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Amazon Failure Takes Down Sites Across Internet
SAN JOSE (KCBS/AP) – Scores of websites and Internet services like Foursquare and Reddit are down or have limited availability because of problems at a data center run by Amazon.com. The problems...
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Bay Area Man Brings Secret Santa Idea Online
ALAMEDA (CBS SF) – A Bay Area man has taken an innovative approach to connecting people around the world with others who want to give during the holiday season. Dan McComas of Alameda is taking the...
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Westboro Hate Group Plans Protests Of Facebook, Google, Twitter, Other...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — The organization known for holding hate-filled anti-LGBT protests outside of events all over the country, including the funerals of AIDS victims and U.S. soldiers, has found a...
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United Airlines Forgets To Fill In Blanks In Apology Note That Goes Viral
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — An apology letter from United Airlines (UAL) to a customer who complained is drawing blanks, after the airline forgets to fill in a few key blanks of its own. A Reddit user...
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Reddit Unveils New ‘Ask Me Anything’ App for Phones
Reddit develops an app so users can interact with celebrities, athletes, basically anyone interesting, directly from their phone…
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Netflix, Twitter & Reddit Plan Internet ‘Slowdown’ To Call For Net Neutrality
LOS GATOS (CBS SF) — Several websites, big and small, are taking a stance in the new battle over net neutrality with an Internet “slowdown” Wednesday. Netflix is one of the biggest supporters of net...
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Reddit Forces Remote Workers To Live In San Francisco Or Lose Job
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — The community sharing news site Reddit has issued an ultimatum to its employees — live in San Francisco, or lose your job. According to Venture Beat, Reddit’s executive team...
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San Francisco Resident & Her Cats Infuriated Over Music Festivals
Local resident lodged complaints about the festival sound levels at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Live 105 reports...
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$100K San Francisco Tech Worker Asks Redditors For Advice On Living Out Of A...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A San Francisco tech worker making over $100,000-per year took to Reddit seeking advice on how to live in a tent to avoid paying rent. Reddit user “xredxditx” posted to the...
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Haters Weigh In After Man Posts Pics Of 17-Pound Lobster Birthday Dinner At...
BURLINGAME (CBS SF) — A man received a lot of negative responses after posting pics on Reddit of his pricey birthday meal that included a 17-pound lobster from a Bay Area restaurant. Reddit user...
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Strangers Are Listening To Everything You Ask Apple’s Siri
(CBS SF) — People may be disturbed to know everything they whisper to Apple’s personal assistant software Siri is not only recorded, but has also been listened to by a total stranger. It’s been known...
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Reddit CEO Ellen Pao Bans Salary Negotiations To Equalize Pay For Men, Women
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — After losing a sex-discrimination lawsuit in Silicon Valley last week, Ellen Pao continues on her crusade to bring gender equality to the tech world, but this time with a focus...
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Reddit Moderators Revolt Over Popular Employee’s Sudden Dismissal
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Reddit moderators shut down over 250 subreddits on Friday to protest the unexpected termination of an employee who managed the site’s popular “Ask Me Anything” interviews....
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Petition Calling For Reddit CEO Ellen Pao’s Resignation Gains Over 177K...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A petition calling for Ellen Pao to step down as Reddit’s CEO has collected over 100,000 signatures in less than three days. The petition is a culmination of backlash around a...
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Reddit CEO Ellen Pao Steps Down Amid Moderator Revolt
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Reddit’s interim CEO Ellen Pao is stepping down following days of unyielding criticism over her handling of an employee’s dismissal, and the circulation of an online petition...
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Former Reddit CEO Says Ellen Pao Served As A Scapegoat
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Reddit’s former CEO shared his stinging stance on what caused the website’s moderators to revolt and eventually push out interim CEO Ellen Pao. In a Reddit post Sunday, former...
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‘Stigma’ System Proposed To Curb Reddit Hate Speech
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A high-profile Reddit employee is the third to resign in several weeks as the San-Francisco based company struggles to deal with hate speech and frustrated users. Reddit’s...
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Facebook Working On ‘Dislike’ Button
PALO ALTO (CBS SF) — A longtime request of many Facebook users is finally in the works: a thumbs down “dislike” button. In a CNBC interview Tuesday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed the social...
