The $20,000 AI robot butler with the dexterity of Bosco - and that’s with a human guiding it
California-based 1X Technologies is accepting pre-orders for its Neo home robot and wants to use your home to train it
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‘The backlash has arrived’: Six takeaways from a good night for Democrats
In Virginia, New Jersey and beyond, Democratic voters powered their candidates to victory and sent a warning sign to Donald Trump
US elections explained: What’s at stake in state and local polls
Hundreds of votes will take place a year into Trump’s second term with both chambers of US Congress up for grabs
Trump calls off federal agent deployment to San Francisco
US president said on Truth Social he had spoken with city’s mayor
VW’s California is a versatile home from home – and not just for surfer dudes
Updated Cali is more car-like than before, but how does it do as an actual home?
San Francisco’s serenity shaken by school shooter alerts and earthquakes
A local elementary school went into lockdown within hours of shootings elsewhere in the US
The Lost Bus review: Matthew McConaughey drives classic 1970s-style disaster movie
Director Paul Greengrass, action maestro behind the Bourne films, shoots with kinetic fervour
US supreme court backs Trump’s aggressive immigration raids
The court’s three liberal justices publicly dissented, directing pointed criticism at its conservative majority
For years this neighbourhood was the dream. Then Mark Zuckerberg moved next door
‘Billionaires everywhere are used to just making their own rules – Zuckerberg and Chan are not unique, except that they’re our neighbours’
Californian fire spreads to 259sq km as crews struggle to contain blaze
At least three people have been injured in Gifford Fire across Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo
Flutter deal with Native Americans in California may get Murdoch off reservation
Rupert Murdoch’s Fox has an option to buy about 19% of FanDuel
Untamed review: Formulaic and a bit cheesy, but it has a nicely noirish zing
Television: Eric Bana does well with the cliched part of a lone cop whose best friend is his horse, while Yosemite Park is the breakout star
Jessica Pratt: ‘I’m not in awe of many people’s bodies of work in the way I am with Brian Wilson’s’
The creator of the extraordinary album Here in the Pitch discusses The Beach Boys, California and her dreamlike confessional pop
From LA to Dublin: ‘When people see my name, they expect a granny from Tipperary’
Vietnamese-Irish-American actor and writer Brigid Leahy moved from Los Angeles, California, to Dublin in 2014 to study at Trinity College
Michael Madsen, star of Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill and Donnie Brasco, dies aged 67
Actor found dead at his home in Malibu, California
‘The mask is off in tech. You’re getting fired if you speak out’
Waterford native William Fitzgerald on quitting a career in tech to fight for workers’ rights
Democratic senator Alex Padilla forcibly removed from homeland security press conference
California senator handcuffed after attempting to ask Kristi Noem a question
Troops in LA can detain individuals, military official says, as protests spread across US
Hundreds of nationwide demonstrations planned for Saturday
Clothing sale will be ‘largest Princess Diana auction ever’
Items include silk floral printed day dress estimated to fetch up to €265,000
Menendez brothers resentenced by California judge to be eligible for parole
Brothers had been sentenced to life in prison in 1996 for the murders of their parents in their Beverly Hills home
Irish woman detained in US after family visit to Ireland due in court
Cliona Ward, who has been living legally in the US for decades, will appear in Seattle court on Wednesday morning
Officials working to resolve case of Irish woman detained in US after arriving from Ireland
Taoiseach says he is ‘concerned’ about Cliona Ward, a green card holder who had been living in the US for decades
Irish woman living legally in US for decades detained after visiting her father in Ireland
Cliona Ward (54) lives in California but is being held in a large immigration prison in Washington state
Justine Bateman: ‘This election was a tipping point for the woke mob mentality’
The film-maker and author, who starred in Family Ties with Michael J Fox in the 1980s, has strong views on plastic surgery, ‘woke’ culture and Hollywood
Jury finds Soulja Boy liable for abuse and sexual assault of former assistant
The woman, who was not identified by name, was awarded damages of $4 million
California dreaming: Road-tripping in the Bay Area and beyond on a Joni Mitchell-inspired jaunt
Good moods prevail on a choose-your-own-adventure holiday
Glitter microplastics damage shells and skeletons of sea life, Irish scientists find
Notorious pollutant found in sea turtles and chewing gum in wave of new studies
Tinseltown loses its lustre: the home of American cinema is hanging on by a thread
If you can’t keep the film houses open in Los Angeles, what hope for the rest of the world?
LA after the fires: Like driving through a post-nuclear suburbia. The scale of destruction is unfathomable
The desire to rebuild the destroyed communities is strong. But residents know they cannot fully replace what has been lost
Gavin Newsom’s small victory over Donald Trump provides chink of light for Democrats
Governor of California faces down US president in confrontation that speaks volumes for chasm between ruling and opposition parties
Fresh LA wildfire forces evacuation orders for 50,000 people
Latest outbreak stokes fears in California, already devastated by two weeks of infernos that killed at least 28, destroyed 15,000 structures and left thousands displaced
Show must go on in ‘great but very troubled’ Hollywood. But how?
After the wildfires, and amid calls for the ‘glitz’ of the Oscars to be cancelled, the LA entertainment industry is plotting its way forward
‘Catastrophe bonds’ may offset LA wildfire damage, part of a perverse trade in dystopia
A perverse trade in any dystopia you believe may soon be reality is brisk. Buyers can purchase shares in how likely it is that 2025 will be the hottest year on record or if a nuclear weapon will detonate soon
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