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Startup founder Tara Langdale-Schmidt says her company’s devices, known as VuVa, are designed to soothe the pelvic and vaginal pain and discomfort that she and millions of other women have experienced. But over the past decade,…

Lauren Goode: I also think if there is a bright spot, it's probably going to be some of the apps that are very specific for people that help people winnow down what they're looking for and find someone who is aligned with what they want,…

Replika wants you to pay, and it will find many, many ways to convince you to. Want to talk to an “advanced” AI? Upgrade to an $80 yearly subscription. Want your bot to officially play as your girlfriend, wife, or otherwise specified role?…

The crypto wallets that invested the largest sums in TRUMP largely purchased the coin on January 18, the day it launched, according to Nansen analysis. The wallets that achieved the greatest return on their TRUMP investments, meanwhile, had…

Palona is trained on the brand's existing catalog and knowledge base and is designed to then be a personalized sales agent. The tech is powered by several large language models, like OpenAI's ChatGPT, but Howe says the company has a…

Streaming services are known for having award-worthy series but also plenty of duds. Our guide to the best TV shows on Netflix is updated weekly to help you know which series you should move to the top of your queue. They aren’t all…

The first of these areas includes “user input,” a broad category likely to cover your chats with DeepSeek via its app or website. “We may collect your text or audio input, prompt, uploaded files, feedback, chat history, or other content…

In 2025, human writers will reassert their worth. In recent years, the race for more and more content has been driven by technological and market imperatives such as search engine optimization, which serves neither the creator nor the…

Fable, a popular social media app that describes itself as a haven for “bookworms and bingewatchers,” created an AI-powered end-of-year summary feature recapping what books users read in 2024. It was meant to be playful and fun, but some of…

AI is often considered a threat to democracies and a boon to dictators. In 2025 it is likely that algorithms will continue to undermine the democratic conversation by spreading outrage, fake news, and conspiracy theories. In 2025 algorithms…