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AI-powered eavesdropping "Friend" gadget reviewed

Rob Beschizza
Sep 08, 2025
∙ Paid

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The title of Boone Ashworth and Kylie Robinson's Wired item about the Friend necklace is dispositive: "I Hate My Friend." An inconspicuous, medallion-sized recorder that "provides a running commentary" on your life, it has nothing at all to recommend it beyond the sick joke of its existence.

If the idea of a microphone-packed wearable that's…

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