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Inflation seems to be impacting feelings about leaving tips, and consumers may be feeling tip fatigue with the growing number of industries asking customers to tack on a gratuity.

There are strong debuts, and then there’s the new social media from tech giant Meta.

Alef Aeronautics’ “Model A” flying car got approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to begin testing.

San Francisco-based tech startup Epic Cleantec can turn recycled shower water into beer. Here’s how, and why it hopes to make the practice more commonplace.

Despite ongoing inflation and job cuts, the overall job market is booming — both nationally and in the Bay Area. 

Elon Musk has hinted that Twitter might not keep its headquarters in San Francisco forever.

Even as Uber employees come back to the office, the Bay Area ridesharing giant is cutting back on office space, putting an entire San Francisco building – close to 300,000 square feet – up for lease.

There’s a dangerous new frontier for fraud: the online job hunt. Slick identity thieves are tricking gobs of people who just want to find work.  It happened to San Francisco resident Diego Martinez.

Regulators continued their search for a solution to First Republic Bank’s woes over the weekend before stock markets were set to open Monday.

The Federal Reserve blamed last month’s collapse of Silicon Valley Bank on poor management, watered-down regulations and lax oversight by its own staffers, and said the industry needs stricter policing on multiple fronts to prevent future bank failures.

Thursday was another rough day in the Bay Area when it comes to job security as thousands more layoffs were announced.

First Republic Bank’s stock plunged Tuesday after it said depositors withdrew more than $100 billion during last month’s crisis, with fears swirling that it could be the third bank to fail after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank.

Despite the Silicon Valley dealing with a long-lasting series of layoffs, there’s a silver lining — tech-related work is still in demand.