21 Other Things Your Smartphone’s Camera Can Do Besides Take Pictures
A smartphone’s camera is always one of its most defining features. Good cameras allow you to better capture moments and scenery with clarity—to be memorialized later...
8 Mac Shortcuts Actions You’ll Actually Use
Apple added the Shortcuts app to macOS Monterey in 2021, making it easy to build workflows using visual coding blocks just like you can on iPhone...
4 Gift Ideas for Your New-ish Relationship
Shopping for a special occasion can be hard, full stop. Something that can make it even harder? Shopping for your fairly new boo. Whether you’ve known your...
What Is “Presence” in VR, and Why Is it So Important?
Modern virtual reality’s big breakthrough was the ability to create “presence,” a feeling of being in a place other than where you are. Achieving presence was...
4 Bad Fitness Habits to Banish in 2022
The focus when it comes to New Year’s fitness resolution is often on starting a new routine, getting a gym membership, trying something different, and so...
What Does “OTP” Mean, and How Do You Use It?
Have you recently seen a wedding photo on Instagram with a flood of comments calling the couple an “OTP?” Here’s what this acronym means—and how to...
Storystorm 2022 Day 2: Tara Lazar Delights in Archipelagoes
It all began with “archipelago.” You remember “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” right? The stop-motion animation special remains a beloved holiday favorite. If you recall, the Island...
Scientists Try, Fail to Find a DIY Hangover Cure That Actually Works
No one really knows how to cure a hangover, a new roundup of scientific studies has found. The review found little good evidence for any one...
CES 2022 Will Close One Day Earlier as an ‘Additional Safety Measure’
Amid a wave of in-person cancellations in recent weeks from big names ranging from Microsoft to Google and a surge of covid-19 cases caused by the...
Count Down the End of 2021 With the Toys You’ll Want in 2022
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s regular round up of all the cool toys we’ve found on the internet lately. This week we’re looking forward to...
