A viral app that helps people check if their friends are alive sparks discussions about loneliness in China

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A viral app in China that checks if users are alive is sparking frank conversations about loneliness and isolation.

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An App Called ‘Are You Dead?’ Is Climbing the Apple Charts

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The simple app is now the top paid app on China’s Apple App Store and has reached the sixth spot in the U.S.

The 10 most peaceful countries in the world, ranked

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International conflict is pushing some Americans to consider relocating abroad.

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The 2026 Golden Globes Are Tonight. Here’s Everything You Need To Know

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The 2026 Hollywood awards season starts tonight.

Alamo Drafthouse Moves to Mobile Food Ordering in the Movie Theater

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The small screen meets the big screen.

WikiFlix Helps You Catch Up on Films That Just Entered the Public Domain

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New films hit the public domain at the start of every year. WikiFlix is helping collect them.

Disney+ Adding TikTok-Style Vertical Videos to Attract the Kids

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Those movies and stuff are too wide and long to be real content.

MTV Is Officially Dead. It’s Time for Zombie MTV to Live in Your Browser

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MTV Rewind is the closest thing you can get to glory days of the boob tube.

America wants to party — just softer

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You Can Play Chess in Hyperbolic Space Now, and It Sucks

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It may not be particularly fun yet, but it's weird!
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