Gadget News

Instagram has introduced some new tools intended to reduce cyberbullying and improve positivity on its platform. All users will soon have access to a feature that was previously limited to select accounts: the ability to...

NVIDIA will reveal a new piece of Android TV hardware in their NVIDIA SHIELD line of devices at CES 2017. For the past couple of years NVIDIA’s yearly CES-based event has housed primarily automotive-related news – th...

Connected Mr. Bear is a toy with a light-up heart that controls what’s played on your Netflix account. What’s even creepier than this bear being able to control what you watch is its choice of TV shows. You see, as N...

Google delivers much more router than you'd expect for $129, but just one Google Wifi won't be enough for most people. Unless you live in a studio apartment, you'll want to avail yourself of two or three of these devices...

On Monday, the House of Representatives passed a bill that requires the Secretary of the Treasury to issue a special commemorate coin for the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Apollo moon landing. The bill, titled H.R. 2726 d...

You would never buy a hundred million-dollar computer without a repair plan, but that's exactly what NASA does when it sends costly satellites into space. To ensure that its prized eyes-in-the-sky don't become the solar ...

Labels are Gmail's secret weapon that let you organize your inbox on your own terms. Once they're set up, they do most of your message processing automatically and make it easier to skim through your inbox. If you're not...

Smart toys can certainly inject some life into playtime, but they raise big privacy concerns when an internet connection is involved... and if you believe some critics, at least a few toys have crossed the line. Over 18 ...

The latest addition to Facebook's never-ending parade of experimental features looks like it's all about fake news. Chris Krewson, an editor for Philadelphia publication Billy Penn, has spotted a survey module right unde...

At this point, it would almost be bigger news if blood-testing startup turned blood-testing fuck up Theranos managed to do something right. Nevertheless, the company continues to amaze, somehow outdoing every embarrassin...

Enthusiasts frequently talk about cars as though they have personalities and feelings, despite that not being the case. However, Honda's latest concept aims to change that. It's called the NeuV, and Honda describes it as...

Even when unlocking the very secrets of the universe, one must always put safety first. That's why researchers at Stanford University 3D-printed a pair of tiny safety goggles before teaching a parrot to fly through laser...

Virtuix's Omni treadmill is very alluring to virtual reality fans who want freedom to walkwithout the fear of tripping over cables or running into walls. However, it's also massive and complex... and that's forcing the c...

The Super Nintendo is best remembered as defining the 16-bit era of video gaming, although many of us spent countless hours playing with Mario Paint instead. But that pales in comparison to the over four months Mike Mate...

Add emoji to the many languages Google can understand. Starting today, if you tweet an emoji at Google, the company's Twitter account will reply back with a link to a relevant local search result and a celebratory GIF.

For Cassian Andor, fighting for the Rebellion is a way of life. It is "the only choice," actor Diego Luna told io9 at the Rogue One: A Star Wars Story press event this weekend. As the character becomes wrapped up in the ...

Destiny is a self-contained example of 21st-century video games: It's online, ever changing and beautifully built by a team of practiced veterans. Destiny represents the evolution of Bungie, the studio that created Halo,...

Allstar Marketing Group--makers of the Snuggie (you know, the blanket with sleeves!)--is suing Amazon over trademark infringement because of all the Snuggie counterfeits that litter the online marketplace.

The news of Marvel TV doing an Inhumans TV show was very exciting for fans of that universe. Now, Marvel TV fans of all kinds have reason to be excited about it.

If you've punched in credit card details while shopping online, you've probably wondered how secure those digits are. According to Newcastle University, the answer is: not very. Its researchers have discovered that thiev...

The British Antarctic Survey has a problem in the form of an enormous crack in the East Antarctic ice sheet. Dormant for about 35 years, The Crack began to grow in 2012. Today, it threatens to cleave off the entire ice s...

Today, Google launched a fun little Twitter experiment that spits back search results in response to emojis. Naturally, I decided to throw some sex stuff at it.