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This Guy Is Literally Making Music With His Brain, and It's Wild

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Imagine being able to compose a sick beat just by thinking about it. That’s not science fiction anymore, it’s what Galen Buckwalter, a 69-year-old research psychologist from LA, is doing right now with a brain implant.

Big Tech's Reckoning: Meta and Google Hit With Massive Losses in Addiction and Child Safety Cases

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San Diego Biotech Company Gossamer Bio Cuts Nearly Half Its Workforce After Stock Tanks

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San Jose's School Board Just Closed Five Elementary Schools . And Parents Are Furious

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Your AI Chatbot Is Lying to You (And It's Making You Worse)

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Applied AI for Software Engineers - A Beginner’s Playbook for Software Engineers To Leverage AI in Their Daily Workflows

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California's Prison Tablet Switcheroo Is Already a Mess. and Inmates Are Losing Everything

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What's Really Happening to Reproductive Health Care in America Right Now

A range of contraceptive methods: contraceptive pills, emergency contraception, condom, IUD, vaginal ring, implant

California's Fusion Centers Are Under the Microscope. And Privacy Advocates Are Here for It

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technology

Google's Pixel 10a Finally Ditches the Camera Bump, and Honestly, It's Kind of Perfect

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While the US Drags Its Feet, the Rest of the World Is Already Protecting Kids From Social Media

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Elon Musk's Grok AI Is Being Sued for Creating Nonconsensual Deepfake Nudes of Minors

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sports

Meet the Bay Area Women Breaking Into Pro Tackle Football With the Golden State Storm

Des Moines' First Female High School Football Coach

Warriors Clutch Out Close Victory Against Wizards in Bay Area Showdown

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Iowa's Cinderella Story Just Won't Quit: Ninth-Seeded Hawkeyes Upset Nebraska to Reach Elite Eight

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lifestyle

How to Break Into Sports: Real Talk From the Bay's Hottest Internship Program

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Meta and YouTube Just Lost Big. Here's How to Actually Talk to Your Kids About Social Media

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California's Hidden Island Paradise Is Calling (And It's Closer Than You Think)

Beautiful view of boats, the sea and rocks while hiking the Channel Islands off the coast of Ventura, CA.

startups

Y Combinator's Winter 2026 Batch Just Dropped Some Wild Ideas (And VCs Are Throwing Money at Them)

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This Robot Will Come to Your Car and Charge It. No More Waiting Around

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Waymo's Robot Taxis Are Taking Over the Roads. And It's Happening Fast

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finance

Why Your Dream SF Home Won't Appraise (And What That Means for Your Down Payment)

Zixta Martinez, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Deputy Director, provides closing remarks for an event at Brookings focusing on racial bias in home appraisals.

Rivals Kalshi and Polymarket CEOs Team Up to Fund the Future of Prediction Markets

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