Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Fauna Robotics’ Sprout encourages human interactions with an expressive face and a soft foam body. Fauna ...

NEW YORK, Jan. 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fauna Robotics today launches out of stealth with its debut robot Sprout. Shipping today as a Creator Edition, Sprout is a friendly and capable humanoid ...

As the new robot called Sprout walks around a Manhattan office, nodding its rectangular head, lifting its windshield wiper-like “eyebrows” and offering to shake your hand with its grippers, it looks ...

Bisma strongly believes pop culture shapes human lives. She is particularly concerned about the media portrayals of gender, class, race, and sexuality on television, their intersectionality, and ...

A practical guide for expanding your circle, with advice from sociable people. By Laura Regensdorf Laura Regensdorf lives in Brooklyn with her hound mix, Pina, who has turned out to be a great ...

The newest humanoid robot on the scene, Sprout, is not designed to carry boxes or stack shelves. Instead, this charming and relatively cheap model, roughly the size of a 9-year-old child, is meant to ...

In case you missed it, McDonald’s has announced the Friends Meal is officially coming to the UK. Super exciting, right? I KNOW! Launching in restaurants nationwide from February 3, the nostalgic meal ...

Friends fans rejoice! HBO Max has confirmed the beloved American sitcom will stream on the service when it comes to the UK, alongside the eagerly anticipated The Pitt. Last year, it was announced that ...

Finding friendship and maintaining connections in adulthood is hard. Here’s where to start. By Catherine Pearson When it comes to friendship in the United States, the outlook is pretty darn bleak.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Just over two years ago, McDonald’s set the internet ablaze with the release of its first-ever Friends Meal. Hailed as the ‘ultimate adult Happy Meal’, it was the collab we never knew we needed and ...

From Wednesday January 28, the takeaway giant is rolling out a limited-edition FRIENDS Meal across Australia, celebrating the iconic sitcom with exclusive character collectibles and themed packaging.