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Apple appears to have killed off its lowest-cost Apple Music subscription. The Apple Music Voice Plan allowed folks to access the streaming service for $5 per month, as long as they were willing to use it only via Siri v...

A wildfire in Southern California has burned more than 2,000 acres and prompted more than 4,000 people in Riverside County to evacuate.

Chinese-made drones remain one of the federal government's big boogeymen. Now, House lawmakers are making another effort to ban China-made drones.

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,...

U.S. lawmakers are questioning Costco's decision to sell banned Chinese-based security products reportedly linked to human rights abuses and cybersecurity risks. Rep. Christopher Smith (R-NJ) and Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR)...

The UK government has announced a $273 million investment to build its most powerful supercomputer yet, Isambard-AI, which will rank among the top AI supercomputers in the world when it's switched on. It'll pack thousand...

Welp, it's about to become official: Disney will soon own all of Hulu, scooping up the remaining third that Comcast has held onto since Disney's acquisition of 20th Century Fox four years ago. The deal has been in the wo...

Google launched new features for Search and Lens in an update to help users solve difficult math, physics, and geometry problems, the company said in a blog post Monday. Simply type an equation into the search bar, or ta...

The Pentagon's UFO investigation unit wants anyone who has been employed by the United States to report first-hand knowledge of government projects related to alien activity on their new website, according to Vice Wednes...

Nothing gives best friend energy quite like silicon and some 1's and 0's. Fresh off the heels of Meta's dystopian AI influencers modeled after real celebrities, the social networking platform Instagram is reportedly work...

$79 Pencil lowers the barrier to entry for drawing on an iPad.

Apple's request to throw out a mass lawsuit over the accusation that the company used subpar iPhone batteries was rejected by a UK judge Wednesday. The lawsuit claims Apple used updates to slow down the functionality of ...

Hot TV deals, laptops galore, Apple gear, and more ahead of Black Friday.

Xbox claims its latest efforts to clamp down on third-party accessories won't impact accessibility-minded gamers who rely on third-party devices to play their games, so long as they keep using the Xbox-branded accessible...

Carry your eReader everywhere when it’s the BOOX Palma. This ePaper device boasts a phone-sized design that easily fits your bag.   -Pocket-sized design and cutting-edge tech: With an advanced Qualcomm octa-core CPU a...

Lego's monthly releases always wax and wane, and November is certainly one of the most waning months we've had in a while. With the seasonal sets already announced last month, and an eye toward the end-of-month of deals,...

Say 'see ya' to Scott's oriole, a black and yellow bird native to the Southwestern U.S. The bird isn't going anywhere--but its moniker is to be nixed, along with the terms for many other birds named for individuals with ...

For years, tech companies have been on a mission to create a wearable that will "kill"--or replace--the smartphone. The reasons for this are manifold but, in general, the idea has been to usher in the next "it" device, o...

Subaru just announced forthcoming support for Tesla's North American Charging Standard (NACS), joining other big-time manufacturers like Hyundai. The company will update the charging ports of its electric vehicles for No...

A new lawsuit alleges that HBO's Casey Bloys told staffers to tweet snarky comments at critics who were mean to his shows online. According to a report in Rolling Stone, starting in 2020, HBO's then-president of original...

Ad-tier improvement is rare good news for streaming subscribers.

The Apple Watch Series 9 is already a solid smartwatch. But Apple plans to add even more health-related features on the next release of the wearable. According to Bloomberg, Apple is working on new sensors that detect el...