A wearable companion is a brilliant idea — in theory. By Amy X. Wang See them out there — those eight billion strangers? For close friendship to blossom between any two people, empirically speaking, ...

According to the episode description, the Smiling Friends office will find itself put under a curse by a Halloween witch. “Smiling Friends” follows the chaotic adventures of Charlie and Pim in their ...

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 ...

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 ...

The chatbot-enabled Friend necklace eavesdrops on your life and provides a running commentary that’s snarky and unhelpful. Worse, it can also make the people around you uneasy. The AI-powered Friend ...

A new feature on Instagram that lets users share their real-time physical location with others on the app has privacy experts concerned over the amount of data exposed and potential safety risks to ...

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The big picture: AMD finally revealed the specifications, pricing, and performance details of Radeon RX 9070 and Radeon RX 9070 XT graphics cards, with full reviews expected in the coming days. While ...

“The proposed EU Framework will fill this gap in the European SEP landscape and eliminate uncertainty by providing a FRAND determination of a fair rate (and conditions) for licensing SEPs.” When ...

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 ...

There's nothing better than having a couch friend. You know, the type of friend who you can be your full, authentic self with. This is the friend that you probably immediatetly texted first when you ...

A landmark study has begun to unravel one of the fundamental mysteries in neuroscience -- how the human brain encodes and makes sense of the flow of time and experiences. A landmark study led by UCLA ...