New Android phone? Download these apps first

Summary As a platform, Android is teeming with applications that span across any and all genres. Whenever I set up a new Android device, I always download these particular apps almost ...

LG Unveils xboom by will.i.am Audio Line At CES 2025

LG Electronics, in collaboration with musician and tech entrepreneur will.i.am, unveiled its “xboom by will.i.am” audio product line at CES 2025. This new series of Bluetooth ...

Real Authors Wreak Havoc for Chatbots in This Dystopian Short Story

io9 is proud to present fiction from Lightspeed Magazine. Once a month, we feature a story from Lightspeed’s current issue. This month’s selection is ...

X’s Grok AI assistant is now a standalone app

Grok, the AI assistant that's for some reason baked into X, is now available as a standalone app. Like the version that exists as a tab on the social media platform, the Grok app can be used to ...

Bluetti’s EnergyPro 6K backup power station can power your entire home

Summary Bluetti unveils EnergyPro 6K, a backup power solution for small-to-mid-sized homes at CES 2025. EnergyPro 6K supports passive cooling for cost-efficiency, reliability, and 10-year ...

Legion Pro 7i 16″ Gen 10 Refresh 2025: Up To Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX and Up To NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

Lenovo is refreshing its Legion gaming laptops at CES 2025, starting with the Legion Pro 7i (16”) 10th generation, the most powerful in the new Legion Pro Series Gen 10 lineup. ...

A Lot of People Are Searching for How to Delete Facebook and Instagram, and We Would Like Their Clicks

Apparently not everyone is ready to live in a post-truth world. In the wake of Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement that Meta platforms including Facebook, ...

The weirdest tech we saw at CES 2025

CES is a great place to check out all sorts of upcoming tech for the year, but it’s often the wildest gadgets that steal the show. The conference hosts thousands of exhibitors, all vying for ...

Apple reportedly working on a new app to solve Calendar’s biggest problem

Summary Apple may be developing a new "Apple Invites" event-planning app. The app could be an alternative to the Calendar app. Third-party apps like Partiful already excel in event ...

Slow Cooker Beef Stew – The Stay At Home Chef

We took our favorite old-fashioned beef stew and made it even better! Now you can cook this hearty classic low and slow in your slow cooker. With tender, melt-in-your-mouth beef, hearty vegetables, ...