified public spaces get you back to a moribund downtown San Francisco? One business group is betting so, but the plan is still mostly aspirational and does not yet have a price tag attached.

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Congress Gets Report On Antitrust Investigation Into Big Tech, Including Infamous Facebook Memo; Crackdown Looms

A report has come out by the House Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law, stemming from an investigation that was launched three years ago, and in particular it calls out a 2018 internal memo to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

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DoorDash and Grubhub 'Pause' Their Lawsuit Over SF’s 15% Delivery Fee Cap, Offer ‘Opt-In’ Compromise

The dominant food delivery apps Gruhhub and DoorDash "have paused" their lawsuit over San Francisco’s 15% delivery fee cap, and instead pushing a compromise deal where restaurants can agree to pay more for better visibility in the app.

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Bay Area Home Prices Actually Dropping; Cities Here Dominate the ‘Fastest-Cooling Housing Markets’ List

Realtors are popping a little less Champagne, and buyers are no longer offering hundreds of thousands over asking price, as home prices are dropping notably in SF, Oakland, and especially San Jose.

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Netflix Inks Deal With Microsoft to Put Ads on a Cheaper Tier of the Service

Netflix has now committed to an ad-supported, lower-cost subscription package with Microsoft handling the ads, in an effort to boost the company's bottom line and lure back some customers.

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Twitter Files Its Lawsuit Against Musk In Delaware Chancery Court, Accuses Him of Creating Negative 'Public Spectacle'

The promised lawsuit has been filed, and among other things, Twitter is accusing would-be buyer Elon Musk of "refus[ing] to honor his obligations to Twitter and its stockholders because the deal he signed no longer serves his personal interests."

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GM Cruise Robotaxis Blocked SF Streets More Frequently Than We Knew, One Night ‘Nearly 60’ Cars Stopped

GM Cruise snafus have blocked SF streets with suddenly immobilized self-driving cars at least three times in the last two months, with one incident where almost 60 vehicles stopped, and another where Cruise “lost touch with its entire fleet.”

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Elon Musk's Bid to Buy Twitter Looks Officially Dead

Elon Musk made his desire to withdraw from his bid to buy Twitter official Friday, sending a letter to the company's board and filing his intent to back out with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

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Elon Musk Had Secret Twins With One of His Companies’ Top Execs, Now the Mother Might Be In Line for Twitter CEO?

The latest Elon Musk drama shows he had two more babies with an executive at his company Neuralink, two weeks before the second Grimes baby arrived, and the executive who had his twins could now reportedly be in line to be CEO of Twitter.

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Elizabeth Holmes' Former Boyfriend and Business Partner Sunny Balwani Found Guilty of 12 Out of 12 Fraud Counts

The San Jose jury in the federal trial of former Theranos President Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani found Balwani guilty of 12 counts of fraud and conspiracy Thursday morning.

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Flock of GM Cruise Self-Driving Cars Just Plain Stop Working, Block Gough Street ‘For a Couple of Hours’

The latest self-driving car mishap comes courtesy of a cluster of GM Cruise driverless taxis that simply stopped in their tracks “for a couple of hours” Wednesday night and had to be manually pushed off the street by GM employees.

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Top FCC Commissioner Demands Apple and Google Yank TikTok From Their App Stores

A leading FCC commissioner calls Chinese-owed TikTok an “unacceptable national security risk” and is ordering both Google and Apple to remove it from their app stores, and the clock is ticking on his July 8 deadline.

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SF-Based Pokémon GO Creator Niantic is Laying Off Nearly 100, Canceling Games Not Named Pokémon GO

Just six months after being handed $300 million, but a full six years since their last real hit, the game company behind Pokémon GO is letting “85 to 90 jobs” go.

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Facebook and Instagram are Deleting Posts About Abortion Pills, Sometimes ‘Within Seconds’

Big Brother is declaring it’s a thoughtcrime to mention the availability of abortion pills on Meta’s Facebook or Instagram platforms. But the exact same posts are staying up if they substitute the words “guns” or “weed” for “abortion pills.”

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Unable to Rage on Twitter, Trump Unleashes 'Truth' Storm on Truth Social About Bombshell Jan. 6 Witness

Trump is clearly upset by the implications — and actual truth? — behind testimony on Tuesday by a bombshell witness to the inside dealings on January 6th, because why else would he go full Twitter rant on his barely relevant alt-right app?

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40-Story Tower at the Foot of Van Ness Goes Before Planning for Reapproval as Rental Apartments

Days before its entitlements are set to expire, a very tall proposed residential tower at Van Ness and Market is headed before the Planning Commission this week, now as a significantly larger, all-rental property.

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'Botometer' That Musk Used to Make Counterclaim About Twitter Spambots Once Deemed Musk Himself a Likely Bot

17 Best SF Property Management Companies in 2022

PG&E Reports Profits Declined by 10%, Which Likely Means They’ll Just Jack Up Your Bills Again

Twitter Is Slashing Its Office Footprint, Canceling Plans for Oakland Office

Zuckerberg Reportedly Getting Increasingly Snippy and ‘Intense’ In Pivot to Metaverse, Amidst Declining Profits

Mark Zuckerberg Has Sold His Dolores Heights Home After 10 Years

Amazon Buying Up SF-Based One Medical for a Reported $3.9 Billion

11 Best San Francisco Dog Walkers & Pet Walking Services of 2022

Business Group Proposes Nebulous 'Reimagining’ of Downtown SF By ‘Reclaiming Street Space’

Congress Gets Report On Antitrust Investigation Into Big Tech, Including Infamous Facebook Memo; Crackdown Looms

DoorDash and Grubhub 'Pause' Their Lawsuit Over SF’s 15% Delivery Fee Cap, Offer ‘Opt-In’ Compromise

More Sexual Assault Problems at Uber, as 550 Women File Civil Suit Alleging Sexual Misconduct by Drivers

Bay Area Home Prices Actually Dropping; Cities Here Dominate the ‘Fastest-Cooling Housing Markets’ List

Netflix Inks Deal With Microsoft to Put Ads on a Cheaper Tier of the Service

Twitter Files Its Lawsuit Against Musk In Delaware Chancery Court, Accuses Him of Creating Negative 'Public Spectacle'

GM Cruise Robotaxis Blocked SF Streets More Frequently Than We Knew, One Night ‘Nearly 60’ Cars Stopped

Elon Musk's Bid to Buy Twitter Looks Officially Dead

Elon Musk Had Secret Twins With One of His Companies’ Top Execs, Now the Mother Might Be In Line for Twitter CEO?

Elizabeth Holmes' Former Boyfriend and Business Partner Sunny Balwani Found Guilty of 12 Out of 12 Fraud Counts

Flock of GM Cruise Self-Driving Cars Just Plain Stop Working, Block Gough Street ‘For a Couple of Hours’

Top FCC Commissioner Demands Apple and Google Yank TikTok From Their App Stores

SF-Based Pokémon GO Creator Niantic is Laying Off Nearly 100, Canceling Games Not Named Pokémon GO

Facebook and Instagram are Deleting Posts About Abortion Pills, Sometimes ‘Within Seconds’

Unable to Rage on Twitter, Trump Unleashes 'Truth' Storm on Truth Social About Bombshell Jan. 6 Witness

40-Story Tower at the Foot of Van Ness Goes Before Planning for Reapproval as Rental Apartments

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