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State Bird Provisions Combats Reservations Bots

The douchiest, greediest, tech-iest phenomenon to ruffle S.F.'s restaurant scene may finally be getting shut down, thanks to OpenTable. Yes, as Inside Scoop and Paula Forbes are reporting, State Bird Provisions

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'New York Magazine' Officially Bitter It's Not In San Francisco

After a blistering, snowy winter on the East Coast and a year in which San Francisco has captured a lot of the national spotlight for its booming economy, Instagram-filtered gay people, and enduring

Mark Benioff Calls Out Tech Companies Who Refuse To Give Back To Community

"We still have some pretty epic companies here who have had IPOs and aren't giving—and aren't part of this and won't join. And entrepreneurs who don't believe in this. This is not

Facebook Funding $200,000 Cop's Salary

On Tuesday, the city council in Menlo Park, Calif. unanimously approved Facebook's offer to pay $200,000 per year for a "community safety police officer." According to experts, the plan will make Facebook

Greg Gopman, Startup Founder Who Lambasted Homeless People, Is Getting Sued

Just days after we wondered what despiser of the undomiciled Greg Gopman was up to, we have our answer: he's busy getting sued. Former AngelHack CEO Gopman, as you know, authored a Facebook

Peter Shih And Greg Gopman: Where Are They Now?

Six months after his vitriolic screed against homeless people, women and San Francisco in general barfed him into the spotlight, Peter Shih's company Celery picked up a $2 million investment. If Silicon Valley

Study Says: S.F.'s Highest Incomes Get Higher, Income Gap Gets Wider

A new study by the Brookings Institute highlights many of the perceived changes to San Francisco's economic landscape since the Great Recession, including the fact that out of all the nation's cities, we

Is San Francisco Destined To Get More Conservative?

This is the question being posed in a new piece from Salon: Will the influx of tech wealth and the construction of more and more condos inevitably lead to the fraying of San

Google To Take Over Space In The Mission [Updated]

It's official: The Mission is over. In an effort to lure techies who don't want to work in downtown San Francisco or get inside a private bus and head down to Mountain View,

Arts & Entertainment

Modern Superhero Story 'Caper' Takes On Tech Moguls

Writer Mike Sizemore's done a lot since he edited then-SFist-sister site Londonist (yes, we used to have a Londonist!). Most recently, he's paired with Amy Berg (Person of Interest, Eureka, Leverage) on Caper,

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Watch John Oliver Skewer Techies At The Crunchies

John Oliver On The Tech Industry | Crunchies 2013 Last night I had the pleasure of watching John Oliver emcee the Crunchies. His opening monologue was only brimming not with attacks on San Francisco

Crunchies Turn Crappy As Anti-Tech Protesters Vow To Crash Award Ceremony

Taking their eyes off Google Buses for a moment, concerned anti-eviction citizens plan to protest tonight's Crunchies at Davies Symphony Hall. What are the Crunchies, you ask? Hosted by Gigaom, VentureBeat, and TechCrunch,

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And San Francisco's Newest Billionaires Are...

SFLuxe published its third annual "Bay Area Billionaires" list. Some of you didn't make the cut. Pathetic. But still, what a list it is! Larry Ellison made it the to the top, of

Larry Ellison Threatens To Move America's Cup To San Diego

It's getting closer to the moment where Larry Ellison cuts another deal with San Francisco for the next America's Cup. But he knows he won't get the sweetheart deal he got the first

Bitcoin Startup Funded With Winklevoss Money Busted By Feds In Silk Road Sting

The ongoing saga of The Silk Road investigation and the trial of its alleged founder Ross Ulbricht gets more interesting as we learn that there's a Winklevoss connection. The much despised twin brothers

Your Next iPhone Will Probably Be Five Inches

According to the latest chatter from the Wall Street Journal, Apple has decided that size does matter and will offer a second, larger screen iPhone later this year in order to compete with

Protesters Blockade Single Google Employee's Commute In Berkeley

In a further muddying of the anti-gentrification, anti-eviction message surrounding local blockades of corporate shuttles, a group of protesters yesterday descended on the Berkeley home of a single Google X developer, and "chose

Leaked Google Memo Tells Employees How To Feel About Their Buses

Later today the seven member board of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency will weigh in on a proposal that will allow corporate shuttles to share public stops with Muni vehicles. In preparation

Protesters Block Tech Buses. Again.

Protesters blocked tech buses Tuesday morning, this time at Eighth and Market Streets and at other areas close to City Hall in San Francisco. Once again, Google takes the heat for not only

Techies Need A Real Come-To-Jesus Moment, Says Silicon Valley Prayer Leader

In Silicon Valley where tech is god and venture capitalists are prophets, one devout Christian and former tech CEO is hoping to bring the good word to the godless heathens of the tech

Google Acquires Nest So They Can Get All Up In Your House

After strapping cameras to thousands of faces, sending robot cars on Taco Bell runs and floating WiFi balloons in the sky, Google has turned their attention to your home with the announcement today