Irene Kim

Recently, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a sweeping set of laws related to minors' privacy and safety, including new laws that restrict covered platforms from providing certain features to users under 16, impose a duty of care on social media platforms, revise the state's Age-Appropriate Design Code, modify the state's age-assurance requirements governing age signals, and impose safety requirements on AI chatbots. This blog summarizes the key takeaways from these new laws.

By Lindsey Tonsager, Jayne Ponder and Irene Kim ( October 1, 2026, 5:33 PM EDT) -- On Sept. 25, the Federal Trade Commission closed the submission

Located on the fourth floor of a rickety Chinatown building next to an SAT prep center is a small, undecorated office filled with a colorful rack

The series of friendly athletic competitions between the liberal American Constitution Society and the conservative Federalist Society, touted by affiliates as a way to build community across the political aisle, returned for a second straight year.

Summer may be over, but its effervescent joy has carried over into the street style trends outside the recent spring 2027 shows despite the cooler days.

State legislatures have passed new laws focused on disclosing the use of AI in advertisements or depictions of individuals. On September 16, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 1050 , a new law requiring disclosures when certain advertisements prominently feature a “synthetic performer.” This was one of several AI-related measures signed by Governor Newsom this year, which we summarized in our prior blog post

Consider spring 2027 the season of the unexpected. In years past, our most saved images story typically align closely with our top ten most-viewed collections of the season , however this season the data surprised us.

“Wise Wasian Women Give You Life Advice” is a biweekly column by Irene Kim and Josephine Buruma, where they review—and advise on—the many troubles of first second-year life.

This update highlights key legislative and regulatory developments in the third quarter of 2026 related to artificial intelligence (“AI”), connected and

It was a big season for the drawstring pouch bag, with iterations from Prada and Porto swinging their way around the world.