The best electric toothbrushes for healthier, whiter teeth
Let’s assume from the outset that you already own an electric toothbrush. It’s one of the must-have modern items. If you don’t, you and your gnashers really need to get…
All the best beard trimmers — no matter what style of facial hair you have
Do you want your face constantly nestled in a cozy, luscious beard? Or do you want every single follicle eradicated from your beautiful mug? Either way, the fact stands: you…
GlaxoSmithKline Buys New Vaccine Developer Affinivax in $3.3 Billion Deal
An employee is at work on the vaccine packing line of British pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in Wavre, UK. Photo: Kenzo Tribouillard / AFP (Getty Images) UK-based drug company GlaxoSmithKline…
The best on-ear headphones from all the top brands
Somewhere in between those bulky over-ear headphones and tiny earbuds is a more classic style: on-ear headphones. And with on-ear headphones, you really get to enjoy the best of both…
This innovative decentralized VPN (DPN) offers an all-in-one cybersecurity solution
TL;DR: As of May 31, the Deeper Connect Mini Decentralized VPN & Firewall Hardware is on sale for $349. It’s usually $399, so that’s savings of 12%, Whenever you hop…
This 3-in-1 space-saving charging station is on sale for under $50
TL;DR: As of May 31, this MagStack Foldable 3-in-1 Wireless Charging Station with Floating Stand and 20W Adapter is on sale for $47.99. That’s 36% off its regular price of…
Apple's next iPhone might finally get always-on display
Apple’s iPhone 14, likely to come out in the fall, will have a feature Android devices have had for years: an always-on display. This is according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman,…
A lifetime subscription to this premium plant identification app is on sale for under £20
TL;DR: A lifetime subscription to a NatureID Plant Identification Premium Plan is on sale for £15.80, saving you 67% on list price. Growing your own veggies and herbs is a…
NASA's tenacious drone sweeps over Mars in farthest flight yet
The little Martian helicopter-that-could has done it again. Ingenuity, a small 4-pound robotic scout that hitched a ride to the Red Planet last year, has recently sent back video documentation…
The Uncertainty of Star Wars Jedi's Future Makes Jedi Survivor Exciting
Image: Respawn/EA/Lucasfilm The last few years have been interesting for Star Wars as an IP. While the theatrical films more than made their money back (for the most part), and…
NASA spins a spiral galaxy soundtrack. What exactly are we hearing?
Some 69 million light-years from Earth is a barred spiral galaxy in the southern hemisphere constellation Eridanus. Its arms are strung with young blue stars, pink cotton candy star-forming clouds,…
Egypt Unveils Trove of Ancient Artifacts Found Near Cairo
Some 250 painted sarcophagi were put on the makeshift exhibit. Photo: Amr Nabil (AP) An impressive collection of 2,500-year-old ancient Egyptian artifacts was showcased today at the famous Saqqara necropolis.…
58 New Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books for Your Summer Reading Pleasure
We All Fall DownImage: Farrar, Straus and Giroux If you’ve got a yearning to add a few more monsters, space explorers, magically gifted teens, supernatural detectives, alien translators, superheroes, cosplayers,…
Marvel Release Dates: When to See Upcoming MCU Movies and Disney+ Shows
Gif: Marvel Studios With 27 feature films and six Disney+ shows in 14 years, the Marvel Cinematic Universe dominates pop culture through its shared comic book worlds. Doctor Strange in…
io9's 15 Favorite Needle Drops, Ranked
Screenshot: Universal Pictures Many of us remember moments on screen when all of a sudden you sit up because a song you recognize has come on. Music is universal, after…
The best headphones for kids
Buying headphones for your kids sounds like a good idea — you won’t have to listen to Baby Shark for the umpteenth time. But there’s a more important reason. Your…
How to Watch the (Potential) Tau Herculids Meteor Shower Tonight
Infrared image from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope showing the busted Comet 73P/Schwassman-Wachmann 3 skimming along a trail of debris left during its multiple trips around the Sun. “The flame-like objects…
