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Netflix may have been riding high of late due to the success of such hit original films as “Bird Box” and “The Christmas Chronicles.” But the streaming TV giant found out Thursday that some victories aren’t as resounding as hoped. Netflix reported its fourth-quarter results, and for the three months that ended in December, it […]

Microsoft’s promise to pony up $500 million for Seattle-area housing has Silicon Valley buzzing, full of hope that tech titans here will pour similar sums into fighting the housing shortage in their own back yards. The Redmond-based company pledged $225 million Wednesday evening for middle-income housing, $250 million for low-income housing and $25 million for […]

The federal government has ramped up its surveillance of the social media feeds of citizens and non-citizens amid an immigration crackdown, and won’t disclose what it’s doing, a new lawsuit claims. Migration of communication onto social media, and concentration of that communication in a small number of social media platforms has allowed the federal government […]

By Bruce Einhorn | Bloomberg Children’s clothing retailer Gymboree Group Inc. filed for bankruptcy on Wednesday, less than a year and a half after emerging from an earlier Chapter 11 filing that saw it restructure operations and launch a rebranded apparel line. The company filed for protection with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern […]

Facebook said Thursday that it has taken down more than 400 pages linked to operations in Russia in a move the company said was part of its efforts to cut down on the spreading of fake news on the social media platform. In a blog post, Nathaniel Gleicher, Facebook’s head of cybersecurity policy, said the […]

Tim Cook, who last year seized on Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica mess and positioned Apple as a privacy champion, is calling on Congress to pass federal privacy legislation after scandals and breaches galore. In an essay for Time published Thursday, the Apple CEO also pushed for the Federal Trade Commission to create a clearinghouse where data […]

By By Julie Cart | CALmatters Gretchen Bakke thinks a lot about power—the kind that sizzles through a complex grid of electrical stations, poles, lines and transformers, keeping the lights on for tens of millions of Californians who mostly take it for granted. They shouldn’t, says Bakke, who grew up in a rural California town […]

Denver moved up three spots to rank fifth last year in an annual survey of the country’s top moving destinations from Penske Truck Rental. Atlanta has ranked in the top spot since 2010, when the survey started, and it didn’t budge in 2018. Reflecting the long-term population shift to warmer climates, Phoenix, Tampa and Orlando […]

You don’t have to drink the blood of children to reclaim the vigor of your lost youth. You can mainline it. For $8,000 a liter. Ambrosia, a startup founded by a Stanford Medical School graduate, has begun pouring the blood of the young into the hardened arteries of their elders in five cities, one of […]

In response to the housing crisis in Seattle, Microsoft announced late Wednesday it is pledging $500 million to build affordable housing in the region. Microsoft is based in the suburb of Redmond, and in many areas where tech giants have their headquarters, low-and middle-income homeowners are being priced out. During a meeting attended by New […]

SAN JOSE — Airbnb, which seeks to revolutionize vacations and getaways, intends to open a downtown San Jose office, the tech upstart said Wednesday. The company made it clear that it wants to be able to tap a world-class tech workforce in the San Jose area. “The South Bay provides a strong talent pool to […]

PALO ALTO — Stanford University has sold a big Palo Alto office building to a Southern California realty company that’s a major player in San Francisco’s Mission Bay district. Pasadena-based Alexandria Real Estate, acting through an affiliate, bought a two-story office and research building at 3170 Porter Drive on Jan. 9, according to Santa Clara […]