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tech reporter at sfgate / on signal: 628-204-5452
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Grant Marek
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An
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investigation revealed a Facebook misinformation ring profiting off NFL outrage over Charlie Kirk's killing. My latest:
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Massive Charlie Kirk sports news scam targets NFL players, teams
An SFGATE investigation revealed a misinformation ring profiting off NFL outrage.
https://www.sfgate.com/49ers/article/massive-charlie-kirk-sports-news-scam-targets-nfl-21055571.php
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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.
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At $183B San Francisco tech company, man's hunger strike enters second week
"There is no safe way to build systems that are beyond human capability," he argues.
https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/san-francisco-anthropic-hunger-strike-21039988.php
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This is very good about some very bad shit
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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?
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Mark Zuckerberg has never been more dangerous
It's time for a reckoning.
https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/mark-zuckerberg-never-more-dangerous-20819500.php
about 1 month ago
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after covering many, many individual biotech layoffs, I reported on the industry's wider issues:
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Layoffs, shutdowns and billions up in smoke. What's wrong with Bay Area biotech?
"This isn't the way it's supposed to work," one CEO said.
https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/layoffs-shutdowns-bay-area-biotech-20781204.php
about 2 months ago
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"Rarely do problems that appear permanent have such simple, immediate solutions."
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I abandoned my iPhone for a $90 flip phone. Life's never been better.
A piece of janky hardware succeeded where no screen time tracker could.
https://www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/article/swapped-iphone-for-flip-phone-never-going-back-20762858.php
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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!
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Trump's megabill could make California's energy costs even worse
"No one voted for higher energy bills," a Democratic senator said in protest.
https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/trump-megabill-california-energy-costs-20401692.php
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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:
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Anti-ICE protesters crash Palantir’s Bay Area office
Protesters aimed to shut down what they'd heard was a recruiting event.
https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/ice-protesters-palantir-bay-area-20396486.php
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"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."
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Thousands gather in SF for 'epic battle' against ICE amid Calif. raids
“If anyone was going to take a stand, it's gonna be San Francisco.”
https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/thousands-march-sf-protest-california-ice-raids-20369532.php
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Grant Marek
4 months ago
🚨 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:
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SFGATE launched a National Parks bureau. It led to explosive growth.
SFGATE was one of America's 10 fastest growing news sites in back-to-back months.
https://www.sfgate.com/national-parks/article/sfgate-national-parks-bureau-explosive-growth-20368232.php
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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"
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Trump's huge bill includes immediate gift for Bay Area tech hiring
Bay Area tech has seen a drag on hiring over the past few years thanks to a tax code change, and President Donald Trump's new budget bill would reverse it.
https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/trump-bill-gift-bay-area-hiring-20359908.php
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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
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"I also realized that the Orb’s technology — which is dressed up in revolutionary language — is basically just a yassified form of Captcha." read
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Downtown San Francisco retail is dying. What's replacing it is so much worse.
Vacancies still plague Union Square, and the newest retailer to arrive is the last thing the area actually needs.
https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/downtown-san-francisco-retail-dying-sam-altman-20307342.php
5 months ago
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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.
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A Bay Area lawsuit just landed more than 100,000 Californians cash payments
A 2024 privacy settlement from Thomson Reuters is delivering $156.09 to Californians who filed claims in the class-action lawsuit.
https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/lawsuit-californians-cash-thomson-reuters-20290760.php
5 months ago
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reviewed Lady Gaga's Coachella set. a triumph in every way, but especially for choreographer Parris Goebel. will remember this one forever:
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Lady Gaga turned Coachella headlining into a whole new art form
Lady Gaga's stunning theatrical Coachella set was an operatic triumph, writes SFGATE tech reporter Stephen Council.
https://www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/article/lady-gaga-coachella-headliner-review-20272636.php
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Gabe Fernandez
7 months ago
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
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The holy grail of San Francisco bar sports lives in North Beach
March means it's time for Gino & Carlo's annual eight-ball pool tournament, where 256 competitors face off for a chance at bar sports immortality.
https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/legendary-north-beach-dive-gino-carlo-tournament-20207327.php
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listened to the first eposide of Gavin Newsom's new podcast, feat. Charlie Kirk, and was provoked to write a rare column:
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The first episode of Gavin Newsom's new podcast is genuinely humiliating
California Gov. Gavin Newsom's new podcast dropped its first episode with Charlie Kirk as a guest, resulting in an embarrassing showcase.
