Gadget News

After a few weeks of user complaints, Apple now claims the 100+-degree iPhone 15s are due to a round of glitches in iOS 17 and in a few specific apps. The company is still emphasizing it's not some sort of hardware hangu...

Amazon has kicked off a new Fire tablet sale ahead of its Prime Big Deal Days event later this month. The discounts include the Fire HD 8 down to $60, the Fire HD 8 Plus for $70, the Fire Max 11 for $150, the previous-ge...

Released in 1993, horror comedy Leprechaun featured a post-Willow Warwick Davis playing against type as the title monster, and introduced the world to a pre-Friends Jennifer Aniston. It spawned an eight-film franchise--a...

Being Spider-Man is about so much more than webbing up bad guys. Spider-Man is the neighborhood guy. He gives back to the community. He protects the community. There's swinging, there's fighting, there's dangling, and su...

Elon Musk is looking to new video features, including game streaming and live shopping, as part of his attempt to turn X into an "everything app." The company formerly known as Twitter is experimenting with basic, Twitch...

A famous NASA spacecraft will continue exploring the outer reaches of the solar system thanks to an extended lifeline. This decision overturns NASA's earlier proposal to change the mission's course and transfer it to a d...

Add coziness to any room with the Relm smart scented wax warmer. This home accessory connects to smart homes and offers flexible controls. Check it out:   -Smart Home Ready: This gadget works with smart home systems lik...

Castlevania: Nocturne is here, and ready to usher in a new generation of monster-slaying heroes and suitably monstrous threats for them to slay. But now that Netflix and Powerhouse Animation's latest entry in the video g...

The Americas are in for an astronomical treat on October 14, as an annular solar eclipse, known as the "ring of fire," will be visible across vast swaths of the Western Hemisphere.

TikTok might be exploring new ways to make the app more profitable by playing around with an ad-free subscription model. This isn't new for social media platforms. We've seen Snapchat introduce Snapchat+ and X (formally ...

The early 2000s were the birthplace of the modern internet--especially social media and the creators that power its endless algorithmic engines. It's been close to two decades since those strange days when MySpace ruled ...

Let's get streaming! Welcome to io9's latest edition of the 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,...

Loog is a company known for manufacturing fantastic starter instruments for kids, with the company's diminutive electric guitar making our list of the best audio-related gifts back in 2019. Now it's back with a digital p...

When you think "Casper" you think friendly. You think animation. Maybe you even think of Devon Sawa and Christina Ricci. What you don't think of is actually being scared, but maybe that'll change after you watch this tra...

Amazon's second Prime-related event for 2023 is officially called Prime Big Deal Days and will happen October 10 and 11. This is the second year in a row for a fall-based, site-wide Amazon sale and we're already seeing d...

In a blog post published today, crowdfunding site BackerKit announced it will no longer allow "solely" AI-generated content on its platform. This new policy "aims to address growing concerns regarding ownership of conten...

The city of lights is beset by bed bugs. Sightings of the tiny urban pest in public places throughout Paris have apparently increased as of late, and officials are calling for aggressive action to curtail the menace in t...

You'd think a Pikachu in a grey felt hat wouldn't be able to spark crowd-swelling hysteria, but if the last few years have proven anything, Pokémon has developed a concerning relationship with speculative markets that c...

A Lyft passenger lived every pet owner's worst nightmare this weekend after a driver drove off with his cat. The two were eventually reunited, but not before the cat's owner and Lyft itself whipped up the public to help ...

You may know NordVPN from its popular ambassador program, taking social media by storm as influencers sign up to make money advertising the virtual private network. But despite its popularity, it didn't make the list of ...

Google's next big phone and watch are set to be unveiled this week, or at least, Google is going to either confirm or deny the tsunami of leaks detailing what's coming with the Pixel 8, Pixel 8 Pro, and Pixel Watch 2.

An advertiser reportedly used a deepfake of Tom Hanks to promote dental plans without the actor's permission. Hanks shared a warning on Instagram on Sunday alerting his followers about the AI-generated video, which he wr...