Years ago, a friend of a reader we’re calling Angerona confided in her the truth about her friend’s child parentage. While the friend and her husband had raised the child since birth, she told ...

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 ...

They’re securing a last-minute dinner reservation for six. They’re calling the Uber—and double-checking that no one left their phone, ID, and wallet behind. They’re confirming the time and place for ...

Many of Friend’s advertisements across New York City have been defaced. Courtesy Friend If you’ve taken a New York City subway recently, you’ve likely seen an advertisement for Friend, a San Francisco ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a senior reporter and author of the Optimizer newsletter. She has more than 13 years of experience reporting ...

An AI startup spent more than $1 million to advertise on New York City’s subways — and New Yorkers simply aren’t having it. Posters for Friend, a necklace style device that listens to your entire day ...

It is difficult enough to write about the most high-profile political assassination in this country since the Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy killings of 1968. It is considerably more ...

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 ...

2XK0’s closed beta is now live, and players are in the game. If you’re one of the lucky ones who got a closed beta key from Riot, you will be able to send friend invite codes. On the other hand, if ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Nickelodeon has long been one of the premier cable channels focused on children’s programming, ...