Ordinary muggles can cast spells from the Harry Potter universe provided they have an iPhone. Apple’s voice assistant, Siri, responds to close to a dozen magical commands taken straight from JK ...

Audriana Li, who runs @dobbyisafreedoodle on Instagram and TikTok, says she has taught her 3-year-old dog to respond to “Harry Potter” spells as commands. “I knew long before Dobby came ...

A super fan of the Harry Potter character and the popular series has taken her obsession to a new level by teaching commands to her pup in the form of wizarding spells. Audriana Li, 33 ...

Instead, 3-year-old Dobby, named after the beloved fictional house-elf from the series, much prefers to communicate using Harry Potter spells, including "accio," "stupefy," and "immobulus." ...

J.K. Rowling used Latin as inspiration for the spells in "Harry Potter." Some translations are very literal; "avis" means "bird." Others are complex. For example "sectumsempra" can be translated ...