The plan to train thousands of civil servants as military reservists raise risks of militarizing the bureaucracy.

You probably send dozens of text messages a week. But do any of them truly deepen your friendships? For many people, the answer is no. “We’re constantly receiving and exchanging information, and ...

My friendships exist in silos. Each hangout is a feverish one-on-one where we share fries and eye contact, confessions, rants, gossip, and mutual attempts at amateur therapy. This patchwork of ...

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-shortlisted live-action short film A Friend of Dorothy has dropped on Disney+. The British-produced short, directed by Lee Knight, is now available on Disney+ in the UK and across ...

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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 ...

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 ...