TECH TENSION

Cops probe attacks on Apple, Google shuttles

Two of the country’s biggest tech companies are under attack.

Charter buses shuttling Google and Apple employees to and from work on a local highway have had windows shattered in the last week after they were hit with unknown projectiles.

Cops investigating the matter wouldn’t comment on whether rocks, pellets or other objects caused the damage.

Nobody was injured in any of the incidents, authorities said.

In five separate incidents, the unmarked buses — four carrying Apple employees and one with Google workers — were traveling on I280 when something hit and shattered a side window, cops said.

The attacks happened while the buses were travelling at highway speed between Woodside Road and Route 85, roughly two-thirds of the way to Silicon Valley from San Francisco.

I-85 is the main highway between San Francisco and Silicon Valley and is used by several tech giants to shuttle employees on the hour-long commute to and from work.

The windows were broken both in the morning on southbound buses and in the evening when workers were heading home, police said.

The influx of tech employees into San Francisco over the past several years has been a source of tension — as residents blame the techies for inflated home values that have priced many out of their neighborhoods.

In 2013, a Google shuttle had its tires slashed and a window broken while picking up passengers in West Oakland — while another had its path blocked at a BART station, according to local reports.

That same year, an Apple shuttle was delayed 30 minutes at a stop when protesters carrying banners that read, “Eviction Free San Francisco,” as well as a coffin with the words “Affordable Housing” spray-painted on it.

The attacks have forced Apple’s shuttle off the highway. It will now take local roads — which will add 30 to 45 minutes to the commute, according to an Apple e-mail to employees obtained by Mashable, which first reported on the changed routes.

The Web site showed photos of windows shattered but intact as well as windows that were completely smashed and crumbled.

“As always, the safety of our employees is our first priority,” the e-mail reads.

California Highway Patrol Officer Art Montiel told The Post that it is still not known what was used to damage the buses, but added that they were likely struck while traveling at freeway speeds.

The buses were not struck by accident, Montiel said.

In a Facebook post, the Redwood City CHP noted that the tech shuttles, which look like normal Greyhound buses, are unmarked and that there’s “no indication that these are targeted incidents to a specific company.”

It could not immediately be learned whether the Google shuttles were being rerouted.

Calls to those companies were not returned.

The Redwood City CHP is currently working with Apple and Google to identify the sources of the past week’s attacks.