Banned Books Every Climate Nerd Should Read
Members of the Harvest Assembly of God Church congregation toss items like books and CDs into a fire in 2001. Photo: Butler Eagle, Jack Neely (AP) Banned and heavily challenged…
Say Goodbye to Star Wars Celebration 2022 With These Cosplay and Costume Pics
Photo: Reedpop Star Wars Celebration has come to an end, and with it, a flood of news about what’s to come for Disney and Lucasfilm’s franchise. As always, that also…
Seth MacFarlane on How The Orville's Past Connects to the Current Season
Capt. Ed Mercer (Seth MacFarlane) and Cmdr. Kelly Grayson (Adrianne Palicki) on the bridge of the Orville.Photo: Ali Goldstein/Hulu The Orville’s much-anticipated third season premieres this week, and io9 got…
Mintlify taps AI to automatically generate documentation from code
Mintlify, a startup developing software to automate software documentation tasks, today announced that it raised $2.8 million in a seed round led by by Bain Capital Ventures with participation from…
The Station: EV SPACs face new regulatory speed bump, more on Rivian’s reorg and VW weighs direct sales for Scout brand
Welcome back to The Station, your weekly guide to everything going on in the world of transportation. Many readers of this weekly newsletter are likely enjoying a three-day weekend thanks…
One AI raises $8M to curate business-specific NLP models
Whether to power translation to document summarization, enterprises are increasing their investments in natural language processing (NLP) technologies. According to a 2021 survey from John Snow Labs and Gradient Flow,…
Why web3 companies get hacked so often, according to crypto VC Grace Isford
On the Chain Reaction podcast this week, Lux Capital’s newest investor, Grace Isford, joined us to talk about the opaque but crucial world of web3 infrastructure. At Lux, Isford invests in…
Should Oracle or Alphabet buy VMWare instead of Broadcom?
As expected, the Broadcom-VMware deal is a go. The chip giant intends to snap up the virtualization software company for $61 billion in cash and stock, along with taking on…
How Box escaped the SaaS growth trap
Enterprise productivity company Box reported results earlier this week for the first quarter of its fiscal 2023, the three-month period ending April 30. Box managed to beat revenue expectations, though it…
Valve finally answers Team Fortress 2 fans’ cry for help
Audio player loading… It seems that the recent #SaveTF2 campaign, which spread across social media sites such as Reddit and Twitter, has finally reached the ears of Valve itself. The…
The Stars of Attack of the Clones Have Some Hilarious Stories
You won’t believe the direction in this shot. Image: Lucasfilm International travel, severed heads, and farting. Those were three of the highlights of the 20th anniversary of Attack of the…
This Week's Toy News Celebrates Those Wars Among the Stars
Image: Lego, Hasbro Pulse, Hasbro Pulse Welcome back to io9’s Toy Aisle, where this week we’re exclusively featuring toys revealed as part of Star Wars Celebration 2022 taking place in…
Obi-Wan Kenobi's Main Theme Is Melancholic Perfection
Image: Lucasfilm Today marks the release of Obi-Wan Kenobi’s first two episodes, and Disney wants you to be as immersed in as much Star Wars as possible. Beyond this weekend…
Thrilling New Video Shows Ingenuity Helicopter's Record-Breaking Flight Over Mars
Ingenuity took off from the Martian surface for its 25th flight. Gif: NASA/JPL-Caltech Hold on to your hats as the Mars helicopter takes us on another ride over the Red…
Chinese Researchers Publish Strategy to Destroy Elon Musk's Starlink
SpaceX launched 53 additional Starlink satellites to orbit in April.Photo: John Raoux (AP) In anticipation of SpaceX’s Starlink satellites posing as a threat, military researchers in China want their nation…
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Brings Back Cal Kestis and BD-1 for Another Adventure
Image: Respawn/EA/Lucasfilm Games It feels like so long ago, but it’s only been three years since Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order arrived to near critical acclaim and even bigger sales.…
