A new bleak-sounding app has taken China by storm. Named "Are You Dead?" the concept is simple. You need to check in with it every two days – clicking a large button – to confirm that you are alive.

BEIJING (AP) — In China, the names of things are often either ornately poetic or jarringly direct. A new, wildly popular app among young Chinese people is definitively the latter. It’s called, simply, ...

A newly developed Chinese App “Are You Dead Yet?” (死了麼?), designed for solitary-living people to check in regularly and auto-notify their emergency contacts, unexpectedly topped China’s Apple App ...

HONG KONG, Jan 14 (Reuters) - An app called "Are you dead" targeted at people living alone has gone viral in China, with surging downloads and widespread commentary on social media, prompting the ...

His mom told the insurance company she was reaching out to Local 4, and that’s when the coverage came BEIJING – In China, the names of things are often either ornately poetic or jarringly direct. A ...