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Your boss shoots you an instant message at 9 p.m. on a weekday, well after your quitting time, about something that can wait until the next day. Worried that your supervisor will get upset if you don’...

Technologies that were adopted to help employees connect to their managers and colleagues remain in place regardless of whether people are working remotely or from the office. As a result, workers are more connected than ever and often feel pressured to respond at all hours.

Your boss shoots you an instant message at 9 p.m. on a weekday, well after your quitting time, about something that can wait until the next day. Worried that your supervisor will get upset if you don’t answer, you reopen your laptop and get back to work. A California lawmaker wants to make it illegal for your boss to regularly contact you after hours, unless it’s an emergency or to address work schedule issues. If the bill becomes law, any employer that violates it could face a fin...

Pedro Gonzalez reflects on the rapid decline and potential comeback of his home state—California.

Pedro Gonzalez reflects on the rapid decline and potential comeback of his home state—California.

The Silicon Valley Bank bailout has tech elites feeling attacked. Author Malcolm Harris reminds us of a time when the weapons they feared were bombs, not mean tweets.

No place is safe from failing US infrastructure Climate change is making it worse In the face of rising homelessness, increasing crime and inadequate public transit in San Francisco, many tech influencers are pulling up stakes to geographies that offer a seemingly more welcome climate to conduct business and make investments. But the ongoing disaster in Texas makes one cold truth very clear: No place is safe from America’s failure to invest in infrastructure or take climate change seriously. ...

SARAH McBRIDE Bloomberg News This year, the partners at Founders Fund — a prominent San Francisco venture capital firm that has backed Airbnb Inc., Palantir Technologies Inc. and other leading companies — took an informal internal poll: If the fund could open a major new office outside the Bay Area, where would it go? It’s a question many venture capitalists and startups have considered this year in some form or another, spurred into action by the coronavirus pandemic...