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The government of New Zealand is preparing to ban cigarette smoking forever by anyone born after 2008, according to a new report from the news outlet Stuff. The move would eventually make it illegal for anyone in New Zea...

Back in October, Facebook (now Meta) launched a small pilot test of its cryptocurrency wallet Novi in the US and Guatemala. Pilot testers have been able to send each other personal payments through the service since then...

The U.S. Senate voted late Wednesday to block President Joe Biden's proposed covid-19 vaccine mandate for private businesses, a move that's largely seen as symbolic since the Democratic-controlled House of Representative...

Instagram's top executive spent more than two hours being grilled by the Senate about Instagram's safety policies and its impact on teens' metal health. Unfortunately for Mosseri, members of the subcommittee on Consumer ...

Apple doesn't need to give app developers the ability to add links to external payment options--or not yet, at least.

Next month, we’ll see what is almost certainly the biggest Sony PC release yet. After bringing Horizon Zero Dawn and Days Gone to PC, Sony will be bringing 2018’s God of War to the platform in January. Today, Sony’...

The status quo will stay in place until an appeal has been resolved.

The Defense Research Intelligence Agency, the gonzo R&D arm of the Pentagon, has had a hand in inventing everything from GPS and speech translation to the early precursors of the internet. (The agency also tried to devel...

As the Pokémon Company's massive year of 25th anniversary celebrations draws to a close, the Pokémon Evolutions miniseries--looking back and reimagining key moments from the game franchise's history--has been upping it...

Dementia, the as-yet incurable loss of memory and cognition, is a devastating illness, both for the victim and their families. And it's likely to become an even larger health problem over time. Over 6 million Americans a...

It'll run on Pixels and one expensive Lenovo tablet or in the Android emulator.

The end-credits scene of Black Widow set up the fact that Yelena Belova, played by Florence Pugh, would be coming after Hawkeye. Pugh was also named as part of the Disney+ series' cast last year, and in interviews, the e...

It only took three years, but the Epic Games Store finally has one of the staples of online stores: a shopping cart. Visit the store on your computer and you can grab multiple games, apps and add-ons at the same time. Yo...

Netflix's master of horror is teaming back up with a few of his regulars--and Luke Skywalker, too. Mike Flanagan, executive producer-writer-director on Netflix's The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting of Bly Manor, and...

As of today, there's yet another way to access YouTube TV. Google's streaming television service is now available on Comcast'sXfinity Flex set-top boxes. It joins Sling TV and Hulu + Live TV as one of three alternatives ...

When a new smart home standard called Matter was announced earlier this year, it was with the lofty promise of weaving together various smart devices on one united, platform-agnostic platform. Now, a new report from The ...

Scientists at Stanford University and elsewhere say they've found evidence that the virus that causes covid-19 can infect fat cells as well as the immune cells that reside in fat tissue. The findings, which have yet to b...

There’s nothing worse than being in the middle of sending a text, or opening an app, and having your iPhone freeze up on you. If this happens, you’ll often find that the screen has become unresponsive and nothing you...

Netflix has opened up a fan-focused hub for updates and information about its shows and movies. The minisite is called Tudum, the same name as a three-hour fan event that took place in September. It's also the onomatopoe...

YouTube might have ditched the annual Rewind series, but it's still planning to send off the year in style. An interactive 24-hour livestream event called Escape2021 will take place on December 16th. Using the live chat,...

The whole of 2021's been hard on all of us, which means it's been a fun time adopting as many comfort characters as possible to keep us delighted this year. Here's the io9 staff's favorite characters of 2021.

Hold onto your butts, creators, because Kickstarter is going full blockchain.