You spot couples at candlelit tables — except everyone’s gazing at a screen. An EVA AI pop-up in Manhattan is inviting people to take their phone-based companions on a Valentine’s date, and for many ...

AI chatbots now promise companionship, coaching, and even therapy, wrapping complex algorithms in the language of intimacy and care. They are marketed as always-on confidants that remember your ...

It’s About Time (2013) is a favourite movie, because it’s largely the story of a man who uses his gift to jump back and spend more time with the son he loves, over and over, until one day his ...

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Baby Rose and Leon Thomas’ “Friends Again” explores friendship after romance fades. Neon Music examines the meaning, vocals and quiet emotional fallout.

Channel 4’s streaming service – variously known over the years since its launch in November 2006 as 4oD, All 4 and now, rather unhelpfully, simply Channel 4 – describes itself as “the UK’s biggest ...

Dating algorithms have been a fun, low-stakes way for students on campus to meet new people. But have students actually been ...

To be human is, fundamentally, to be a forecaster. Occasionally a pretty good one. Trying to see the future, whether through the lens of past experience or the logic of cause and effect, has helped us ...

Threads users have complained about its recommendation algorithm since the dawn of time 2023. Users even started writing posts addressed to the algorithm, specifying the topics they wanted to see more ...

In modern-day Tehran, two longtime pals and roommates are threatened when their underground creative circle attracts the attention of the oppressive government regime. By Angie Han Television Critic ...

Smuggled out of Iran on a hard drive, Maryam Ataei and Hossein Keshavarz’s film combines the daring of Jafar Panahi with the energy of "Frances Ha." The Iranian government has long maintained a rather ...

To use the feature in a public post, type “Dear Algo” and then a description of what you want Threads’ algorithm to show you more of. Once you make your request, the change will stick for three days ...