People tore apart a cutout of the device while chanting ‘get real friends.’ People tore apart a cutout of the device while chanting ‘get real friends.’ is The Verge’s senior AI reporter. An AI beat ...

The Friend necklace promises constant companionship and understanding. But this isn’t friendship—it’s a soulless, cynical way to prey on our loneliness and fear. An advertising campaign for the ...

Friend, a tech start-up that’s selling an AI companion in the form of a pendant, has become the subject of arguably the year’s most controversial ad campaign (and in the wake of recent denim ...

New York City subway ads for a new pendant by AI startup Friend were quickly defaced by droves of angry residents. The company’s latest gizmo, a necklace designed to constantly listen to you via a ...

Our Ask the Therapist columnist, Lori Gottlieb, advises a reader who is realizing his friends may find his personality hard to take. By Lori Gottlieb Lori Gottlieb, a psychotherapist and best-selling ...

Kamala Harris says in her forthcoming campaign memoir that insiders were practically “hypnotized” into backing ex-former President Biden’s decision to run for reelection in 2024 amid questions about ...

After stumbling with 2021's 'The Story of My Wife,' the Hungarian director finds her poetic, peculiar voice again with this beguiling, wildly original ode to better living through botany. Any film ...

Megan Willis does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

A psychologist has gone viral for breaking down the four signs you are a "fringe friend"—a person who hovers on the outskirts of their social circle rather than being emotionally prioritized within it ...

There's no denying that making friends as an adult is hard. Between the general anxiety around having to download a dedicated app like Bumble BFF and wanting to find the right "couch friend" to ...

Friend, a startup creating a $99, AI-powered necklace designed to be treated as a digital companion, has delayed its first batch of shipments until Q3. Friend had planned to ship devices to preorder ...

Why do men love to see women kissing? It's about self-loathing -- and the lusciousness of the female body.