Tag: bay area

Filming of Matrix 4 Brings ‘Excitement, Some Damage’ to San Francisco

“It’s only been a few months since we learned that The Matrix 4 was actually a real movie that was going to actually happen, and was actually going to star Keanu Reeves, and now the movie is actually filming in San Francisco…” writes Cinema Blend. “However, making things real is apparently causing real damage in the city by the bay.” NBC…

Tesla Ramps Up Solar Tile Roof Installations In US, Eyes China and Europe Expansion

According to CEO Elon Musk, Tesla appears to be ramping up installations of its solar tile roofs in the San Francisco Bay area, with plans to expand to Europe and China in the not too distant future. TechCrunch reports: The solar tile roof, which Tesla calls Solarglass, is being produced at the company’s factory in Buffalo, N.Y. Musk announced in one…

Woz Remembers Steve Jobs’ Ambition to Change Humanity

The Bay Area Newsgroup reports on Steve Wozniak’s new interview with longtime Apple evangelist Guy Kawasaki on Kawasaki’s Remarkable People podcast. Woz reveals he’s still on the Apple payroll — he never left it — and he’s still receiving about $50 a week “out of loyalty. Because what could I do that’s more important in my life?” Woz also remembered how…

Anatomy of a Rental Phishing Scam

Jeffrey Ladish writes: I was recently the (unsuccessful) target of a very well-crafted phishing scam. As part of a housing search a few weeks ago, I was trawling craigslist and zillow for rental opportunities in the SF bay area. I reached out to a beautiful looking rental place to inquire about a tour. Despite my experience as a security professional, I…

Move Over, Silicon Valley: St. Louis, Atlanta, Small Cities Gaining Tech Jobs

Slashdot reader SpaceForceCommander shared Dice’s new annual report on America’s tech industry salaries based on a survey of over 12,800 “technologists”: Columbus and St. Louis enjoyed double-digit year-over-year growth in salaries (14.2 percent and 13.6 percent, respectively), and other cities such as Denver [7 percent] and Atlanta [10 percent] also experienced an ideal mix of growth and high salaries. These up-and-comers…

Is Fry’s Electronics in Trouble?

The tagline “Your best buys are always at Fry’s” once blanketed Bay Area airwaves, but that’s no longer true of the computer retailer’s Palo Alto store. From a report: A temple of electronics known as “ground zero for geek culture,” the Portage Avenue Fry’s Electronics closed last week after almost 30 years in business. “The Palo Alto store was a fixture…

Facebook Pledges $130 Million For Its Independent ‘Content Oversight Board’

“Facebook said Thursday it will commit $130 million to support the efforts of its independent oversight board,” reports the Bay Area Newsgroup — though the group won’t be in place (or its members announced) until sometime in 2020. An anonymous reader quotes their report:
In a company blog post, Brent Harris, Facebook’s director of governance and global affairs, said the company has…

Oracle Is Moving Its Massive Conference Out of San Francisco

An anonymous reader writes: Oracle has a huge commitment to the Bay Area. The software giant is based in Redwood Shores, a short drive south from San Francisco. It remains one of the largest employers in Northern California. And until recently, the Golden State Warriors were playing in Oracle Arena in Oakland. Just as the naming rights to that arena expired…

Uber Loses $1.4 Billion in Value After Acknowledging Thousands of Sexual Assaults

“Uber’s stock market value fell by $1.4 billion Friday, on the heels of the company’s release of a safety report revealing that 3,000 incidents of sexual assaults took place during its U.S. rides in 2018,” reports the Bay Area News Group: On Thursday evening, Uber released its long-awaited safety study, which revealed that the company received 3,045 reports of sexual assaults…