San Francisco

Lyft is about to return its electric bikes to San Francisco after two battery fires in July 2019 forced it to take them off the street. The company said it plans to deploy 4,000 new e-bikes over the next six months in the Bay Area, adding hundreds each week starting in mid-December.

For the last 25 years, FogCam has been showing San Francisco’s famous fog — or not depending on the weather. It has become the longest-running webcam in the world, but its creators have decided to call it a day and plan to switch off FogCam at the end of August 2019. Fans of fog will surely miss it.

General Motors' Cruise self-driving car division is based in San Francisco, where the tech industry has created some unfortunate economic side effects. Cruise and Humanmade hope to address that imbalance. Cruise is supporting Humanmade's makerspace and job training programs.

Electrify America and charging company Stable Auto will build a pilot site in San Francisco to test charging technology for self-driving cars. Robotic arms will connect charging cables to cars. If things work out, Electrify America could scale up the technology to other charging sites.

Lyft has suspended its bikesharing operation in San Francisco following two fires in the space of a few days. The cause is thought to be faulty batteries that power the pedal-assist two-wheelers, though this is yet to be confirmed. Operating under the Bay Wheels brand, the new bikes launched only two months ago.

San Francisco has become the first city in America to ban facial recognition. Well, kind of. While the ruling only covers certain applications of facial recognition technology, it's nonetheless a very important decision to have been made. Here is why it matters so much.

This week, a San Francisco lawmaker introduced new legislation which could see one of America's major tech cities become the first in the United States to officially ban the use of facial recognition technology by law enforcement. Here's why some people want it banned.

Amazon has just opened its sixth checkout-free grocery store, this time in San Francisco. Amazon Go lets you grab your items and leave, with technology around the store ensuring that everything you take is tracked and charged to your account. Reports suggest the company is planning to open 3,000 more by 2021.

We could soon see many more electric scooters on San Francisco streets. The city’s Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) looks to issue electric scooter permits by next month. Employees of the agency have been reviewing applications, with recommendations due soon.

As if the city doesn't already have enough of them, ridesharing firm Lyft is reportedly looking into the idea of launching an electric-scooter service in San Francisco. Operated via its app, riders would hop aboard the scooter for short trips around the city before leaving them for the next user.

Fans of bike-sharing schemes now have more ebike options if they find themselves in San Francisco. Following in the footsteps of Jump, Ford GoBike has this week introduced 250 electric-powered bicycles to its fleet, making those trips up San Francico's famously steep streets a whole lot easier.

Workhorse will send a fleet of its N-Gen electric delivery vans to the San Francisco Bay Area next month as part of a pilot program.

Communal living is coming back in vogue in San Francisco, where companies like Starcity are turning large buildings into dorm rooms. 

Uber has joined forces with ebike company Jump to launch a bike-sharing pilot service in San Francisco. Using Uber's app, riders will be able to find nearby bikes and cycle for $2 per 30 minutes.

In one fell swoop, Airbnb made it a lot harder for folks to find vacation rentals in San Francisco. It's all due to a new law.

Waymo is finally bringing its autonomous vehicle technology back to the place it all began -- San Francisco.

San Francisco just passed regulations limiting the number of delivery bots to just nine in the city, and their speed to 3 mph.

The California Public Utilities Commission suspended Chariot's operating permit after it failed three inspections.

Cabin is a new bus service that's more of a mobile boutique hotel, and for now, it's only operating between Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Ground-based delivery robots are being tested in several locations across the U.S., though they seem to be coming under increasing scrutiny.

San Fran's BART system has adopted "aggressive guidelines" enabling the transportation system to buy power directly from renewable sources

Uber wants to return its self-driving cars to San Francisco. Months after being forced off the road by officials, it's now ready to play ball.