Have Uber and Lyft Reduced Drunk Driving in San Francisco?
We dig into the data. TL;DR: it’s more complicated than you might think....
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Amazon’s Second Headquarters May Create Jobs. But It Will Also Drive Inequality and Housing Crises.
Major cities the world over are in a tough position. A trend of increased income inequality has created bifurcated cities...
The iPhone X Proves How Tim Cook’s Apple Is Embracing the Rich
Ten percent of Americans earn half of all income—and Apple wants to appeal to them...
Love Your iPhone? Don’t Thank Apple. Thank the US Government.
Without public research funding, there’d be no iPhone — which makes Apple’s relentless tax dodging even more whack....
Attention, Bay Area Liberals: Stop Ignoring How Exploitative the Gig Economy Is
Is it easier to ignore exploitation because we’re saving money on taxis and delivery services?...
How to Tell a Xennial from a Millennial
Millennials, you owe us Xennials big time for all the suffering we went through debugging unreliable technology....
Uber’s Days Are Numbered — With or Without Travis Kalanick
The company’s bro-culture is losing them customers. But there are more fundamental flaws in its business model...
Attention, Men! A List of Best Practices for Hiring Female Tech Talent
Yawn repeatedly, don’t look her in the eye, and make sure your fly is unzipped. Then pat yourself on the back for ending the gender pay gap....
All the Reasons Why San Francisco Is Mad at Tech
San Francisco is the hub of all things technology, but many of our residents feel animosity toward the roiling hoards...
Just Because I’m Not in Tech Doesn’t Make Me Clueless
Stop techsplaining the world to me—just because I don’t work in the industry doesn’t mean I don’t understand...
Gorgeous Time Lapses of San Francisco
This project took 700 hours to complete....
Kids Review Soylent
We gave children the meal-replacement powder and recorded the results....