San Francisco City Attorney's office confirmed it is taking legal action against some popular "undressing" websites that let users create deepfake versions of a person's real image with AI.
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The UK government's AI Safety Institute will launch a San Francisco-based office in the summer. It wants to expand its expertise in AI by having easy access to the creators in San Francisco.
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency is still using old floppy disks to run its trains. Moreover, it could take as much as 10 years to upgrade the current 26-year-old system.
X Corp has taken down its logo from the company headquarters following complaints from neighbors and the local authorities. The company will likely try to get permission before reinstalling it.
After six former workers sued Twitter, S.F. authorities opened an investigation into the company's headquarters. Elon Musk's team is charged with deliberately breaking federal laws in the case.
A new report says that the city of San Francisco is now getting three 911 calls a day due to issues with driverless automated cars from Waymo and GM, and things could get even worse in the future.
Amazon will close eight of its Amazon Go stores from April 1. It's not clear why it's shutting the stores but the company has said it's not giving up on its chain of checkout-less stores.
San Francisco has decided to reverse its decision of authorizing the police to use robots as a deadly force option against dangerous suspects after protesters gathered on the steps of city hall.
The San Francisco Police Department has submitted a proposal to allow them to use weapon-fitted robots to kill suspects that are deemed to be dangerous to the public and police officers
Waymo has finally gotten its permit that will allow it to run driverless operations in the San Francisco area. The company already operates its autonomous services in downtown Phoenix.
Oracle is laying off staff in the United States. It's also planning to cut jobs in Canada, India, and Europe as it struggles to deal with a worse economy. Employees in SF Bay Area were affected.
Waymo, Alphabet's autonomous taxi cab service, will be starting its fully autonomous rides in San Fransisco - without a safety driver. The service will initially be available for Waymo's own staff.
Amazon has begun testing its Rivian-made electric vans in San Francisco. It said that it chose San Francisco because of the unique terrain and climate which should be a good test for the vehicles.
Facebook has designated $150 million of its $1 billion Catalyst Housing Fund to build 2,000 homes for those on low-incomes. It said projects can begin requesting money from the fund from today.
Facebook has shared an update about its Catalyst Housing Fund, an initiative it began in 2016 with $20 million of investment. The firm says it's on track to invest $1 billion in the next decade.
YouTube has won its case against PragerU in a U.S. court after the latter alleged that its first amendment rights were being infringed by YouTube's censorship of its right-wing videos.
Setting a US precedent, the city of San Francisco is set to ban the use of facial recognition technology by local agencies and mandate the city's approval for new surveillance technology purchases.
Samsung has announced that it will be live streaming its UNPACKED 2019 event set to take place on Wednesday. The stream will be available in several places online; here's how to watch.
Apple has announced a new Activity Challenge which will take place later this month. It is being used to promote Heart Month which brings attention to heart health and the importance of exercise.
Uber Eats and Starbucks have announced that customers in several cities around the U.S., and London in the UK, will be able to begin placing Starbucks orders via the Uber Eats app.
Despite cryptocurrency flailing, the technology behind it, blockchain, is now a lucrative business to get into if you have the right skills. Blockchain engineers are now paid as well as AI experts.
After two months in a partnership with Jump Bikes, Uber will reportedly acquire the San Francisco-based electric bike-rental service, in a bid to expand itself into the two-wheeler market.
A Michelin Star is considered to be one of the crowning achievements for a restaurant. Quince, a Michelin-starred restaurant in SF, has transcended traditional plating by offering a meal on an iPad.
The drive to offer gigabit service continues to grow with major internet service providers. Comcast, via its Xfinity service, plans to have 15 cities offering ultra-fast internet speeds in 2017.
We recently attended the Xbox Spring Showcase in San Francisco to get our hands-on a new free Forza game, Quantum Break, Minecraft with VR support, and more coming to Xbox and Windows 10 this Spring.
Helvetica Neue is widely used across iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite, but Apple may be replacing it in the new versions of its operating systems with 'San Francisco', the font it designed for the Apple Watch.
Twitch has announced its first ever TwitchCon which will take place in San Francisco on September 25 and 26. Gamers and broadcasters will meet up to discuss sharing gameplay videos among other things.
A frustrated website owner filed a lawsuit against Google claiming that Google was purposely not showing results for the website in search results. The judge has ruled the case in favor of Google.
It's not hard to gauge that people are split on the issue of Google Glass, while some think it's the best thing since sliced bread, others think it's intrusive and makes you look like a total douche.
A global movement is growing - but not the kind you might expect. Twitter users are enjoying the hunt for cash hidden in cities from the US to Europe and Africa, planted by anonymous philanthropists.
San Francisco woman Sarah Slocum has managed to film her assault with a Google Glass device. The footage shows a man approaching her while being verbally abused by a female in the background.
Google has been ordered to move its barge - believed to be a giant floating showroom in the making - from San Francisco Bay, after failing to secure the proper permissions for its construction there.
Microsoft has revealed that it will hold its BUILD 2014 developers conference in San Francisco on April 2-4, with registration to begin on January 14 at noon Eastern.
Google's plans for a floating showroom in San Francisco Bay appear to be on hold, with construction on the barge having been put "on hiatus" shortly after an inspection by the US Coast Guard.
London is the latest major city to join the Secure our Smartphones alliance in an effort to curb smartphone theft. The SOS is working with industry players to create deterrents for smartphone theft.
Microsoft's BUILD conference gets under way in San Francisco this week - we take a look at we're expecting (and not expecting) to hear, including Windows 8.1, Windows Phone and the 'Surface Mini'.
Google's hunt for new Explorers with Glass is over. While the contest ran during February, the company has only begun to send out invitations to join the Explorer Program via Google+ today.
The new stadium for the San Francisco 49ers football team is currently under construction and when it opens in 2014 it will have WiFi service for all 68,500 fans in the stadium at once.
Microsoft has launched a Windows 8 promotion that offers residents in New York City and San Francisco free access to WiFi hotspots from provider Boingo from now until the end of 2012.
Sprint's 4G rollout has been much faster than expected. Silicon Valley seems to have gained 4G connectivity overnight, much more quickly than the original schedule suggested it would.
