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Birthdays come every year, but since your favorite films only celebrate landmark anniversaries every so often, we like to acknowledge them here at io9. And so, just as we did last year, every few months we're going to le...

Nearly three decades after Doom's 1993 release, people continue to find ways to breathe new life into id Software's seminal first-person shooter. The latest to do so is a modder by the name of Sultim-t who this past week...

Alphabet's Wing division has announced that it's launching a drone delivery service in the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) metroplex on April 7th. "With this service, the DFW area will be the largest metro in the world, and the ...

In what the DOJ calls one of the largest cryptocurrency civil forfeiture filings in US history, the Southern District of Florida has successfully seized around $34 million worth of coins and tokens from a seller on the d...

Last year, researchers discovered what they thought was a small black hole not too far from Earth. A reanalysis has found that may not be true.

Coming to a city near you: the low-frequency buzz of a robot flying over your head. A bevy of companies appear poised to realize the long-held dream of filling America's cityscapes with the sight of product-clutching dro...

Since Steam Deck went on sale at the end of February , Valve has emailed reservation holders about once a week to tell them they can purchase its handheld PC. That's meant a lot of people have been patiently waiting to g...

The manga world was rocked last May when it was announced that Kentaro Miura, best-selling writer and author of Berserk, had passed away due to acute aortic dissection, leaving his incredibly dark magnum opus unfinished....

It has a few caveats, but it works as advertised.

Amazon's anti-union stance might spill into the apps for employees. The Intercept says it obtained internal documents detailing a planned worker chat app that, while meant to boost happiness, would include a blocklist fo...

This week, Star Trek returns to one of its most important moments: the series' fictional date for First Contact between humankind and the Vulcans. Paramount is celebrating with one hell of an overhaul--venturing once aga...

The world needs to cut carbon emissions by a quarter by the year 2030 to avoid the most catastrophic impacts of climate change, according to the latest report from the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate C...

The massively popular -- and long-dormant -- adventure game series will return for a sixth installment called Return to Monkey Island.

The Department of State has cut the ribbon on the Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy (CDP), which is now in operation. The move makes cybersecurity a more formal area of focus for US foreign policy following a swath...

Enjoy hi-fi sound recording with the TIKTAALIK Mic+ high-tech microphone. In fact, it offers 48 bps 16-bit hi-fi sound recording and has an 8 mm condenser mic module. Ideal for content creation at home and on the go, it ...

Car rental company Hertz plans to expand its EV fleet over the next few years with a big purchase from automaker Polestar. It'll buy up to 65k Polestar 2 EVs.

Apple's pregnancy-focused fitness program and app now includes a new postpartum series titled "Get Back to Fitness After Having a Baby."

The launch of Truth Social, the first product from the newly-formed Trump Media & Technology Group, has been rough -- and that's looking at the bright side.

After years of teasing, the DeLorean Motor Company announced on Monday that it will unveil an all-electric vehicle on August 18th, promising to share its official name at the same time. Details on the concept car are sca...

To save the galaxy, Rocket Raccoon and Groot are inviting a bunch of tourists to help the Guardians on Walt Disney World's newest coaster adventure. And we now know it's happening soon: Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Re...

Rumors of a rugged Apple Watch variant have been floating around, painting the picture of a smartwatch made for extreme sports. A new patent details the tech.

Everyone's favorite pink protagonist is finally getting his due in the music world.