Google Abandons Massive Plan That Would Have Built 15,000 Homes in San Francisco Area

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On Friday, Google and real estate group Lendlease called off plans to build 15,000 homes in the San Francisco Bay Area, as housing developers continue to exit the troubled region.

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A driverless car in San Francisco drove right into wet concrete and got stuck after seemingly mistaking it for a regular road: 'It ain't got a brain'

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A Cruise self-driving car in San Francisco.
A Cruise self-driving car in San Francisco.

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A famed Silicon Valley VC who left for the UK says he wouldn't live in San Francisco with kids after men fired gunshots a few blocks from his dinner

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Fears about San Francisco's crime, homelessness, and drug issue are driving people out of the city.

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The owner of a luxury retailer in San Francisco says that after 162 years of business, rising crime and homelessness could make this year its last

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A pedestrian crosses a street in the Outer Sunset district by Ocean Beach on June 26, 2023 in San Francisco, California.
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Sex in self-driving cars: Passengers are reportedly hooking up in San Francisco's driverless taxis

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A Cruise self-driving car in San Francisco.
Passengers in San Francisco's driverless taxis have been using the rides to hook up, The San Francisco Standard reported.

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Cruise robocabs got stuck in San Francisco, causing a bizarre traffic jam, which the company blamed on a festival taking up too much wireless bandwidth

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A Cruise, which is a driverless robot taxi, is seen during operation in San Francisco, California, USA on July 24, 2023

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Grindr employees working from home were given 2 weeks to decide to move across the country to work in person or lose their jobs

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San Francisco's robotaxi dream has been realized, but some locals and campaigners think things are about to spin out of control

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California regulators have voted in favor of the expansion of robotaxi services offered by the likes of Waymo across the entirety of San Francisco.

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Elon Musk is auctioning off Twitter's signs and decorations as part of the X HQ overhaul — take a look

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The Twitter logo on its San Francisco HQ, before it was taken down on the order of Elon Musk, who rebranded the company to be called X.

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Elon Musk's flashing X sign at Twitter headquarters resulted in $4,447 of fines which the landlord paid, report says

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The ''X'' sign is being installed on the top of building of Twitter Headquarters in San Francisco
The X sign on top of the company's headquarters.

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