CA's vast solar buildout has an issue. without somewhere to send excess power, the state often has to turn off its panels to avoid over-generation, wasting sunlight @asos.bsky.social and i dove into the effort to change that: an overhaul of the west's energy trading www.sfgate.com/tech/article...

The much-watched SB 53 was just signed into law in California. It focuses on some of Silicon Valley’s largest companies, requiring tech giants like Meta and OpenAI to publish safety reports when they release new AI developments. New from me and @stephco.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/tech/article...

An @sfgate.com investigation revealed a Facebook misinformation ring profiting off NFL outrage over Charlie Kirk's killing. My latest: www.sfgate.com/49ers/articl...

When Guido Reichstadter learned about the idea of AGI, he was terrified. But that was in college, in 2000. 25 years later, billions of dollars are flowing into the race to build that super-advanced AI. He's hunger striking in protest; here's a dispatch from Day 8. www.sfgate.com/tech/article...

This is very good about some very bad shit

Who do we blame when an AI chatbot lures a confused retiree away from his family, and in his rush to visit "her," he falls and dies? www.sfgate.com/tech/article...

after covering many, many individual biotech layoffs, I reported on the industry's wider issues: www.sfgate.com/tech/article...

"Rarely do problems that appear permanent have such simple, immediate solutions." www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...

Most experts think the U.S. is on a good path to meet energy demand with its buildup of solar and batteries. Trump thinks solar is "ugly as hell," and mostly ignores that batteries exist. here we are! www.sfgate.com/politics/art...

A protester, directing her ire toward potential Palantir recruits: "Don’t stain your hands with blood while you fill your pockets with money, it's not worth it." at the scene yesterday in palo alto: www.sfgate.com/tech/article...

"If politicians claim that they want peace, then they need to really confront the Trump administration and the federal government." an organizer said. "[They] have to draw a line in saying we cannot witness the separation of families. It’s inhumane." www.sfgate.com/politics/art...

🚨 GOOD JOURNALISM NEWS ALERT 🚨 @sfgate.com launched a National Parks bureau in Jan. 1. It's led to millions of readers and our site being one of America's fastest growing in back-to-back months. Instead of doing a 🧵 I wrote about who we hired + the wild numbers here: www.sfgate.com/national-par...

the GOP's massive bill has a tax cut that Bay Area tech has been desperately hoping for since Trump raised their tax bills with a "budgetary gimmick" www.sfgate.com/tech/article...

Microsoft's Bay Area layoffs include dozens of software engineers across various earning levels, state filings show they came as part of a 6,000-worker cut at the company, and shortly after CEO Satya Nadella said 20-30% of the company's code is now AI-written www.sfgate.com/tech/article...

"I also realized that the Orb’s technology — which is dressed up in revolutionary language — is basically just a yassified form of Captcha." read @arianabindman.bsky.social!! on sam altman's push to scan our irises... www.sfgate.com/local/articl...

Lawyers said that a $27.5 million privacy settlement reached last year was open for claims from basically every Californian — setting up people for a tiny payout. But so few eligible claimants filed that Tuesday's payments landed them each a healthy $156. www.sfgate.com/tech/article...

reviewed Lady Gaga's Coachella set. a triumph in every way, but especially for choreographer Parris Goebel. will remember this one forever: www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...

Much to the chagrin of famed San Francisco Chronicle columnist Charles McCabe, I've written about Gino & Carlo, the 83-year-old North Beach dive with the Holy Grail of Bay Area bar sports www.sfgate.com/food/article...

listened to the first eposide of Gavin Newsom's new podcast, feat. Charlie Kirk, and was provoked to write a rare column: www.sfgate.com/politics/art...

“If I was working on an AI-driven SaaS product for Fortune 500 companies to like, automate accounting processes … imagine how much I’d have to pay people who are this smart to come in and pretend they give a f—k about that." new profile: www.sfgate.com/tech/article...

San Francisco's lone Tesla dealership just saw four protests in an eight-day stretch www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...

For SFGATE I wrote a dispatch from Genesis X2 the country’s largest and most prominent Super Smash Bros tournament that has become a Bay Area esports institution thanks to the boys from NorCal who started it and the legacies it’s helped create. www.sfgate.com/sports/artic...

in San Francisco today, workers for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau protested Musk's plan to axe the regulator, and talked up its $21 billion track record: www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...

33 bus profile!! 33 bus profile!! www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...

"Phantom is a weapon with a side hustle as a DJ. His music career essentially constitutes a goodwill campaign for a morally dubious project." a great piece by @bimonthly.bsky.social: www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...

The Bay Area tech scene-tied "Zizian" group has been linked to two recent killings, one in California and one in Vermont. from @andrewchamings.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...

Jan. 2023: Google announced 12,000 layoffs Jan. 2024: 1,000+ more layoffs, across several teams Jan. 2025: 1,300+ workers sign onto a petition pushing for changes to how Google cuts staff The context, including an interview with the VP of @alphabetworkersunion.org : www.sfgate.com/tech/article...

🚨 WE. ARE. HIRING. 🚨 📰 Breaking News Editor 💻 Part-time Homepage Editor 🗳️ Senior Calif. Politics Reporter 🌲 Contributing Parks Editor, PNW 🌵 Contrib. Parks Editor, Southwest 🗻 Contrib. Parks Editor, Big Sky Country 🟥 Stanford Summer Intern 🟨 Cal Summer Intern 🧵👇

Great story from @stephco.bsky.social, everyone who lives in California should be required to download the app honestly: www.sfgate.com/tech/article...

HELLO: @sfgate.com is embarking on a major national parks coverage expansion today, hiring journalists to cover the American West's most incredible outdoors spaces. We'll be covering national parks clusters in the: 🌲 PNW 🌵 Southwest 🗻 Big Sky Country Story + Quick 🧵👇 www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...

no huge surprise, but SF and California are home to by far the most buyers of.. anti-Elon Musk bumper stickers for Teslas www.sfgate.com/tech/article...

This is one of those stories that makes my skin crawl thinking about what it would be like to be the person in the middle of it. h/t @stephco.bsky.social www.sfgate.com/tech/article...

come work with us!! signal in bio, feel free to message with any qs :)