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Apple has reworked its plan for outdated apps on the App Store. Among other things, the company will give developers extra time to update their old apps.

Grindr's past willingness to share sensitive data may have been more problematic than previously thought. The Wall Street Journalunderstands precise Grindr user location data was collected from the online ad network MoPu...

The Apple Watch doesn't come with video call support because it lacks a camera, something Wristcam band aims to address with a newly added feature.

Humans have long dreamed of living on the red planet, but will that ever happen? Famous astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson remains skeptical.

Also, devs will now have 90 days to respond to a removal notice instead of 30.

On Monday, the Department of Energy announced $3.1 billion in funding to help boost U.S. production of high-capacity batteries and battery parts, plus another $60 million in funds to support battery recycling. The U.S. S...

Welcome back to io9's monthly Nerd's Watch, where we pare down the enormous lists of new films and television shows arriving on all your favorite streaming services into the sci-fi, fantasy, and horror titles we think yo...

Google's recent Pixel software updates haven't always landed flawlessly. At the end of last year, for instance, the company was forced to pause the release of an OTA after reports that the software caused the Pixel 6 and...

Working to reduce the need for regular inspections of large structures, researchers from the Fraunhofer Cluster of Excellence Cognitive Internet Technologies CCIT have created a smart self-powered screw that leverages Io...

One of the most nerve-wracking parts of trying to conceive or figuring out if you're sick is tracking your body temperature. The next Apple Watch might help with this annoying, repetitive, and emotionally laborious task....

Lawsuit says Fitbits are supposed to help customers "burn calories--not their skin."

Labor organizers have a tough road ahead of them, as clearly shown by efforts for the second Staten Island Amazon warehouse's union vote. Results coming in late Monday show Amazon has clinched a clear victory in the figh...

Facebook's podcast offerings are vanishing just a year after they launched. Parent company Meta has confirmed to Bloomberg that it will wind down podcasting, Soundbites and its general audio hub. It will no longer let po...

Using a new tool they nicknamed the "Reverberation Machine," researchers have detected eight echoing black hole binaries in the Milky Way. They then converted those X-ray echoes into sound waves, which you can listen to ...

History could be made today, as Rocket Lab is set to catch a falling Electron first-stage booster with a customized Sikorsky S-92 helicopter. You can catch the action live right here.

Netflix is tightening its purse strings after a drop in subscribers. Deadline reported that the streaming platform canceled production on Pearl, an animated series created by Meghan Markle, before it was even finished. T...

Astronauts have reported a number of different smells upon returning from a spacewalk. Here's the science behind what they're saying.

Rocket Lab is trying something different during today's launch of Electron, its reusable rocket. The space company will attempt a mid-air capture of Electron's first stage as it plummets back to Earth. In order to do thi...

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VW and BP know they'll both have to embrace electric vehicles, and they're ready to work together to ease some of the transitional pain. Autoweekreports the two companies are teaming up to install thousands of VW's Flexp...

If you plan on using Ford's F-150 Lightning as a home backup like Tesla Powerwall, you're going to need to know the current best cost estimates.

It is an unfortunate truth universally acknowledged that an app on your phone must be in want of profit, and that its maker will often rely on ads to earn that money. It's also true that these ads rely on rat-king-esque ...