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No, Tech Isn't Moving Away; the SF 'Tech Exodus' Wasn't Such an Exodus, Study Shows

For months, news outlets have been crowing about a “tech exodus” from the Golden State, with pundits predicting that major companies would soon escape California’s high taxes and cost of living, and head for places like Texas, Arizona, and Florida. But the data just isn't showing it.

Tech Companies Come Out In Force Against Trump's DACA Decision

Many of tech's biggest companies are banding together to resist President Trump's stated decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program. Per CNet's report, Google, Microsoft, and Facebook are

Internet Blasts Realtor Who Discovered 'House Hacking' (i.e., Being A Landlord)

What do you call someone who owns property and rents it out to other folks? If you guessed "landlord," you're wrong and behind the times, pal. According to Oakland realtor Joe Dickerson's Facebook

Ex-Twitter Engineer Sets Out To Prove Company's Alleged Discrimination Against Women

Two years after suing Twitter for gender discrimination, engineer Tina Huang is looking to renew her fight against the tech giant, this time coming at them with data regarding pay from her peers

SF Startup CEO Arrested For Allegedly Sexually Assaulting, Abusing 3-Year-Old Son

Former SF Startup CEO Zain Jaffer is facing multiple crimes including Child Abuse, sexual assault on a minor and Battery on a Police Officer pic.twitter.com/TMvqFfZBrA— Sergio Quintana (@svqjournalist) October 21,

SoFi Headed To Court Again Over Yet Another Sexual Harassment Lawsuit

SoFi is looking down the barrel of another lawsuit, the third to be filed against the company within the last few months. Like the other two, this lawsuit alleges that SoFi's notorious "frathouse"

Netflix Guy Wants To Give You All The Movie Theater Tickets You Want For $10 A Month

A cineplex subscription service dropped the price of a monthly MoviePass to $10. Will you please now leave the house and go to an actual movie theater? Bloomberg brings us news of Mitch

Google Fires Engineer Who Wrote Controversial Anti-Diversity Memo

The Google software engineer who suggested that women are biologically less well-suited to engineering work in an internal memo last week was fired on Monday. Google CEO Sundar Pichai wrote, "First, let me

Ka-Ching! San Francisco Has The Fastest Growing Wages In The Country

Seattle-based software company PayScale.com used its tons of data to look at wage growth in the 31 fastest growing cities in these United States of America. Bearing in mind that the average

Nobody Wants To Be Uber's Next CEO

"You couldn't pay me enough money to take that job" is a response most likely heard when it comes to dangerous (skyscraper window washer), depressing (animal cop), or gross (BART janitor who doesn't

Inside Cloudflare, The SF Web Company That Reportedly Helps Hate Sites Thrive

A recent investigation alleges that San Francisco-based company Cloudflare provides extremist websites with data delivery services and delivers the contact information of people who complain about hate speech to the hate spewers. As

Ex-Uber Engineer Says Company Is Full Of Sexual Harassment, Intimidation

Yesterday, engineer Susan Fowler Tweeted, "I wrote something up this weekend about my year at Uber, and why I left," with a link to an essay titled, "Reflecting On One Very, Very Strange

Google Doodle Features Fred Korematsu, Japanese-American Internment Camp Survivor

Fred Korematsu, a civil rights activist who was incarcerated simply for being an American-born citizen with Japanese heritage, is the subject of today's Google Doodle. Korematsu, who died in 2005, went into hiding

Arts & Entertainment

Eight Narrowly Rejected Themes For Local Tech Company Holiday Parties

A photo posted by Connie (@conniec) on Dec 5, 2015 at 8:41am PST Everyone recalls last season's glut of Great Gatsby-themed tech company holiday parties: Ignoring talk of a tech bubble, Facebook,

To Encourage Voting, Over 100 Startups Will Give Employees Election Day Off

At least 100 technology startups and venture capitol companies — many of which are run by signatories of an open letter opposing presidential candidate Donald Trump — have vowed to give employees November 8, 2016

Nouveau Tech Riche Home Buyers Scoring Zero-Down Mortgages

In December, San Francisco Federal Credit Union began offering zero-down mortgages on home of up to $2 million to an echelon of tech workers who, while rich in assets like company equity, don't

Arts & Entertainment

Oh, God, Is 'Broette' Really A Word Now? Please Say It Is Not

Everybody wants to make friends, right? There's nothing wrong with that, nor is the goal to being like-minded people together disadmirable. What concerns me most about the proposed meetup I am about to

Microsoft Is Going To Buy LinkedIn For $26.2 Billion

The "add you to their professional network" jokes are practically writing themselves for tech journalists Monday, as Redmond, WA-based Microsoft announced this morning that they would be acquiring Mountain View, CA-based LinkedIn for

As Ping Pong Sales Go Down, So Goes Silicon Valley? Maybe

With seemingly everyone convinced that the tech industry is currently experiencing a bubble, and more and more every day appearing certain that the pop is imminent, The Wall Street Journal is now reporting

Tech Industry Interns Making Upwards Of $10,000 Per Month

💰 state of top tech internship offers, 2016 #talkpay pic.twitter.com/Mkp5XWQyuE— Rodney Folz (@rodneyfolz) April 26, 2016 The Bay Area is an expensive place to live — a fact which tech giants like

Lots Of Tech Talent Trying To Leave SF For NY

Compared to last year, many more of the tech-employed are trying to flee the Bay Area, and of those looking to relocate, about half are hoping to move to New York. This is

Citing Funding Issues, 'Uber For Kids' Abruptly Shuts Doors

San Francisco based Shuddle, a child-focused ridesharing company that once described itself as "Uber for kids" is describing itself as "out of business" today, after the venture-funded company ran out of road. In

Marissa Mayer's Final Yahoo Payout Slashed By Millions In Recent Months

We all know that Yahoo is in its twilight, with allegations of mis-management by CEO Marissa Mayer, significant layoffs across the company , and a bizarre inspirational handbook. But as the big purple beast

After Raising Delivery Fees, Struggling Instacart Cuts Driver Pay By 63%

It's not easy being a grocery delivery startup! Just ask Webvan, the dot-bomb-era delivery service that flamed out so spectacularly in 2001 that its name is synonymous with early 00s startup excess. Is