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A profile of Maria Davidson, who leads California Renewal, a pro-business policy group backed by Silicon Valley power players, seeking to raise $100 million in 2026 (Emily Shugerman/The San Francisco Standard)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 20, 2026

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: Why half of product managers are struggling | Nikhyl Singhal (Meta, Google) Interviews with world-class product…

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Police report: Sam Altman’s home appears to have been the target of a second attack after a gun was fired at his home from a car early Sunday (Jonah Owen Lamb/The San Francisco…)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 12, 2026

Jonah Owen Lamb / The San Francisco Standard: Police report: Sam Altman’s home appears to have been targeted in second…

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San Francisco police arrested a suspect for allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail at Sam Altman’s home and also making threats outside OpenAI headquarters (Maxwell Zeff/Wired)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 10, 2026

Featured Podcasts Hard fork: Anthropic’s Cybersecurity Shock Wave + Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz on their investigation into Sam Altman…

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Founders are increasingly renting multimillion-dollar mansions in wealthy San Francisco neighborhoods as corporate headquarters and hacker homes amid the AI boom (The San Francisco Standard)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 18, 2026

Featured Podcasts Cheeky pint: Creating Prediction Markets (and Suing the CFTC) with Tarek Mansour and Luana Lopes Lara Stripe co-founder…

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A San Francisco jury finds former Google engineer Linwei Ding guilty of stealing trade secrets related to AI chip technology to build a startup in China (Isaiah Poritz/Bloomberg Law)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 29, 2026

Featured Podcasts Invest like the best: Gokul Rajaram – Lessons learned from investing in 700 companies The leading destination for…

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The killing of a cat by a Waymo robo-taxi sparked outrage in San Francisco, as some questioned why deaths caused by human drivers don’t spark the same level of concern (Heather Knight/New York Times)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 16, 2025

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Inside the AI Bubble: Debt, Depreciation and Losses – With Gil Luria The Big Technology…

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Waymo becomes first robotaxi provider to offer driverless rides on highways, available 24/7 in San Francisco, Phoenix and Los Angeles for users who sign up (Zoe Thomas/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 12, 2025

Zoe Thomas / Bloomberg: Waymo becomes the first robotaxi provider to offer driverless rides on highways, available 24/7 in San…

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Jamf says PE firm Francisco Partners has agreed to take the device management software maker private in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $2.2 billion, expected to close in the first quarter of 2026 (Connor Hart/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 29, 2025

Connor Hart / Wall Street Journal: Jamf says PE firm Francisco Partners has agreed to take the device management software…

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Sources: Francisco Partners is in talks to acquire Jamf, which provides remote device management tools, by taking it private; Jamf has a market capitalization of around $1.5 billion (Milana Vinn/Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 29, 2025

Milana Vinn / Reuters: Sources: Francisco Partners is in talks to acquire Jamf, which provides remote device management tools, by…

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Openai unveils Grove, a five -week mentoring program for emerging technological entrepreneurs, organized in its headquarters in San Francisco, with around 15 participants in its first cohort (Jaures Yip / CNBC)

By Stacey D. WallsSeptember 12, 2025

Featured podcasts Big Technology Podcast: Do we care about the iPhone Air ?, Nepal’s Discord Revolution, Culture 996 of San…

Heat maps show North Korea’s largest greenhouse at less than half capacity – Radio Free Asia

Balikatan 2026 exercises will highlight Manila’s ‘more active defense posture’ – Radio Free Asia

North Korean agents use fake identities to apply for tech jobs – Radio Free Asia

Award-winning Burmese journalist Shin Daewe released from prison – Radio Free Asia

RFA welcomes release of Shin Daewe, RFA contributor in Myanmar – Radio Free Asia

Southwest Airlines (LUV) First Quarter 2026 Results

Lululemon names former Nike executive Heidi O’Neill as CEO

(YSWY) begins trading on Nasdaq

BMW sticks to sedans, even as some rivals cut spending

The company reaches an important milestone in the production of a new electric vehicle

Republicans attempt to overturn election after Virginia backfires Trump’s Gerrymander

RFK Jr. looked completely crazy during Senate hearing

Investigation opened into Kash Patel’s alleged drinking

Trump just cost Republicans the House as Virginia voters pass new map that boosts Democrats

Trump’s permanent ceasefire is actually a total capitulation to Iran

Survey of 4,000 workers in US and UK finds higher-paid, more experienced workers adopting AI in their jobs much faster than others (Financial Times)

OpenAI Launches ChatGPT for Clinicians, a Tool for Medical Tasks Like Documentation and Research, Free for Verified Physicians, Pharmacists and More in the US (OpenAI)

SK Hynix Reports First Quarter Revenue Up 198% YoY to ~$35.55 Billion, from ~$36.2 Billion Est., and Operating Profit Up 405% YoY to ~$25.4 Billion, from ~$25.6 Billion Est., as Memory Prices Rise (Dylan Butts/CNBC)

Kalshi suspends and fines congressional candidates Mark Moran of Virginia, Matt Klein of Minnesota and Ezekiel Enriquez of Texas for political insider trading (Dan Mangan/CNBC)

OpenAI Announces Workspace Agents in ChatGPT, Allowing Teams to Create Codex-Powered Shared Agents for Complex Tasks, Says They Are “An Evolution of GPT” (OpenAI)

Browsing: Francisco

A profile of Maria Davidson, who leads California Renewal, a pro-business policy group backed by Silicon Valley power players, seeking to raise $100 million in 2026 (Emily Shugerman/The San Francisco Standard)

Police report: Sam Altman’s home appears to have been the target of a second attack after a gun was fired at his home from a car early Sunday (Jonah Owen Lamb/The San Francisco…)

San Francisco police arrested a suspect for allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail at Sam Altman’s home and also making threats outside OpenAI headquarters (Maxwell Zeff/Wired)

Founders are increasingly renting multimillion-dollar mansions in wealthy San Francisco neighborhoods as corporate headquarters and hacker homes amid the AI boom (The San Francisco Standard)

A San Francisco jury finds former Google engineer Linwei Ding guilty of stealing trade secrets related to AI chip technology to build a startup in China (Isaiah Poritz/Bloomberg Law)

The killing of a cat by a Waymo robo-taxi sparked outrage in San Francisco, as some questioned why deaths caused by human drivers don’t spark the same level of concern (Heather Knight/New York Times)

Waymo becomes first robotaxi provider to offer driverless rides on highways, available 24/7 in San Francisco, Phoenix and Los Angeles for users who sign up (Zoe Thomas/Bloomberg)

Jamf says PE firm Francisco Partners has agreed to take the device management software maker private in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $2.2 billion, expected to close in the first quarter of 2026 (Connor Hart/Wall Street Journal)

Sources: Francisco Partners is in talks to acquire Jamf, which provides remote device management tools, by taking it private; Jamf has a market capitalization of around $1.5 billion (Milana Vinn/Reuters)

Openai unveils Grove, a five -week mentoring program for emerging technological entrepreneurs, organized in its headquarters in San Francisco, with around 15 participants in its first cohort (Jaures Yip / CNBC)