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Uber Fired a Driver Over a "Hateful" Tweet About the Company

Earlier this afternoon, Uber driver Christopher J. Ortiz posted the email above informing him that he would be "permanently deactivated" because of a single tweet. "I think that's pretty much...

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iOS Expert: Don't Use Whisper If You Want to Remain Anonymous

When apps are accused of shady behavior, Jonathan Zdziarski is the guy that investigates . And this week, the self-identified iOS forensics expert was quick to respond to requests for a deep dive into...

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Bay Area rents keep climbing thanks to the tech boom.

Bay Area rents keep climbing thanks to the tech boom. According to the Contra Costa Times, rental costs across the region have hit a new record: "Bay Area apartment rents have jumped 11.4 percent from...

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Teenage Party Planner CEO Now Promising One Hour Delivery of Liquor

Here's an idea: if you are a tech CEO who was once hit with over 160 misdemeanor charges for planning booze-filled parties for high schoolers , maybe your startup shouldn't offer to ship devil water...

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New York Hipster Can't Find Anyone To Buy Her Unwanted Soylent

Adrianne Jeffries had a simple dream: to "hack lunch" by ordering a week's supply of Soylent, the food of the future for people who have better things to do than eat. It took five months for her order...

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ModCloth Just Laid Off Another 50 Employees, With More Layoffs To Come

ModCloth, the fashion retailer with $63.7 million in funding from some of Silicon Valley's biggest investors, has announced another round of layoffs. According to TechCrunch, "around 40 or 50" jobs...

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​Snapchat CEO Says Its New Ads Are Swell, Other Ads Are "Totally Rude"

Today Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel joins the grand tradition of tech CEOs who trashed talked ads in ways they later came to regret. In a blog post announcing new ads for American users, the company said...

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Marc Andreessen Still Believes in the Meritocracy

The oversized brain of Silicon Valley star Marc Andreessen can hold a lot of insight, but every once in a while, it still overflows: a new interview reveals he still clings to the fantasy of...

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Microsoft CEO Apology Less Convincing When He Stands to Make $18 M/Year

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is better prepared for his apology tour than he was for his panel at the Grace Hopper conference for women in computing. He gave CNBC and USA Today the same line explaining...

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Yahoo Still Thinks It Can Acquire Success

Faced with sagging ad sales, Yahoo has decided to keep trying to same failing strategy: gobbling up fledgling startups to reinvigorate the aging behemoth. An activist investor already slammed this...

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Tinder Wants Users to Pay Up Before It Shows You Better Matches

During the Forbes 30 Under 30 Summit—a gathering of "the world's brightest young game changers" and the middle-aged men who are obsessed with them—Tinder CEO Sean Rad announced that his dating app...

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Former Facebook VP Struggles to Adjust to Rough Life in San Francisco

For many, strolling around San Francisco is a pleasure. But for the optimization-obsessed elites of Silicon Valley, traveling through a world-class city is just laboring tax on their time. Now one...

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Court Documents Say WhatsApp CEO Methodically Harassed College Ex

Years before Jan Koum sold WhatsApp to Facebook for $22 billion, a California court granted his ex-girlfriend a restraining order against the future tech CEO. After court documents surfaced today,...

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Uber Driver Allegedly Threw Rider On the Street and Smashed Her iPhone

Authorities have charged a San Francisco UberX driver with battery, malicious mischief, and vandalism after "forcibly" pulling a female passenger out of the car and throwing her iPhone down the...

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Steve Ballmer defends Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella: "Actually he allowed good...

Steve Ballmer defends Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella: "Actually he allowed good karma to happen and good things happened to him and he was very fortunate , and that's his genuine belief in life." Yo...

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Hoarder House In Palo Alto Is On the Market for $1.8 Million

If a rising tide lifts all boats, then Google rising up as corporate landowner of Santa Clara County has lifted all housing prices. A tipster directed us to this cracked-on-the-outside,...

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Airbnb Accused of Illegally Lobbying For Favorable Legislation

Airbnb is proving itself to the quite the political operator . In an ethics complaint filed today in San Francisco, Airbnb has been accused using off-the-books lobbyists to help push legislation that...

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Handy's Nightmare Tryout Process Is a Startup Stereotype

Before Handy, a house cleaning and odd jobs startup, became the darling of the New York startup scene and raised $30 million dollars, the company was called "Handybook." And according to a person who...

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Google Invests $542 M in Bizarre Florida Man Promising Virtual Reality

Recode tried to warn you over and over that Silicon Valley found love in a hopeless place (Florida). Now it's official. Google announced that it led a $542 million round in Magic Leap, an augmented...

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Fab.com is still fucked.

Fab.com is still fucked. The startup's co-founder Jason Goldberg told TechCrunch that Fab, which once raised $150 million and commanded a $1 billion valuation, was burning $14 million a month before...

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