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The Ghost in the Machine: How a Viral Death Alert App Became China’s Loneliest Safety Net

While Demumu dominates the Chinese charts, it has also climbed into the top ten paid apps in the United States. This suggests ...

A viral question for young Chinese people living alone: 'Are you dead?'

A new app’s popularity reflects demographic changes in China, where urbanization, falling marriage rates and long work hours ...

'Are you dead?' app taps into isolation as more Texans live alone

"Social isolation has become more normalized after the pandemic," said Dr. William Orme, a psychologist at Houston Methodist.
Opinion
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A decade since Rohith Vemula's death, caste bias persists in HEIs

Originally published in The New Indian Express If Rohith Vemula were alive in 2026, he would be around thirty-six years old. One can imagine him as a teacher, a ...

ICE Is Using a Terrifying Palantir App to Determine Where to Raid

ICE previously signed an agreement with Palantir Technologies in July to develop an ImmigrationOS platform, which would use ...
PCGamesN

Routine review - the SOMA successor I've always wanted

Hype is a curious thing. Each year, videogame after videogame is fed into the machine via a conveyor belt of teasers and trailers. Lunar Software's Routine was one such tender morsel offered up at ...
Chicago Tribune

Area residents developing pet owners app: ‘A forum to reduce the social isolation of people and pets’

Mundelein resident Anna LaRocco Masi experienced a sense of isolation during and after the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. The 29-year-old wanted to socialize with other pet owners, specifically those who ...
TheWrap

‘Alien: Earth’ Lands Season 2 Renewal as Noah Hawley Sets New Overall Deal at FX, Disney

Sydney Chandler in "Alien: Earth" and Noah Hawley (FX/Marshall Tidrick) “Alien: Earth” has been greenlit for a second season as Noah Hawley sets a new overall deal at FX and Disney. Hawley, the ...
TheWrap

Ripley Returns: ‘Alien’ Star Sigourney Weaver Says She’s Read 50 Pages of a New Sequel

Sigourney Weaver’s “Alien” journey might not be over. During a New York Comic Con panel, the actress let slip that Walter Hill, one of the producers on the original film and a series mainstay, has ...
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Alien: Isolation writer originally thought Ellen Ripley's daughter as protagonist was too "Son of Frankenstein" and "convenient," but was sold after realizing "everything had ...

One thing that makes Alien: Isolation such a uniquely tense experience is that it feels so personal thanks to its protagonist, Amanda Ripley, being the daughter of Ellen Ripley, the beloved hero of ...
GamesRadar+

Alien: Isolation writer says the game "is too scary" for a lot of people and "we probably could've sold more if we'd watered it down," and speaking for the scaredy cats, I'm so ...

Alien: Isolation is one of the most terrifying games I've ever played, and even its own writer admits it's straight-up too scary for a lot of people. Chatting on the FRVR podcast, former Creative ...
PC Gamer

Alien Isolation is way too long because its Xenomorph got way too smart: 'At the time it didn't seem that long'

The tricky AI ended up prolonging an otherwise shorter game. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Alien Isolation is my favourite ...