Tag: Google
President Biden, Chinese President Xi Jinping Set To Meet In San Francisco Next Month
According to new reports released on Thursday and Friday, President Joe Biden is to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping for the first time in a year next month in San Francisco. While both President Biden and President Xi have met...
San Francisco Office Vacancies Hit New Record – Nearly One-Third are Empty
According to a new study released Tuesday, San Francisco’s office vacancy rate hit a new high of 31.8% in the second quarter of 2023, climbing up from 29.4% earlier this year as the economic situation in San Francisco continues to...
Former Google Executive Lexi Reese Announces 2024 Senate Exploratory Committee
Former Google executive and investor Lexi Reese announced on Thursday that she will be filing paperwork with the Federal Elections Commission to form an Exploratory Committee for the 2024 California U.S. Senate race. Reese could potentially upend the current race...
Meta Threatens To Halt All News In California if ‘Journalism Usage Fee’ Passes
Meta, the parent company of social media platforms Facebook and Instagram, threatened to remove all news content in California on Wednesday should a bill imposing “journalism usage fees” pass. The focal point of Meta’s concern is Assembly Bill 886 by...
‘Journalism Usage Fee’ Legislation Passes Assembly Judiciary Committee 9-0
A bill that would require big tech companies to pay a fee to news outlets for using or posting articles and other local news content advanced in the Assembly Judiciary Committee earlier this week, despite a growing movement to either...
Newest Mass Layoffs Strike San Francisco: Over 2,000 Jobs Lost At Gap, Dropbox
Two major San Francisco-based companies announced mass layoffs on Thursday, with Gap announcing that 1,800 corporate positions will be cut and Dropbox announcing that 16% of all employees, or around 500 people, will be let go. Beginning in October of...