August 31, 2022 Japan’s Digital Minister ‘Declares a War’ on Floppy Disks Japan, a country known for advancing some of the world’s most innovative and quirky tech, is preparing to launch an all out “war” against…
August 31, 2022 Valve has now certified 5,000 games as Steam Deck compatible Valve wants to help Steam Deck owners and folks interested in picking up the device easily find out what games can actually run on…
August 31, 2022 OpenSea Boots Hackers for Claiming to Mint NFTs of Belarusian Dictator’s Stolen Passport An eastern European hacktivist group claims to have hacked the passport information of every single person in Belarus, including its autocratic leader, Alexander Lukashenko,…
August 31, 2022 Hackers Snuck Malware into an Image From the Webb Space Telescope This is why we can’t have nice things: Security analytics firm Securonix has revealed that hackers have nefariously hidden malware code in a copy…
August 31, 2022 Apple releases rare iOS 12 update to address security flaw on older iPhones and iPads Apple has released an iOS 12 update users of older iPhone and iPad devices should download as soon as possible. The new version of…
August 31, 2022 This obscure startup wants to kill Blu-ray, tape with ‘cheap’ 1TB optical disc Folio Photonics has announced new advances in the field of material science it says will pave the way for ultra high-capacity, low-cost optical disc…
August 31, 2022 Hey esports fans, the Samsung Odyssey OLED G8 is the monitor you’ll want to buy Samsung is stepping into new territory as it has revealed its very first OLED gaming monitor. the aptly named Odyssey OLED G8 and it’s…
August 31, 2022 Chrome extensions with 1.4M installs covertly track visits and inject code (credit: Chrome) Google has removed browser extensions with more than 1.4 million downloads from the Chrome Web Store after third-party researchers reported they were…
August 31, 2022 The Best Horror, Sci-Fi, and Fantasy Streaming in September 2022 Welcome back to io9’s monthly Nerd’s Watch, where we pare down the enormous lists of new films and television shows arriving on all your…
August 31, 2022 Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s biggest bet Mark Zuckerberg is betting his company’s future on the metaverse. | Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images Land of the Giants ends its season looking…