https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/gavin-newsom-podcast-charlie-kirk-humiliating-20207067.php
7 months ago
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“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:
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The Bay Area startup with a 'bats—t' plan to take on Elon Musk's SpaceX
Longshot, a Bay Area tech startup, is betting that a mileslong "space gun" will disrupt satellite launching and give Elon Musk's SpaceX a real competitor
https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/longshot-startup-take-on-spacex-20185009.php
7 months ago
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San Francisco's lone Tesla dealership just saw four protests in an eight-day stretch
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'Honk if u hate Elon': Busy thoroughfare becomes go-to SF protest spot
San Francisco's lone Tesla showroom saw its fourth assembly in eight days on Feb. 22, with more than 100 people gathering to protest Elon Musk.
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/sf-tesla-showroom-protest-elon-musk-20184983.php
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Gabe Fernandez
7 months ago
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.
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How the Bay Area became the home of an international sporting craze
The single-largest tournament for the hit 2000s video game 'Super Smash Bros. Melee' takes place each year in the Bay Area — and started in a barn in Antioch.
https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/bay-area-video-game-tournament-super-smash-bros-20177840.php
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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:
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At SF protest, federal workers warn that Musk plan will backfire
San Francisco workers for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau protested Elon Musk's plan to axe the agency, as well as layoffs that have already begun.
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/sf-protest-federal-workers-warn-musk-plan-20164099.php
7 months ago
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33 bus profile!! 33 bus profile!!
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The story behind San Francisco's bizarre, stomach-flipping hairpin turn
An SF bus' signature, stomach-flipping turn involves a swerve across up to six lanes of traffic. Its story traces back to the 1800s.
https://www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/article/san-francisco-stomach-flipping-hairpin-turn-20152424.php
7 months ago
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"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
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San Francisco's hottest new DJ is a literal war machine
A San Francisco crowd danced to a DJ set by a humanoid robot. Its creators believe that the machine could be "critical to the future of warfare."
https://www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/article/sf-hottest-dj-war-machine-20136704.php
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The Bay Area tech scene-tied "Zizian" group has been linked to two recent killings, one in California and one in Vermont. from
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String of recent killings linked to Bay Area 'death cult'
A string of recent killings across the United States have been tied to fringe online group the Zizians, described as a "death cult."
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/bay-area-death-cult-zizian-murders-20064333.php
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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
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More than 1,300 Google workers join push to stop tech giant’s layoffs
Google workers are signing a petition by the Alphabet Workers Union pushing for job security against layoffs, as the specter of job cuts rears its yearly head.
https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/google-layoffs-petition-workers-union-20062176.php
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Grant Marek
8 months ago
🚨 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 🧵👇
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9 months ago
Great story from
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, everyone who lives in California should be required to download the app honestly:
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LA's go-to app for the Palisades Fire got its start in the Bay Area woods
Watch Duty, born in the Bay Area woods and based in Santa Rosa, is humming with new users amid Los Angeles’ destructive Palisades and Eaton Fires.
https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/watch-duty-palisades-eaton-fires-20025818.php
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Grant Marek
9 months ago
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 🧵👇
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West Coast's largest news site begins major national parks coverage expansion
Major SFGATE expansion will see added coverage of national parks in Pacific Northwest, Southwest and Big Sky Country.
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/sfgate-national-parks-expansion-2025-20013577.php
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no huge surprise, but SF and California are home to by far the most buyers of.. anti-Elon Musk bumper stickers for Teslas
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Bumper stickers roasting Elon Musk are suddenly very popular in California
Anti-Elon Musk bumper stickers, many for Tesla owners, are selling fast at a Hawaii man’s online shop. California and SF residents are buying tons.
https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/tesla-stickers-anti-elon-musk-19944693.php
10 months ago
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10 months ago
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
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Stanford expert on 'lying and technology' accused of lying about technology
Stanford professor Jeff Hancock, in a court case over banning deepfakes, appears to have made up two journal articles. He is an expert on misinformation.
https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/stanford-professor-lying-and-technology-19937258.php
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come work with us!! signal in bio, feel free to message with any qs :)
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