Over the past week, a slew of cinematic videos of celebrities and characters in absurd situations have gone viral online, with one commonality –– they were created using a new artificial intelligence ...

The viral meme isn’t really about China or actual Chinese people. It's a symbol of what Americans believe their own country has lost. It’s hard to quantify a zeitgeist, but here at WIRED, chronically ...

China bans use of software from Palo Alto Networks, CrowdStrike, and several others, sources say Alphabet's Mandiant, Thales' Imperva, Wiz, SentinelOne, Rapid7 also on cyber blacklist Authorities cite ...

The Chinese mobile app "Are You Dead?" which sounds an alarm if a user doesn't check in every 48 hours, has announced it will drop its catchy name, after it drew international media attention. It rose ...

Right or (as it turns out) wrong, I wasn’t a sprinkle-your-first-name-into-conversation kind of guy. I’m not hugely self-assured, and saying the other person’s name felt forced. Or awkward. Or ...

Name Recognition in iOS 26 lets your iPhone listen for your name even when you are wearing earphones. When someone calls you, your iPhone shows a notification so you stay aware while listening to ...

Artificial intelligence can now generate bedtime stories, draft lesson plans and conjure photo-realistic images of people who do not exist. It has also, apparently, suggested the perfect new baby name ...

At the heart of Netflix's "Stranger Things" is a girl with a "011" tattoo on her wrist. Her name is Jane, but she is almost always called Eleven. Though unusual, it's not out of the question for ...

Renault will jointly develop small, cheaper electric vehicles for Ford for the European market and will also team up to produce commercial vans to cut costs and fend off rising competition from ...

Japanese automakers tipping the scales on Chinese EVs. Using Chinese tech to stage a stunning comeback and reclaim dominance in the world’s biggest car market. That assumption no longer holds.

In this video, I have some fun with how common English names can sound awkward or even hilarious in Chinese due to similar-sounding words. I joke about the names Gordon, Sunny, and Joshua, but ...