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I've been learning a lot about robots that resemble and act like humans. Is a future where robots fold our laundry closer than we think or are humanoid robots over hyped? You can read more about it in this story:

Mountain View, CA - December 11: A conference attendee touches a Unitree G1 humanoid brought by Ultimate Fighting Bots at Humanoid Summit, a conference showcasing startups building humanoid robots to be used to assist work in the future at Computer History Museum on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025 in Mountain View, CA.(Jungho Kim / Los Angeles Times)

At a Silicon Valley summit, robots fold laundry—and investors open their wallets

“Dating has become this thing that, for many people, has felt like work and meeting people really needs to be fun.” I channeled my inner Carrie Bradshaw and everything I've learned about online dating into this story about Tinder's comeback era:

The dating app Tinder is shown on a smartphone on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, in New York. Plenty of happy couples can trace their meet-cute moment to an online dating app. But many others find the never-ending process of likes, swipes, taps and awkward DMs that go nowhere to be exhausting. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)

People are dumping Tinder. The dating app wants to reignite its spark by getting singles offline

AI fashion models appear in a Guess ad in Vogue. H&M creates digital “twins” of its models. As major brands experiment with AI, models are reckoning with how to adapt as technology reshapes the future of work:

Hannah James at right and her digital twin at left in undated images.

Fashion models reckon with AI models and digital clones after controversial ad appears in Vogue

I've lived in the Bay Area for a decade with most of that time spent residing in SF. I grew up in LA but SF has become my second home. It's hard to completely capture this city in words, but here's my take on how AI is transforming San Francisco:

San Francisco, CA, United States - August 07: Two visitors play the "Finding Faces" game at the Exploratorium's "Adventures in AI" exhibition where the players demonstrate the human ability to identify faces in Downtown San Francisco on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025 in San Francisco, CA. After the downtown area saw an exodus of businesses and office workers during the pandemic, San Francisco's artificial intelligence boom...

A new gold rush? How AI is transforming San Francisco

Silicon Valley is filled with stories about founders who return to revive their companies. Will Nextdoor, the social network for neighborhoods, be next? I talk to Nextdoor CEO and co-founder Nirav Tolia about the social network's turnaround plan: latimes.com/business/story…