New Bill Aims to Ban China's Digital Currency from US App Stores
Popular apps like WeChat have started supporting the Chinese digital currency. Photo: Ng Han Guan (AP) Three Republican Senators have proposed a bill to try and ban the use of…
Clue to Mysterious Polio-Like Illness Found in Autopsy of Child Who Died in 2008
Photo: Hagen Hopkins (Getty Images) Evidence from the tragic death of a 5-year-old boy in 2008 may finally settle the debate over a mysterious polio-like condition that’s been paralyzing children…
This Adorable 616-Square-Meter Cat Photo is a Glimpse at the Future of Mobile Photography
Samsung 200MP sensorImage: Samsung Samsung just teased the marquee feature for its upcoming flagship smartphones, and it’s downright adorable—the teaser, that is. Anyhow, to flex the capabilities of its upcoming…
New Documentary Series Light & Magic Will Explain Your Favorite Parts of Star Wars
A new documentary talks about creating all your favorite pieces of Star Wars.Image: Lucasfilm If you’re reading a site like io9 or Gizmodo, chances are Industrial Light and Magic has…
NASA Will Attempt Megarocket Launch Rehearsal in June
NASA’s SLS rocket outside the Vehicle Assembly Building on March 17, 2022. Photo: NASA/Kim Shiflett A fourth attempt to complete a full-fledged launch rehearsal of NASA’s Space Launch System has…
Things Are Getting Even More Awkward for Musk and Twitter Board Over Sale
Photo: rafapress (Shutterstock) Events surrounding the purchase of Twitter are growing ever-more complicated, and it seems like by the end of this adventure, neither Tesla CEO Elon Musk nor the…
Europe's Space Agency Invests in an Orbital Trash Removal Service
Astroscale will develop ELSA-M a new version of their previous debris removal spacecraft ELSA-d, illustrated here.Illustration: Astroscale The European Space Agency is joining forces with Astroscale, an orbital debris removal…
The Analogue Pocket's Highly Anticipated First Major Update Will Be Released in Beta in July
Photo: Andrew Liszewski – Gizmodo Some of the most interesting features promised for the Analogue Pocket didn’t make the cut when the console finally shipped late last year, but in…
Supreme Court Delivers a Rare Win for Environmental Policy
The Supreme Court protected the Biden administration’s use of the social cost of carbon on Thursday.Photo: Al Drago (Getty Images) In the wake of some incredibly demoralizing news that’s come…
DC's Letting Static Shock Hop Over to YA Graphic Novels
Image: Paris Alleyne/DC Comics Static Shock was one of the more comparatively underrated superhero shows of the early 2000s, and the character’s return to the popular culture has been slow…
Chrome OS is getting a major update that professionals will love
Audio player loading… Google has announced a wide range of cybersecurity updates for Chrome OS, the operating system that powers Chromebook devices. The selection of updates covers everything from new…
Microsoft hiring cuts could spell bad news for Windows and Office fans
Audio player loading… As inflation soars and the cost of living crisis bites, startups and enterprises alike are having to tighten their belts, cut back on costs and dig in.…
Valve’s new Steam Deck update will quiet that annoying fan
Audio player loading… Valve is rolling out SteamOS 3.2 to the Steam Deck, adding new controls for some settings and, most notably, quieting the gaming device’s loud fan. The full…
A UK Man's Double Hand Transplant Is a World First
Photo: sebra (Shutterstock) A man in the UK appears to be the first person to have gotten a double-hand transplant for his particular condition, known as scleroderma. Five months after…
I Need the Best Wireless Keyboard for My Mac! Which Gadget Should I Buy?
Logitech MX KeysImage: Logitech Apple’s ill-fated Butterfly keyboard was unreliable, but not everyone hated how the keys felt. In fact, some folks prefer those shallow keys, as they don’t require…
Obi-Wan Kenobi's Most Interesting Character Is Its Unhinged Antagonist
Image: Lucasfilm For much of Obi-Wan Kenobi’s pre-release buildup, the focus was rightly on how time has changed Ewan McGregor’s titular Jedi, and the eventual round two he’d have with…