Craig Newmark is the latest signee of the Giving Pledge. Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images Craig Newmark, the founder of Craigslist, is celebrating his 73rd birthday by giving his fortune away. The entrepreneur is the latest signee of the Giving Pledge, a campaign urging the ultra-wealthy to donate the majority of their net worth […]
The San Jose Sharks allowed two goals in the second period — including a backbreaker just before intermission — in a sluggish 4-1 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday at Xfinity Mobile Arena. The Sharks allowed even-strength goals in the second period to forwards Carl Grundstrom and Noah Cates, with Cates’ goal at the […]
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang scores a major victory after months of lobbying for renewed access to the Chinese A.I. market. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Jensen Huang’s months-long charm offensive in Washington seems to be paying off. President Donald Trump is granting Nvidia permission to sell the H200 GPU, its second-most powerful A.I. chip, to China, reversing […]
A 42-year-old man was arrested over the weekend after he allegedly tried to start a fire at a Saratoga winery, crashed into two parked cars and then barricaded himself inside his Tesla, authorities said Monday. Beri Vikram, of Menlo Park, reportedly tried to spark a fire on Saturday afternoon at Garrod Farms Estate Winery and […]
Mark Zuckerberg attends the WSJ. Magazine 2025 Innovator Awards at MoMA on Oct. 29, 2025 in New York City. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for WSJ. Magazine Innovators Awards Meta is acquiring Limitless, the maker of a wearable A.I. pendant that records, transcribes and provides feedback on conversations. The deal comes as Meta, which has been spending […]
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Hinge’s newest feature uses A.I. to provide personalized conversation starters. Courtesy Hinge Hinge wants users to skip the small talk. Instead of opening with a generic “Hey,” the dating app today (Dec. 8) launched an A.I. feature designed to help users start more interesting conversations. Known as Convo Starters, the new tool pulls from a […]
OAKLAND — Alameda County prosecutors have struck plea deals with two alleged robbers, both of whom were accused of luring their victims into a false sense of security with the help of a suspected prostitute. In one case, Nicholas Lewis, 31, was sentenced to nine days he already served in jail plus probation after pleading […]
Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison speaks during the Bloomberg Screentime conference in Los Angeles on October 9, 2025. PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images On Friday, Warner Bros. Discovery’s board agreed to sell its studio and streaming assets to Netflix in an $82.7 billion deal that many believed would reshape Hollywood. But just a weekend […]
BART riders trying to get through San Francisco endured long delays Monday morning after a power issue on the trackway in the downtown areas forced the cancellation of two lines. The shutdown of the Green Line between the Daly City and Berryessa/North San Jose stations and the Red Line between the Richmond and Millbrae stations […]
