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It’s become clear in the last few years that Apple is doubling down on its focus on Siri, with recent advancements including the use of AI and other technology that allows the assistant to do more with data from users....

If you grew up in the age of arcades, you probably played Atari's seminal first-person tank game, Battlezone. In the arcade version, you'd play the game with your face stuck into a set of faux goggles that helped you fee...

The WannaCry ransomware attack that spread around the globe yesterday caused chaos at hospitals, manufacturing shutdowns, headaches for Microsoft, and overtime for cybersecurity professionals. But the hackers responsible...

It feels like a long time has passed since the Midwest Gaming Classic in 2016 where the team first encountered the Nintendo-PlayStation SFX-100 portable. Now it's time to see the highlights of Ben working on the rare con...

Chip cards are ultimately faster than paying with a magnetic stripe and a signature (or worse, a check), but they're sometimes slow -- and it's bad enough that Mastercard wants to do something. The company is partnering ...

With an eye towards the developing world where people are more likely to own cheap phones and have spottier wireless data access, the big names in tech are developing simpler versions of their apps. These apps are lightw...

Always have the tool you need on hand with the SOG Sync II Multi-Tool Belt Buckle. This everyday carry must-have works perfectly as a belt buckle but also leads a second life. When you need it, the Sync II opens up to be...

President Trump isn't going to like this. Journalist Patrick Züst noticed something funny when he googled "donald trump office." Can you spot it? It's not exactly subtle.

Houston Comicpalooza is making waves in Texas this weekend, and Canada's getting its cosplay on with the Toronto Comic Arts Festival. io9's Evan Narcisse was in Houston to check out some of the awesome cosplay coming out...

Amazon, Hulu and Netflix are going to have to open their wallets a little bit wider if they want to keep producing original shows. The Writers Guild of America has outlined a tentative 3-year contract that will increase ...

Let's just throw this one in the science fiction category. Everyone knows humans aren't even going to survive the next few decades. But what would happen if we did live another billion years? Some really cool things with...

MP3, the digital audio coding format, changed the way we listen to music and drove the adoption of countless new devices over the last couple of decades. And now, it's dead. The developer of the format announced this wee...

When it comes to music rhythm video games, the genre can pretty much be traced back to a single title: the highly acclaimed PaRappa the Rapper for the original PlayStation. In the years that followed came the just as inf...

We’ve been hearing about Apple working on a new addition to the iPad Pro lineup -- one with a 10.5-inch display, to be specific -- for some time now, and June’s Worldwide Developers Conference is expected to be when ...

You know what they say, kids: Don't use drugs. That is, unless it would save you from getting killed by an alien.

There were predictions that the fast-spreading "WannaCry " (aka "WannaCrypt") ransomware would quickly evolve to get around its domain-based kill switch, and, well... the predictions were right. Security researchers have...

President Trump has rotated between saying that a "major, major" conflict with North Korea is possible and that he "would be honored" to meet North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un. On Sunday, North Korea did what it usually ...

When Ta-Nehisi Coates and Yona Harvey's Black Panther & The Crew launched earlier this year, it proved that big publishers like Marvel can, in fact, still tell timely stories about real world issues, like how police brut...

If you drive a recent model from the Ram pickup line, you’ll want to pay special attention to Fiat Chrysler‘s latest safety recall notice. The car maker has announced a voluntary recall program for just over 1 millio...

It was a big week of whole numbers for the tech industry. Fossil now offers 300 different smartwatch models for sale, Windows 10 hit 500 million active installs and Apple just invested $200 million in Corning's Gorilla G...

Mini versions of OxyLED's super-popular motion-sensing lights, a Charbroil Grill Gold Box, rechargeable batteries, and more lead Sunday's best deals.

Fans of Frequency and No Tomorrow were collectively crushed when CW revealed that neither freshman series would get a second season. While neither show is getting a last-minute save, like NBC's Timeless, fans are getting...