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 ...
Tech & Gadgets
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 ...
Legion Pro 5i and Legion Pro 5 (16″) Gen 10 With Up To Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX and Up To AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX processors
At CES 2025, Lenovo refreshed its Legion Pro gaming laptop lineup, launching the 10th generation of the Pro 7i 16”, Pro 5i 16” and the Pro 5 16”.The Legion Pro 5i (16″) Gen 10 ...
After Long Hiatus Over Faulty Spacesuit, NASA Plans Back-to-Back ISS Spacewalks
Two spacewalks are planned for this month to service science experiments attached to the outside of the International Space Station (ISS)—the first time ...
Finding fun and relaxation in the middle of CES 2025
The world’s biggest tech show is approaching its end, and it’s been hard. Mostly. But it’s not without its perks. Perhaps you got to sit in and experience the first CES press event , or maybe you’re ...