education UC Santa Cruz asks professors to rent their spare rooms to students who couldn't get housing guarantees Cory Doctorow
labor Liberaltarianism: Silicon Valley's emerging ideology of "disruption with economic airbags" Cory Doctorow
real estate Modest Silicon Valley home breaks record for highest price paid per square foot Rusty Blazenhoff
Business Bosses seed Silicon Valley Christmas parties with models who impersonate fellow employees, after briefing them with back-stories Cory Doctorow
urban theory NYC civic hackers invite frustrated Silicon Valleyites to do good in New York Cory Doctorow
piketty 7 years later, Sun Microsystems cofounder Vinod Khosla loses bid to privatize public beach Cory Doctorow
uber Uber CEO Travis Kalanick takes "leave of absence without return date" to "grieve for his mother" Rob Beschizza
politics Residents of Silicon Valley homeless camp clear 48,000 Lbs of garbage from creek, ask for housing Cory Doctorow
Business Silicon Valley banks offer tech giants' new hires 100% mortgages on 24 hours' notice Cory Doctorow
tech Squarespace staffer claims exec told them "you're so black, you blend into the chair" Rob Beschizza