How robotaxis are dividing San Francisco
The city has become the crucible of an experiment - are robotaxis ready for the streets?.....»»
New study simulates San Francisco"s worst storms in future climate conditions
The December 2014 North American Storm Complex was a powerful winter storm, referred to by some as California's "Storm of the Decade." Fueled by an atmospheric river originating over the tropical waters of the Pacific Ocean, the storm dropped 8 inche.....»»
PayPal Shuttering Its San Francisco Office
PayPal is shuttering its San Francisco office as it evaluates its global office footprint. TechCrunch reports: Multiple sources say the payments giant is closing its San Francisco office on 425 Market St. which housed its Xoom business unit. PayPal a.....»»
Dividing walls: How immune cells enter tissue
To get to the places where they are needed, immune cells not only squeeze through tiny pores. They even overcome wall-like barriers of tightly packed cells. Researchers at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) have now discovered tha.....»»
School segregation harms Black children"s health, well-being
Black youth who attend racially segregated schools are more likely to have behavior problems and to drink alcohol than Black youth in less segregated schools, according to a UC San Francisco study published in Pediatrics......»»
Cop stops driverless car, driverless car seems to flee, confusion ensues
Welcome to the future, in which police officers have to learn to deal with self-driving cars which may not always cooperate. An Instagram video published on April 2 shows police officers in San Francisco pulling over an autonomous vehicle operated by.....»»
Confused cops pulled over a driverless car. It drove off.
In our unenvied contemporaneity, it's apparently completely normal to watch police officers try to pull over autonomous cars for seemingly not having their front lights on. In an Instagram video posted on April 2, a group of San Francisco police offi.....»»
Driverless car appears to flee the scene after being pulled over by cops
The Cruise autonomous vehicle was stopped in San Francisco's Richmond District. Enlarge / Cruise's driverless Bolt EVs are a common sight in San Francisco. (credit: Cruise) A video showing a driverless car being stopped by the.....»»
UPDATE: Jeff Bezos, Marc Andreessen Respond to Elon Musk Tweet
UPDATE: Jeff Bezos and Marc Andreessen have now responded to Elon Musk's suggestion to create a homeless shelter out of Twitter's San Francisco headquarters, "since no one shows up anyway." And at some point over the weekend, Musk also suggested a.....»»
Roberta and Ken Williams open up about their first video game in 25 years
No fear of Colossal failure: "If this game sinks, it ain't gonna change our life at all." Enlarge / Roberta Williams and Ken Williams at the 2022 Game Developers Conference. (credit: Sam Machkovech) SAN FRANCISCO—Legendary g.....»»
San Francisco Leads the Nation In No One Wanting To Work In an Office
An anonymous reader quotes a report from SFGate: Bad news for anyone hoping that Bay Area workers return to the office for good: San Francisco leads the nation in how many days employees want to work from home. According to a recent survey co-conduct.....»»
The Patagonia Vest Endures in San Francisco Tech Circles, Despite Ridicule
Long associated with Wall Street and Silicon Valley, the Patagonia vest has endured as a tribal symbol of finance and tech. But those who've dared in recent weeks to put on their vests in San Francisco have been the target of a resistance of sorts. F.....»»
Waymo Opens Driverless Robotaxi Service To San Francisco Employees
Waymo, Alphabet's self-driving unit, has begun offering its San Francisco employees fully autonomous rides, the company said Wednesday. From a report: Waymo will begin its rider-only operations within its "initial San Francisco service territory," wh.....»»
Wordle creator describes game’s rise, says NYT sale was “a way to walk away”
Meteoritic rise, celeb fans, flagrant clones, feeling "miserable," and moving on. Enlarge / Josh Wardle speaks at the 2022 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco about his gaming sensation Wordle. (credit: Sam Machkovech).....»»
Wolfenstein 3D secrets revealed by John Romero in lengthy post-mortem chat
Admits id Software was nearly acquired by Sierra—and we get Ken Williams' response. Enlarge / John Romero speaks at GDC 2022. (credit: Sam Machkovech) SAN FRANCISCO—While the game series Doom and Quake have been heavily c.....»»
Digital Nomads Guide In San Francisco & The Bay Area
It seems the author of the book The Digital Nomad had a premonition of what would become of today’s work culture when he released the book in 1997. In his book, Tsugio Makimoto describes how future technology and mankind’s desire to travel would.....»»
Firefox will efficiently play AV1 video—if you have a brand-new GPU
Support arrives in May 2022. Enlarge / The Mozilla building, Friday, Jan. 19, 2018, in San Francisco, California, Mozilla is the maker of the web browser Firefox. (Photo by Santiago Mejia/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images) (cred.....»»
Wheels vs. doors: James Corden and his staff"s debate gets very heated, very fast
Wheels. Or. Doors. Which are there more of in the world?It's a debate that's been raging on the internet, dividing households, offices, and friendships alike, so it was only really a matter of time before The Late Late Show staff (who always enjoy an.....»»
Google Dupes Diners, Sidelines Restaurants For Delivery Profits
Google has been making unauthorized pages for restaurants and using them to take a cut of fees from delivery orders through sites like Postmates, DoorDash and Grubhub, according to a lawsuit Tuesday in San Francisco federal court. Reuters reports: Th.....»»
Russian autonomous-driving company Yandex SDG idles U.S. operations amid Ukraine invasion
Self-driving tech company Yandex said it paused operation of its robotaxis in Ann Arbor, Mich., and ended a delivery partnership with Grubhub......»»
Waymo will soon start asking riders in San Francisco to pay for trips
A permit from the California Public Utilities Commission was the final step. Enlarge / One of Waymo's Jaguar I-Paces on the streets of San Francisco. (credit: Waymo) Waymo rides in San Francisco will start costing money soon,.....»»