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 ...

I found the only movie subscription service actually worth paying for

Summary Subscription to AMC Stubs A-List offers up to 3 movies a week for $20, includes all formats. Free AMC Stubs Insider gives points per $1 spent, fee waivers, and $5 rewards. Monthly ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Best New Movies and TV Streaming in January 2025, and Where to Watch Them

The new year is here so it’s time to renew that subscription to your favorite streaming service and get back to watching movies. Welcome to io9’s latest ...

Thanks to public domain, Tintin can now skeleton dance to Rhapsody in Blue

It's the start of a new year, which means a fresh crop of creative works have entered the public domain. Today, many materials that were copyrighted in 1929, along with sound recordings from 1924, ...

5 of the best modern platformers you can play now on consoles

Summary Astro Bot inspired a resurgence in modern platformers, including Crash Bandicoot 4 and Sackboy. Crash Bandicoot 4 offers two playstyles and positive reception, bringing back the ...

LG Unveils 2025 Gram Laptops With Hybrid AI And Next-Gen Performance

LG Electronics is set to debut its 2025 LG gram laptop lineup at CES 2025, showcasing the brand’s first integration of on-device AI. The range includes models such as the gram ...

The Year’s Most Unique Sci-Fi Love Story Finally Has a Trailer

You often hear people say “You’ve never seen anything like this,” but in the case of the new movie Love Me, it’s actually true. Kristen Stewart and Steven ...