Sarah Weiss, Rachel Sietz

Sarah Marybelle Weiss and Rachel Sietz are to be married Jan. 20 at the Temple Beth Sholom in Cherry Hill, N.J. Rabbi Micah Peltz is to perform the ceremony. Ms. Sietz, 30, is a taxonomist for Sears Holdings Corporation in Chicago, where she works on the classification and organization of products in the digital marketplace…

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Do You Take This Robot …

When Akihiko Kondo, a 35-year-old school administrator in Tokyo, strolled down the aisle in a white tuxedo in November, his mother was not among the 40 well-wishers in attendance. For her, he said, “it was not something to celebrate.” You might see why. The bride, a songstress with aquamarine twin tails named Hatsune Miku, is…

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Hannah Diamond, Sam Feldman

Hannah Jessie Diamond and Samuel Raphael Feldman are to be married Jan. 20 at the Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers in Manhattan. Jon Hanson, who became a Universal Life minister for the occasion and was a professor of the couple at Harvard Law School, is to officiate. The couple met in 2013 at Harvard, from which…

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Lindsay Church, Andrew Ellis

Lindsay Catherine Church and Andrew Mark Ellis were married Jan. 19 at the Stables at Foxhall Resort in Douglasville, Ga. The Rev. Dee Stone, a minister affiliated with Peachtree Christian Church in Atlanta, officiated. The bride and groom met at Harvard, from which each received a law degree. Mrs. Ellis, 27, is an intellectual property…

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Why Do We Hurt Robots?

A hitchhiking robot was beheaded in Philadelphia. A security robot was punched to the ground in Silicon Valley. Another security bot, in San Francisco, was covered in a tarp and smeared with barbecue sauce. Why do people lash out at robots, particularly those that are built to resemble humans? It’s a global phenomenon. In a…

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