I came from Australia more than 20 years ago expecting a tech mecca. What I live with instead is sunshine, redwoods, a reservoir trail 10 minutes from home and voice AI that lets me work on a walk, about an hour every other day.
When I order takeout, I sort Tony's Slice House, State of Mind, Pizza My Heart and Amici's into tiers, then let my appetite for something adventurous make the call.
In the middle of coding or phone calls, I stand up, bounce one stick between two others and give my brain about a minute somewhere else.
I rarely remember to order it, and it's not even on my top 10 list. But when a place seems to know its quiche, I think a slice is worth trying.
Microsoft is offering buyouts to about 60,000 workers, according to reports, while cutting costs and investing in AI.
How should Microsoft balance buyouts and AI investment?
I don't know much about sport. Before a Monday night game, I used an AI system called Banter to learn the basics, enough to hang with my brother-in-law.
While packing the dishwasher, I talked through what could happen on Bonzai after someone hits publish: an open door at the end of each story, roll-ups that connect contributors and niches where sharing feels like talking to trusted colleagues.
About a year ago, small print started to blur, and I feared the worst. The fix was the lowest-strength reading glasses, bought for about a dollar on Amazon.
My co-founder and I got a voice-first publishing prototype working in less than a week. The harder idea, still untested with outside users, is helping people in niches from steam trains to diffusion models answer one another.
Reuters sources say U.S. and Canadian officials are discussing tariff relief for steel and autos, without a deal.
How would tariff relief affect cross-border manufacturing?
Our proposal: an open door at the end of each Bonzai article and an AI journalist that follows the reader's lead. One press handles the mechanics. Trust and a free minute, like mine at the dishwasher, may decide who walks through.
The moment I fell in love with my AirPods wasn't when I put them in. It was when I opened the case near my phone and watched them appear on the screen.
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