Tech’s biggest losers in 2024

Welcome to 2025. Wave farewell to yesteryear with the biggest losers in tech. Picking our favorite villains in 2024 was challenging when it simply wasn’t a great time for tech. With the depressing ...

Upscaling isn’t what you think it is. Here’s what this feature really does

Summary Upscaling improves lower-res content on high-res TVs by adding more pixels. Companies use different technologies and processes to upscale, so some are better than others. Use ...

177: Breaking up with alcohol with Amanda Kuda

Hi friends! Happy New Year! I hope your 2025 is off to an amazing start. Today, I’m sharing a new podcast episode with Amanda Kuda with tips on breaking up with alcohol and creating a more ...

On Skeleton Crew, What’s a Little Near-Death Trauma Among Friends?

Skeleton Crew‘s kids got their first taste of a Star Wars staple last week when they found out that not everyone around them is exactly out for their best ...

The best SSDs for PS5 in 2025

When Sony first released the PlayStation 5, it wasn’t possible to expand the console’s storage. Thankfully, that changed with a software update that the company pushed out less than a year later. And ...

Wi-Fi what…? The difference between Wi-Fi 6, 6E, and 7

Summary Wi-Fi 6 is standard now, offering speeds up to 9.6Gbps. Wi-Fi 6E adds a faster 6GHz band, which is ideal for heavy usage. Wi-Fi 7 is the best but expensive, with speeds up to ...

All of io9’s Best of 2024 Posts, in One Handy Place

Take one last look back at 2024 with all of our Year in Review posts. Trending Products .

The best VR accessories for 2025

VR headsets have jumped into a whole lot of homes these past few years, primarily due to Meta’s regular releases, Sony’s PSVR 2 and PC-adjacent products from HTC, HP, Vive and others. Many of these ...

Netflix subscribers can now play a $160 game for free

Summary Netflix has added Civilization VI Platinum Edition for free Subscribers can access on mobile devices only with latest updates Includes new features like zombie apocalypse mode ...

42 New Sci-Fi, Horror, and Fantasy Books to Add to Your Shelf in January

Happy New Year, and happy new books! If “reading more” is a goal you have in mind for 2025—we salute you! And we have 42 suggestions of where to start ...