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Billionaire Trump Supporter Peter Thiel Wants The Blood Of Young People

Billionaire Facebook board member Peter Thiel wants a lot of things — to see Donald Trump elected president, to build techno-utopian floating city states, and to see the Gawker media empire crushed. He also,

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Yelp Bites Back At Companies Suing Customers Who Leave Negative Reviews

There was a time when a customer wrote a negative review of a business on Yelp, that business might reach out via email and try to gently persuade said customer to reconsider their

[Update] Facebook Eyes San Francisco Office, Maybe

Menlo Park-based Facebook is considering a major expansion into San Francisco barely a month after reports that CEO Mark Zuckerberg would not bow to employee pressure to do just that. According to three

September 16 Release Date Rumored For iPhone 7

Because we all love our Apple rumors so much, here's another one for you: The latest addition to the tech giant's line of iPhones, the iPhone 7, is slated for a September 16

Tech Company Defaces Public Property In Advertising Blitz

@WhistleLabs https://t.co/inzuwhSnZA Please refrain from putting illegal posts on public property. pic.twitter.com/PwQ87uEuOc. ^JM— SF311 (@SF311) July 24, 2016 Defacing San Francisco public property to promote your latest

Marissa Mayer Says She's Not Going Anywhere Following Yahoo Sale To Verizon

When news broke over the weekend that Web 1.0 company Yahoo would be sold to Verizon, the New York Times reported that this likely meant the end of CEO Marissa Mayer's reign

Airbnb Hires Former Attorney General Eric Holder To Handle Discrimination Policy

In May, Rohan Gilkes wrote a post on Medium about being cancelled on by a racist Airbnb host. His experience served as a focal point for reportedly widespread discrimination practiced by Airbnb hosts,

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iPhone 7 Will Allegedly Come In Three Models; New Photos Just Leaked

If you can hardly wait for the iPhone 7 to come out this fall, then here's a teaser for you. CNet reports, via some new leaked photos on Chinese social network Weibo, that

Now Everybody Can Apply For A Verified Twitter Account, So Why Would Anyone?

@oprah was one of the first Twitter accounts to boast a blue "verified" check, a useful indication that Ms. Winfrey's account did, indeed, represent her. But that onetime sign of Twitter Illuminati status

Pokémon Go Creating Security Nightmare For IT People

Not only is Pokémon Go probably stealing all of your personal information and sending it to Russia, but the wide popularity of the game and all the permissions it asks for on your

Netflix Subscribers Depart In Droves As $2 Price Increase Finally Kicks In For Longtime Users

Shares of Netflix were down a very unchill 15 percent today on news that the company hadn't added as many subscribers as expected, an outcome Business Insider calls a plunge in the company's

Arriving For Tech Conference In SF, John McAfee Tweets Photo Of Guns He's Bringing

Heading to d10e in San Francisco.Bitcoin techies are dangerous folks. Can't be too safe. pic.twitter.com/Rlt0hr5qtm— John McAfee (@officialmcafee) July 18, 2016 The fifth annual d10e conference, which has something

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Pokémon Go Crashes After Hacker Attack, Sending Millions Into PokéPanic

Pokémon Go players had to go back to interacting with a Pokémon-free world for several hours Saturday after hackers took the mega-popular game out of commission. As ABC 7 reports, this all happened

Facebook Releases (Low) Diversity Numbers, Adds LGBTQ Stats, Appears To Blame Public School System

If everyone has a Facebook account, in order to best represent all of these peoples' interests, Facebook employees should look like — and have had the experiences of — as many people as possible. Right?

Bay Area Gained 89,600 People With Tech Degrees Between 2011 And 2015

One city's "brain drain" is another's "brain gain," and by that logic, the mind of the San Francisco Bay Area is swollen with an influx of workers bearing tech-focused degrees. According to the

Facebook Engineer Fights For Gun Groups After Company Bans Sales Between Users

Facebook is great for so many things. Finding out about cool events, posting articles about your political beliefs to people who already share them, or watching your exes make compromises in their personal

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SF Startup Looks To Revive The Polaroid Brand With A New Kind Of Dynamic Photo App

Polaroid is not dead. Many lovers of the iconic instant-photo brand have been wishing and hoping this were true for years now, as the cameras have become collectors' items and the film for

Day Around The Bay: Would The Proposed Tech Tax 'Devastate' SF's Economy?

Follow SFist on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here. It's not on the November ballot yet, but a

Uber Caught Using Ex-CIA-Staffed Research Firm To Dig Up Dirt On Legal Opponent

A few weeks after the attorney Andrew Schmidt filed a labor lawsuit against Uber and its CEO Travis Kalanick last December — one of so many legal battles that keep the ride-hailing company's legal

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Tip For Restaurant And Bar Owners: Buy A Pokémon Go Lure Module, Get Instant Customers

In case you needed another reason to stop by for lunch, RTM is swarming with Pokemon! #loveRTM #EatMorePork #PokemonGo #PokemonGoPhilly A photo posted by Tommy DiNic's Pork & Beef (@tommydinics) on Jul 11,

Unlimited Vacation Time: The All-You-Can-Eat Buffet Of The Modern Workplace

Among a certain set of Silicon Valley companies, unlimited vacation time is a powerful weapon in the perks arms race. Netflix, VMware, Evernote, and Palantir all offer the practice, which is attractive to

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Oakland Rapper MC Zumbi Shoots Video For His Song 'Tech $' As His Family Moves Out Of Their House

Oakland rapper MC Zumbi, a.k.a. Steven Gaines and part of hip hop group Zion I, cut a track earlier this year in which he raps about being a victim of gentrification

Cool Kid Microsoft Wants Its 'Bae Interns' To Get 'Lit On A Monday Night'

An email sent by Microsoft is enough to make one wonder if the company restarted its ill-fated (racist/pot-head) tween Twitter-bot Tay and then gave it a recruiting job. In an attempt to