There are a ton of laptops on the market at any given moment, and almost all of those models are available in multiple configurations to match your performance and budget needs. If you’re feeling overwhelmed with options when looking for a new laptop, it’s understandable. To help simplify things for you, here are the main … Read more
While lettering often goes unnoticed by the general manga-reading audience, translations for series—especially popular shonen manga—are heavily scrutinized. And with good reason: how else will one know a spiky-haired protagonist’s convictions, a joke’s punchline, or the mechanics of a complex power system if the words are as opaque as apple cider? In step with io9’s … Read more
Super Bowl LIX is less than a week away, so it’s a decent time to grab a new TV at a discount. If you’re looking to make a living room upgrade before the Chiefs and Eagles go at it once again, we’ve searched through Amazon, Best Buy and other retailers to find a few Super … Read more
A new large-scale study of crevasses on the Greenland Ice Sheet shows that those cracks are widening faster as the climate warms, which is likely to speed ice loss and global sea level rise. Crevasses are wedge-shaped fractures and cracks that open in glaciers where the ice begins to flow faster. They can grow to … Read more
Today, I’m talking with Andy Hunter, the CEO of Bookshop.org. Bookshop, at its core, is a website that lets local bookshops all over the country — and in a few other countries — sell their books online. If you want a book, you go to Bookshop and click buy — it’s just as easy as … Read more
It’s only February, but the recent hack of U.S. edtech giant PowerSchool has the potential to be one of the biggest breaches of the year. PowerSchool, which provides K-12 software to more than 18,000 schools to support some 60 million students across North America, confirmed the breach in early January. The California-based company, which Bain … Read more
Summary The SwitchBot Universal Remote works with many devices, including those with Bluetooth remotes. The built-in backlight makes it easy to find and use in the dark. The remote requires SwitchBot Hub for setup and programming. Universal remotes used to be simple tools. However, with the introduction of Bluetooth and Wi-Fi controls, things have gotten … Read more
Any discussion of the best smartwatches on the market right now is sure to include the latest Apple Watch – especially for those who already own an iPhone – and so anticipation levels are high for the next smartwatch model Apple is working on, due to launch in 2025. This will be the Apple Watch … Read more
Psyonix Car culture extends far beyond car meets — plenty of people have grown up loving cars due to the chase scenes they’ve seen in movies and the races they’ve won in video games. In fact, video games are full of memorable cars, from the first car-themed racing … Read more
Neopets said its comeback gathered steam in 2024. The gaming brand’s daily active users (DAU) reached a new recent peak of nearly 250,000 and monthly active users (MAU) surpassed 400,000. That reflects three-fold growth since the company rebooted itself in 2023 and became a new independent game studio. The numbers are the highest in the … Read more
