February 1, 2023 Case of Mad Cow Disease Reported in the Netherlands A case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy—more colorfully known as mad cow disease—has been detected on a farm in the Netherlands. It’s the first time…
February 1, 2023 AI Says Earth Will Hit Critical Global Warming Thresholds Faster Than We Thought New research that used machine learning tools to identify climate trends says that a critical global warming threshold could be closer than we think….
February 1, 2023 ‘Apex Legends Mobile’ is shutting down after less than a year Along with delaying Star Wars Jedi: Survivorby six weeks, Electronic Arts says it’s shutting down Apex Legends Mobile less than a year after releasing…
February 1, 2023 FTC faces setback in bid to block Meta’s acquisition of VR developer Within The Federal Trade Commission has suffered a setback in its attempt to prevent Meta from buying Supernatural developer Within Unlimited. According to Bloomberg, a…
February 1, 2023 Eufy Finally Admits Its ‘Local’ Cameras Were Sending Unencrypted Streams, Claims It Will Do Better In a wave of blistering scrutiny, researchers and journalists have both accused security camera makers at Eufy of lying to users that their video…
February 1, 2023 Google Is Likely Testing Its Own ChatGPT-Style AI Google is rushing to release its own artificial intelligence products in the wake of OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The search engine pioneer is working hard and…
February 1, 2023 Watch Four Planets Spin Around a Star 130 Million Light-Years Away Astronomical phenomena tend to occur over timespans that dwarf our human scale—a galaxy changes over millions and billions of years, not decades. But a…
February 1, 2023 Watch Samsung Unpacked 2023 with us at 1PM ET It’s almost time for Samsung’s first big event of the year, Unpacked 2023. The company hasn’t said what to expect from the presentation, but…
February 1, 2023 The Best Horror, Sci-Fi, and Fantasy Streaming in February 2023 Let’s get streaming! Welcome to the latest edition of io9’s streaming column the Nerd’s Watch, where we pare down the enormous lists of new…
February 1, 2023 High-Stakes Tamagotchi: Living Smartwatch Literally Dies if You Don’t Feed It Although virtual pet devices like Tamagotchis strive to simulate the responsibilities of caring for a real animal, the stakes are low, and there are…