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Tommy Chong Reveals Tech CEO Passed Him a Joint
While chatting with Live 105's morning show, Kevin Klein Live, beloved stoner Tommy Chong revealed which major tech CEO recently gave him pot...
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Reddit’s Surveillance ‘Warrant Canary’ Disappearance Sparks Concern
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — It’s called a “warrant canary” and its absence from Reddit’s latest annual transparency report has sparked concern. The warrant canary isn’t a type of bird. Rather, it lets a...
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Reddit Cracks Down On ‘Most Toxic Users’ Of Pro-Trump Forum
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS / AP) – Reddit CEO Steve Huffman has announced a plan to crack down on the “most toxic users” of a forum on the site used to discuss President-elect Donald Trump. Huffman writes in a...
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Reddit Bans Forum For White Nationalists Over Harassment
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Reddit has banned a forum for white nationalists from its social news website, citing the company’s rules against posting personal information and online harassment. Reddit...
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Serena Williams Confirms Major News But Deletes Snapchat Photo Alluding To It
By Ned Ehrbar (CBS NEWS) – A spokeswoman for Serena Williams confirmed to the Associated Press on Wednesday the tennis star is pregnant and due in the fall. The tennis champ raised eyebrows when she...
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Serena Williams Speaks Out Against Ilie Nastase
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Serena Williams has spoken out in response to suspended Fed Cup captain Ilie Nastase’s comments speculating about the skin color of the baby the pregnant Williams is...
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Val Kilmer Announces He Is ‘Healing Of Cancer’
LOS ANGELES (CBS SF/AP) – Val Kilmer says he’s had “a healing of cancer” months after saying he didn’t have cancer. The 57-year-old actor made the comment in a question-and-answer session on Reddit....
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Serena Williams Lauds Baby Gender ‘Surprise’
PARIS (AP) — It’s a girl? Serena Williams wants everyone to slow down with all of that “It’s a girl!” talk prompted by sister Venus. The pregnant tennis star sent out a tweet Thursday to “clarify what...
View ArticleReddit Raises $300M In Finance Round Led By China’s Tencent
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF / AP) — Social media service Reddit Inc. of San Francisco says it has raised $300 million in a financing round led by Chinese internet giant Tencent. Reddit’s CEO, Steve Huffman,...
View ArticleIf You Have Old Music, Pics, Videos On MySpace, They’re Gone
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – Fifty million MP3s and countless more photos and videos uploaded and stored on MySpace by users are gone… forever. The mostly abandoned social media website has “migrated its...
View ArticleReddit Warns Trump Supporters Against ‘Systematic Harassment’ Of Potential...
SAN FRANCISCO (CNN) — Reddit has warned users of its forum for President Trump supporters that “systematic harassment” of the alleged potential whistleblower whose complaint kicked off the impeachment...
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Reddit Cofounder Alexis Ohanian Resigns From Board, Urges Seat Be Filled By...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF / CNN) — Alexis Ohanian says he is trying to set an example for other leaders — by stepping down. Reddit, the San Francisco-based social networking site he co-founded 15 years...
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Reddit Bans Pro-Trump Forum The_Donald, Other Communities That Promote Hate
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF / CNN) — Reddit, one of the most controversial social sites, is now trying to tackle hateful content on its platform amid broader calls for racial justice. On Monday, the social...
View ArticleReport: Pro-Trump Hackers Takeover Several Reddit Forums
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Hackers flooded Reddit on Friday with posts supporting President Donald Trump, according to a report from ZDNet. The hackers took over several popular Reddit communities — at...
View ArticleFeds Order Facebook, Twitter, Other Social Media To Provide Info On Personal...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators are ordering Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, TikTok’s parent and five other social media companies to provide detailed information on how they collect and use consumers’...
View ArticleMenlo Park-Based Robinhood Sees Valuation Of Up To $35 Billion As Public Company
MENLO PARK (CBS / AP) — Robinhood, the Silicon Valley-based online brokerage that found itself embroiled in this year’s meme stock phenomenon, will go public seeking a market valuation of up to $35...
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